CVS Pharmacy

I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years and have never had such horrible pharmacy service. I saw my doctor today for bronchitis and she called in scripts for me. It’s been 3 hours since my visit and I’ve now been told twice by the pharmacist (the same guy — once on the phone 90 min ago and just now in person) that we’re really backed up today. What kind of excuse is that? I expect to walk in to my CVS — my neighborhood CVS and have my scripts ready. I’m really disappointed.

I’ve never met a CVS I didn’t like. Ehhhh, that’s not true. Some are better than others and I’ve actually been to a few horrific stores due to being dirty, disheveled or having miserable employees. However in the great pharmacy war in which the world pits CVS against Walgreens, I’m a CVS girl. Most people tend to favor one joint over the other and I’m way on the CVS side. They always have better prices, nicer employees, better stock and are more clean & organized! So… how could anyone like Wags better?! hehe Just kidding Wags diehards!
This particular CVS is quickly becoming a favorite of mine in the city. It’s huge with a ton of stock, including a few aisles of liqs which is hardcore for a CVS. Employees are great, in particular this one lady that works the front register. She’s super nice, super careful with ringing things up but still speedy, and she doesn’t scoff at me using coupons. Apparently she puts up with some real d-​canoe couponers who will have her do 10 transactions with 100 coupons. Those people give my kind a bad name! Why they hoarding items for?! Get what you need, stick to the store limits, use valid coupons, be organized & not a hot mess — and be polite! Even with the canoes, this lady is still amazing to my couponing kind. And she said I have a nice, happy voice and anyone who knows me, knows I melt over compliments.
My only downside for this CVS is that for Black Friday items, they don’t put them all out nicely in a marked area as other CVSes do. I’m a freak that waits all year for CVS BF and it’s rough going down every aisle trying to find & match up items so everything will scan perfectly. I prefer it all nicely laid out on an endcap for my feeble mind.
Aside from the fantastic customer service at this location, a big draw is it’s open 24 hours! Oh jeeeeeah CVS! I love you forevers.

This CVS Pharmacy is the absolute best! Today, they went above and beyond to help me. I wish I could remember the pharmacist’s name (ended in «isha») She was the absolute nicest, sweetest, understanding woman ever. THANK YOU!

Every time I go in here, the associate with the long hair calls people names under her breath. Simple questions like «hi where are the birthday cards» you get called a «dumbas$» She needs to take an anger management class or work stock overnights.

organized, with a friendly staff — that’s all someone can really ask for

The Minute Clinic is great. Sometimes they are really slammed but they always take the time to help you. Regarding the pharmacy, they always had our scripts day of and were very good about proactively getting medicine in if they did not have it. Nice clean store too, with good merchandise!

Minute clinic is understaffed. I have yet to see both clinic rooms in use, even though it is consistently busy. At least during cold and flu season there should be more than one clinician. The resulting wait times are long. This review is exclusively for the minute clinic, and does not include the pharmacy or store.

I use this CVS as my neighborhood pharmacy. Staff (store and pharmacy) is always friendly and helpful.
I always use the self checkout, which is very efficient. Rarely do I have an actual employee check me out, so I rarely have to wait. I have noticed that at times, there are short lines for «manned» checkout lanes.
Store is clean and well stocked.
Love the CVS ExtraCare program. I always have some coupon geared toward my shoping I can use.
The store will continue to be my go-​to.

Minute Clinic should be renamed «several hour clinic» Arrived at 12:45 and signed in and opted to have a text message sent when my turn was approaching since there were 2 people ahead of me. At 1:21 I got a msg to return to the clinic because «the practitioner will see you soon». When I arrived at 1:25 the sign on the door said she was at lunch and would return at 2:30. Why send me the message if I’m going to have to wait another hour??? Finally seen at 2:45.

I went to minute clinic of this location 2 hrs ago and wasted 1 hr and half for nothing. Got there around 8:30 to sign up and luckily we were 3 in line. Waited 1 hr and half just to realize that the practitioner is not certified to do DOT physical. Wtf. minute clinic MUST list services depending on what practitioners can and can’t do. It is a total waste of time for customers to sign up for service and waste time just to find out they don’t really provide the service. common sense… ridiculous

I was walking down Lincoln avenue for Rib Fest and accidentallytripped and fell and skinned my knee pretty bad to where blood started flowing from the wound rather quickly. I thought it was great that there was a CVS nearby and I stopped by to buy bandages and peroxide to disinfect the wound. I went to the cashier and as I was paying I asked if I could use the restroom to wash my knee and apply the bandages. She saw my wound and said «Sorry, restrooms are for for staff only». I asked if they woud just let me wash up real quick and she said no and added that «yesterday we let someone use the restroom and they made a mess».
Way to go CVS treating customers like children and not having compassion to let someone cure their wound. Plus, it is not corporate policy to not have customer restrooms since other locations offer them. Nice

WATCH OUT IF SHOPPING HERE!!! They tried to tow my car which costs a LOT OF $$$$
I WILL NEVER SHOP AT ANY CVS STORE AGAIN!!!
I parked in the CVS parking lot at 4051 N. Lincoln today 6−6−14 at 4:10 PM, and went directly into the CVS, bought a jug of milk and came out at 4:25 PM to find Rendered Services towing my car illegally from the lot. I showed my receipt and yelled at the driver until he let me have my car.
Many tow companies have been caught doing illegal tows in Chicago, it’s a racket! The «spotters» in stores could be getting a kickback!

I was just getting ready to leave this store without buying anything. I was looking for a duster and the only thing I could find that came even close was almost $ 20 which seemed excessive for the job I needed to get done. Before I left I figured I would ask Bernie for some help. She ended up finding me aaaalmost exactly what I wanted for a dollar. Then she helped me figure out how a solution and I got EXACTLY what I wanted. I picked up a few more unrelated things while I was there and it was all thanks to Bernie. Thank you!

This CVS is very convenient for me and I stop frequently. I
enjoy using the self check-​out lanes but they screw up from
time to time and you are left waiting for associate. Most of them
are friendly. The minute clinic was a life-​saver for us when on
a recent holiday my daughter came down with an ear infection.
The regular doc was not open of course and I didn’t want to drag
her to the ER. Thank god for this place. We had a bit of a wait
but once in had no more than 20 min before we were prescribed
meds and done. The woman on call was very thorough too. I
can’t remember her name but I’d definitely go back. Thank you
for MInute Clinics CVS!

Awesome 24 hour cvs. Always clean and well stocked.

I had an issue with some ear wax that I had thought I took care of with some drops earlier in the week but the situation got worst to the point I could not hear out of that ear. So afraid that I might have an infection I decided to go to the Minute clinic knowing they do ear wax cleanings there. This was the nearest one to my neighborhood so I went right when they opened at 9 am. Out side of waiting more than an hour I thought I had excellent service.
For 79 $ not only did I get a regular checkup but they checked my ears for blockage and then the one that did have a heavy amount of wax they irrigated my ear out. The irrigation did help out but it didn’t totally clean out my ear. The nurse recommend another dose of drops when I got home. I followed her instructions and that did the trick, I was able to hear again out of that ear.
For the price and the free followup and I thought the Nurse was very professional this is a great deal to do some simple procedures like this instead of going to a regular clinic. Also my checkup came up roses, well except for that fact that she told me I have to loose some weight.
I might go back for a cholesterol check.

This CVS, like many or all of their stores, has terrible selection and poor customer service. I waited for a prescription pickup from the pharmacy for over 20 minutes after they called to tell me my prescription was ready. While I was waiting, I decided to pick up some groceries. The products they carry are horrible quality. You pretty much can’t buy anything here that isn’t made of artificial ingredients and food coloring. The store is also not organized and looks as though it was stocked by a group of people from that TV show «hoarders.»

I don’t know how this place gets so many one stars. It has everything, is open 24 hours a day, has a pharmacy that sells everything including more than likely stem cells, has an aisle dedicated to «As seen on TV» crap, and gives me coupons on my receipts. WTF people of Northcenter… you should just be happy it is not an empty building like the rest of the neighborhood. i’m not a fan of chains but i’m not a fan of independents that go out of biz either…

Minus one star: no live people at check out. WTF has this world come to? Then I use the self check, and this annoying man HOVERS over me trying to do it all. I had to say «I can do this.»
Him: «oh, well most people have a lot of problems. You’re like a pro!»
Me: «it’s really easy»
Him: «I wish everyone thought so!»
Well, CVS, I think this means you need to go back to breathing humans and get rid of the robots.
But I have to ADD another star, keeping it at 5, because CVS generic brand sour gummy worms are the shit!!! I can’t find sour gummy worms like this anywhere!

Only two items I buy from here. Beer and bubble gum.
Best place to buy beer when the Rib fest, hood fairs, etc are in play. Whose gonna stop me from taking my CVS bought beer into the festivals? Who?! No one yet. Get there early, all these neighborhood bums do the same thing and CVS sells out of good beer and cheap ass beer quickly. (Beer is not cheap, but it’s cheaper than at the street festivals.) All that’s left is the expensive harsh stuff. Blah!
Well, standing in line on any occassion is still doable, this neighborhood is filled with cuties and they like to shop here too. Store employees could be re-​trained for speed; sometimes that check out line is tedious!