CVS Pharmacy

Yeah, it looks sketchy and they do have sketchy people hanging around sometimes.
I don’t come unless I have to which is usually when my sister comes.
Pretty much you shop and just take care of checkout yourself.

Pharmacists too busy too check on Gluten issues for med they sell. Truly repugnant, «I am too busy to check or call manufacturers» as to gluten free for a diagnosed celiac. Called Walgreens on Halsted stated no problem, we’ll check it out. Also Costco pharmacy at Ashland store they had info in minutes. New Pharmacy’s for me Costco and Walgreens!

I love CVS and much prefer to Walgreens but this store is the worst. The parking lot is too small and crowded. There are always sketchy people out front or in the parking lot. The Pharmacy has a distinct lack of customer service skills both in person and on the phone. It is just overall disappointing. They do have a friendly greeter which is a plus but no ATM (usually a Bank of America) which would be really nice. I hope to see improvements!

The guy in front of me in line had 2 cases of Coors in a baby stroller, and then got into an old 80’s Caprice with 2 other guys who were smoking crack and listening to Dream Theater.
⁵⁄₅ would go again.

Old and dirty describes the inside. But they had what I needed when I was driving around looking for a pharmacy early in the morning before heading out of town back to Texas. So for my cold medicine I was grateful for them. I liked their self checkout. Also as a Texan I always love that you can get liquor at places other than a liquor store.

My favorite pharmacy thus far since I switched over from Walgreen Pharmacy. They are fast and efficient. The store as a whole is organized and clean for the most part. I like their self-​check out options it helps make the lines pretty much no lines ever.

If you need your meds filled, then the people here will do you right. Not really a long wait, and the pharmacists and technicians don’t mind answering questions you may have about your drugs.
It’s a shame the parking lot is so crowded. It should be double the size with all the traffic that comes in and out of it.
Rant: why in the world does CVS insist on printing out these ridiculously long receipts that run as long as a blanket even if you but one item???

October 20
I like this place. It hasn’t let me down when I needed affordable bubblies and cold medicine. The convenience of 24 hours really makes my life easier and extremely close to home (2 blocks away). I’m a dude. So, nothing really phase me. There’s always some kind of drama at CVS since every time I visit is around Midnight and you know how that is.
The place does seem a bit shady, but it’s decent in Bridgeport. If you’re not used to the area, you might think it’s dangerous, but I have lived here for three-​forth of my life and sometimes it’s not as crazy as the North with people heads being blown off. Therefore, I’m going to start generalize the North Side since people generalize the South Side in News Article.

I hate parking in this lot — overcrowded with inconsiderate people. Instead, park on Emerald and walk over.
Something about CVS just doesn’t feel right (the visuals, lack of sales associates, etc…). And maybe it’s just me, but I just feel like they’re always out of stock of things that I want.
If it weren’t so close to home, I wouldn’t even go.

If you’re a small town kid intimidated by the big city, this place is not for you. You have to make your way through some of the sketchy characters that hang out just in front of the place between the cars parked against the store. Walking in one of them decided he was going to block the path as I was walking in, it was intentional. But I gave him the benefit of the doubt and said, «excuse me» he stood his ground, I then said, «move it» he still stood there, so I looked him in the eyes and moved forward only then did he get out of the way.
Too much hassle for a gallon of milk. I only come here when I have to, sure I’d like to give them more business but they don’t deserve it. Sure they did hire a security guard but what good is he if he just sits on his a$$ at the inside of the front door.
I usually try to go to the Walgreens or the Cermak Produce on Halsted just around the corner, but they close at 10 p.m., it was after that so CVS being open ²⁴⁄₇ is the only good thing about this place.

It’s CVS. If you spend more than five minutes there, you’re an idiot.

The lines here are nothing to die for… :(I loathe this place.

Hey! I saw a guy drive there car into the place and the cops gathered! Very entertaining… and I saw a bunch of people getting arrested.
Anyhow — the pharmacist there is a fucking racist :) Lets be real. I’m brown. I’m fucking brown. Its kool — I live with it and I’m proud of it. The pharmacist was a little uneasy around me and tried to avoid me as much as possible when I tried to ask her a question she was even laughing a little bit that I was sick.
Well I went up front and asked to speak to the manager because they have a fucking racist working there, which isn’t surprising though since my Father works for CVS and would always complain about being treated horribly.
Also, I was there again with a friend and they didn’t even bother to help me — I had to ask someone to open up the register but the guy up front was too busy socializing with the security guard cause he wanted to tell him how he finally reached 2^nd base on his 30^th birthday.
I am very very happy I moved. I went there once or twice and I honestly feel like their souls have been invaded by rotting rat feces.
Good Day,
Robbi Style

This cvs deserves 0 stars, but that wasn’t an option so I had to give it 1.
By far the worst cvs I’ve ever been to. It’s always a mess. When the staff are stocking the shelves, they take up like 80% of the aisle and get mad when ur trying to pass them, at a high traffic hour like noon.
No one will help u here. When u say nice things like «good morning» or «thank you», you don’t get a response. The staff either walk past you, shoot you a weird look or just stand there and stare like a child does.
The photo staff are miserable, the pharmacy team is miserable. These people seriously must be abused when they’re not on the selling floor because they act as though they’re tortured.
Maybe there is a nice employee here or two, but I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting them.
Not to mention, all the scumbags, drunks and beggars that congregate outside to beg and just chill, all day long. I don’t want to walk past them at all.
I’ve come here a few times when walgreens (a block north) didnt have what I needed. I won’t do that anymore, I’d rather go to family dollar on 34^th and Halsted, or else drive to target. Honestly, I’d rather inconvenience myself by taking the train downtown and go to the cvs on state St than frequent this hell hole.
Also, if you’re going to have the majority of the payment occur at self-​service kiosk (where you ring yourself up), why are there always store employees standing there aimlessly? If we really need that much direction on how to pay at the kiosks, or if there is that much theft going on, why not put an extra employee or 2 at the registers so they could ring people up, old-​school style?
My grandma won’t even shop here because she’s so inconvenienced by the self service kiosk. I know a lot of seniors feel that way, and frankly, i’d rather have her NOT shop here, because its a safety concern when a nicely dressed little old lady has to walk past drunks and scumbags to get in and out of the store.

This CVS has been here after the Osco Drugs closed as well as the Jewel’s on 30^th and Halsted.
They sell all types of stuff that their competitors might not sell. Occasionally you can find deals, coupons, etc.
They have their own discounted card «Extra Care Card.»
Here’s the information on their card.
Signing up only takes 3minutes.
Staff can be a little inattentive at times, but overall they’re very nice when I was talking to them.

I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who likes this CVS. Maybe it’s just because I only live two blocks away, but I can be found in this store no less than 3 times a week, and sometimes go simply to use my atm card at checkout to get cash back because i’m too lazy to walk to the chase atm at 35^th street. My only real complaints are that they quit carrying vanilla coke way too early, and they quit selling large cartons of soy milk many years ago (only selling half galon boxes now). Oh, and the lines can be horrendously slow, but they just renovated the store last week, and now have like 4 self checkout lanes so you won’t have anyone to blame but yourself when you take a long time to check out.
The people who work there are people just like you and me. If you were working at cvs in the 40^th year of your life, you would hate the world just as much as those people. But, this one time i was pretty sauced around like 4pm and i got into a conversation with this lady and i complimented her hair, and described it as bouncy. She might read this, and I just want to say that I would be happy to take you home some time if you are interested in that, assuming you haven’t been married for the past 10 years. I don’t think you have, but who knows, maybe your needs aren’t being satisfied at home. If they aren’t, I would be more than happy to lead you on over to my place at 31^st & morgan to show you how a real man would ring you up, if you know what i mean ;)

It’s a CVS. A very crowded CVS with a nightmarish parking lot. But sometimes you have to come here for your normal drugstore needs but also because they sell booze. And apparently they’re the only place in Bridgeport that sells booze because if you try to come in here after work or on a weekend or (god forbid) anytime in the 2 – 3 hour window before a home sox game, you’ll be waiting in line behind one of the 2 open cash registers run buy ridiculously slow cashiers for at least 20 – 30 minutes with all the other people buying booze.
If you really must come here, it’s probably best to have already started your drinking.

Generally speaking I like CVS better than most drug stores because the selection of hair/​beauty supplies, cards and booze are fantastic and reasonably priced.
The Bridgeport CVS is in fact the only logical place to purchase liquor since getting it anywhere else in the neighborhood would mean not paying your rent that month. For this, I love you CVS.
Unfortunately the experience of shopping there is every bit as horrifying as the other reviewers have pointed out. Yes, you will be greeted by a homeless person almost every single time you visit this store, and yes you will encounter at least one act of domestic violence somewhere near the candy aisle. The staff are generally pretty friendly but not very helpful and never very fast. As other reviews have stated, don’t be surprised if you’re in line for 30 minutes especially on Friday or Saturday night.
This CVS however is the only good option in the neighborhood aside from Dominicks for liquor and for that they continue to get my business at least once a week.

The Fifth Circle of Hell contains the river Styx, a swampy, fetid cesspool in which the Wrathful spend eternity struggling with one another; the Sullen lie bound beneath the Styx’s waters, choking on the mud.
This pretty much sums up how I feel about this CVS. The aisles are constantly blocked with huge boxes of inventory. The pharmacists aren’t anywhere near helpful. There are no distinguishable lines to wait in so people just kind of mill about hoping that they’ll be chosen next to be rung up. The cashiers are gruff and act like you should be happy they’re even tolerating your presence. The parking lot is a complete nightmare. Once you finally manage to find a spot, upon entering and exiting, you will be harassed for your change by at least two people outside. The only redeeming quality of this place is that they sell booze at a decent price.

This may officially be the slowest CVS in the history of Chicago. The customer service here is absolutely horrid and unbelievably insane. As a person who used to live in the neighborhood, this became the only place to go to pick up quick food or drugstore products because the Jewel on 31^st closed. That was really unfortunate because this CVS absolutely sucks. Trust me, I worked here for like two days and had to quit because everyone was super mean.
The store is relatively clean and organized when they don’t have all of the items to be put on the shelves out in every aisle blocking everything (this seems to be the case every time I come in). This CVS at least sells a good number of items, which sort of makes up for the messiness of the store. Most of their employees look like zombies and you can tell they hate their jobs. They’re pretty slow about putting everything away, so there’s usually just crap everywhere.
I wouldn’t trust taking my photos here, but that’s just me. I’ve experienced more than one angry customer chewing out the photo employees because they ruined something, so I would just avoid this area at all costs. Or do your own pictures. The pharmacy employees are alright — I never took any prescriptions here, so I wouldn’t really know what’s up back there.
I guess I just feel like I’ve stepped into an alternate universe when I come in here. The last time, the employee at the ONE open register was unreasonably slow and the customer being served was insanely stupid. At one point she forgot something and had to go back and get it in order to finish her transaction. She was gone for almost five minutes and then came back with THREE other things. Apparently she had totally forgotten that she was in the middle of checking out and continued browsing the store for more items to purchase. Of course, the lady ringing us out couldn’t cancel that transaction, so we all just had to stand. It was unbelievably annoying. This is pretty indicative of every experience I’ve ever had in here ever.
Good thing they sell booze… otherwise coming here would be entirely useless.