Walgreens

Avoid at all costs. This is the closest Walgreens to my home and I have NEVER had a good experience. On my first visit I arrived at 8:30am to pick up a prescription and learned that their pharmacy hours are minimal. (Really– no pharmacy until 9am? That seems crazy.) My pharmacy orders have pretty much never been ready for pick up when they claimed they will be. And yet, I felt adventurous enough to try out their photo department. Well, guess what. My pictures were cut off because my 4“X6“‘s were actually 3.75“X6.” Really, dude? You didn’t notice that the print was cut off and maybe you should reprint it and actually cut it to the correct size as ordered? Ugh. I won’t be dumb enough to try this place again.

all things considered, this is a fine and convenient walgreens.
the relocation did it some good. sure it isn’t open 24 hours, like the former location was down the street, but it’s cleaner, has a tighter parking lot, houses two red box booths, and, for the most part, has the things you need when you are in a pinch and have nowhere else to go because hey, it’s avondale.
it *does* appear that you have to be a bit of an independent shopper if you choose to go here because whether it’s the pharmacy or just the overall store, employees are few and far between. one time it took me about fifteen minutes to find hydrogen peroxide because i spent the first twelve looking for a sales associate. but what can you do.
i recently had a conversation with a friend who gave me a ride home and he freaked out over the relocation of the store. he had fond memories of the previous location, such as the fact that when he was ready to take it to the next level with his high school girlfriend, that’s where he purchased contraception for the first time. i’ll just have to find my own milestones with the new building. so far, they’ve been pretty clutch with the nyquil and cheap wine. enjoyed separately, not together.

Not too much to say, it’s a nice new clean Walgreens. Right off the Blue Line so it’s convenient on the way home. That said I do have a couple of complaints.
#1 — The parking lot entrance/​exit is just a bit too narrow. It makes it difficult for people to gracefully exit and enter no matter what they’re driving. It should’ve been a couple of feet wider.
#2 — I was in there tonight and wanted to find a particular aisle. .. I looked up at the hanging signs and they were ALL in Spanish. It wasn’t until I went to the register that I noticed that the opposite side of the signs was English. If you’re going to do bilingual signs. .. Put both languages on both sides!