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Gold for Best Consignment/Thrift Store and Silver for Best Men's Clothing Store in the same year — both in 2025 — tells you that Thrifted Threads in Penn Yan is not your typical secondhand shop. Located in the Lake Street Plaza, this curated resale operation has cracked a code that most thrift stores never figure […]
The Once Again Shoppe at 100 East Elm Street in Penn Yan is the kind of thrift store that feels like it belongs in the town that hosts it — practical, unpretentious, and filled with genuine finds rather than overpriced castoffs dressed up as vintage. Gold for Best Consignment/Thrift Store in 2022 and Silver in […]
At 101 Genesee Street in downtown Auburn, Regenerations earned its 2022 Silver for Best Consignment/Thrift Store by operating at the intersection of thrift shopping and community purpose. The Genesee Street location puts it in Auburn's historic commercial core, a stretch that has seen a gradual revival as independent shops and restaurants have filled storefronts that […]
Back-to-back Gold for Best Consignment/Thrift Store in 2023 and 2024 tells you everything about the hold that Next To New Shop has on the Finger Lakes secondhand market. Located at 385 Waterloo Geneva Road in Waterloo, this is a specialty consignment operation focused almost entirely on children's items — clothing, maternity wear, toys, and furniture […]
At 1963 Highway 20 in Waterloo, LC New York occupies a spot in the consignment landscape that leans more curated boutique than secondhand shop. The 2024 Silver for Best Consignment/Thrift Store at FLX Finest reflects a model that prioritizes selectivity over volume — you will not find racks crammed with everything that came through the […]
The Geneva Antique Co-Op at 473 Exchange Street has been a fixture of the antiques scene for years, and the 2025 Gold for Best Antiques/Collectibles — after three consecutive Silver finishes from 2022 through 2024 — represents a breakthrough that longtime patrons saw coming. The co-op model means multiple dealers share the floor space, each […]