Essex Corner — Local services in Boston

On my lunch break today I went to this store, in hopes of purchasing a bamboo plant. There was a female employee in the front of the store as soon as I entered. She never greeted me, or offered any assistance. Shortly after, a few Caucasian women entered, and were immediately greeted. I made my way over to the area of the bamboo plants, and the female employee started making her way over to me, which I thought was to offer assistance. Instead she just watched me the entire time, to see what I was doing. At that point, I walked out. It was apparent she had enough energy to follow me, but not open her mouth to say hello, and offer help. There is no way, I will be spending a dime at a place where employees are selective to whom they feel is worthy of customer service. This was a very poor...

This was a nice little shop that my family came upon while visiting Boston. The store has a nice selection of Asian goods, such as, food dishes, decorative items, and even some clothing. It also has some touristy items like postcards and shot glasses. While at the store we bought a dress for our daughter to wear for Chinese...

A good gift shop and enjoy the wall of shame when you walk in; shoplifters will be prosecuted and put on display. It's right on the outskirts of Chinatown and has some funny...