Grand Street Local — Local services in New York

I had purchased a crewneck that was described to me by the owner as a vintage 2000 up in smoke tour crewneck. This however was false after a few friends mentioned that they never made such a crewneck. After some investigation I realized that it was a modern reprinting you can get for $15 on Amazon. I reached out to John, the owner via Instagram dm. I have been an avid supporter of the shop and frequently bring new people to the shop. I was expecting a good response and hopefully to receive credit towards another item, being that this was not as described. Instead the owner insisted it was my fault that I purchased it, and that he still believes it's vintage, despite there being no evidence of this. I am very disappointed in this. Being that the market for rap vintage items has only increased since this purchase, id assume that it'd actually HELP the shop if I gave them this item towards something such as a band tee for the same price I originally paid. They will make an additional markup on each item, and if it's "real" as the owner says, he should be able to accept the item. Overall it seems the owner, John, knew this was a modern reprint and preyed on someone with less knowledge to make a sale, and then refused to offer any ounce of help, eventually leaving me on seen. I will never shop with the people of Grand Street Local again, and I don't think you should either. Reprints have their place when clearly marked, not when sold as true vintage. After writing the initial review, I was offered 100 credit. Although I paid 125 cash and at least 250 in credit. I was asking for 250 credit, I think this was fair. Maybe even 200 would suffice. However the owner then went on to ban me from the store, and tell me that he said heard me make antisemitic remarks, which is a complete lie and slander to my name. The owner seems to be greedy and shady, willing to do whatever is possible to squeeze a dollar out of his customers and blame...

An employee at this store felt the need to comment on the size of each woman in my party by comparing us to a random woman multiple times throughout the shopping experience, saying that "if SHE was able to fit in the clothes, then we'd definitely be able to." This was after I expressed that I was shopping for someone’s birthday present, and everyone else in my party was clearly uninterested in the overpriced clothes. He went so far as to singling out my friend AFTER I had made the purchase and made her uncomfortable by commenting on her size. After I told him that he was completely unprofessional in comparing our sizes unprovoked, he and the owner Jon became incredibly defensive and backed up his comments by saying "he has multiple sisters and respects women" and "he is a tailor so he cares about fit." First of all, why was their default to list off every woman that existed in his life, as if that negated everything he said about our bodies? Even when I questioned why he was comparing us to a woman I have never met or seen before, his immediate response was that she was a friend of his as if that excused his comments. Second of all, if he cared so much about fit, then he should've known a $30 baby boy's shirt wouldn't have fit any of us. However, both of them were obviously trying to get me to make a purchase so this employee's idea to sell me the product was to just talk about our sizes. I immediately returned the item after this interaction. Joke of a...

John and the staff at grand street local are very friendly and welcoming. Customer service is top-notch!

The store itself is very cozy and the collection of clothing and nick-nacks is very well curated. You can tell John and his staff put a lot of time and energy into what they do; and they are doing a great job.

So many great deals here! I went in the other day and John pulled out a pair of Aqua Jordan 8’s and gave me a great price to which I was very grateful for.

I implore anyone who is into vintage goods to come check out this store! One of the best places to shop in Williamsburg...