Antique Market — Local services in Town of Huntington

Make no mistake this place is a hidden gem with an impressive array of unique treasures to be seen on any given visit. I always enjoy the browse and have taken home some super cool and highly unusual once in a lifetime finds.

It's only important to be aware of the caveats around how it's operated. You will not have a good visit if you require the kind of shoe kissing customer service you may have come to expect from big box stores.

It is visibly family run by an older set of folks who can be flaky and behind the times on basic sales technology. Depending on the day if a manager can't be reached to facilitate a credit card sale or a certain employee isn't on staff who can take down a mounted item for you to examine or purchase, you will simply be unable to.

This is less an indictment than advisement to come prepared. If you're coming from a distance, call ahead to ensure the lights are on (do not rely on Google map hours for a thing here). Cash payment is always going to go smoothly and items that the store requires staff assistance to handle will always be unavailable on the weekends due to said staff not being on hand.

In short, if you have the patience to work around the limits of an informal old fashioned and sometimes less than professional way of business, you'll be better prepared to get the best of what this place has to offer. I recommend it for the browsing experience alone. Just mask up for the musty air quality if you have...

I was excited to find a cool antique store when I go to drop off my Mazda at the dealership down the street and have to wait. Definitely has an assortment of interesting stuff but what turned me off was the TV blasting hyper conservative talk shows and the unsolicited political comments made by the older lady with black hair who was checking us out during purchase. She said to me “they should arrest Joe Biden for being a communist” when the TV commentators mentioned Trump getting arrested. It’s really uncomfortable to hear biased political opinions when you’re just trying to enjoy your Saturday afternoon, have a passion for antiques and hopefully find a new place to shop.

My recommendation to the shop owners is you should employ representatives that offer a pleasant and neutral shopping experience without the polarizing views offered to customers- that’s really unnecessary and unprofessional quite frankly. It’s an instant turn off and don’t understand why shop clerks do this unless you’re in the business of pushing customers away! Not sure if I’ll be back- the public political statements makes me afraid of what the views of this organization are behind...

Came into the store SO delighted to finally find the crocheted doilies I had been looking for. When I asked the woman if it was for sale she rudely interrupted me with her phone call and continued to stay on the phone as I waited. I decided to continue looking around while she finished her phone call. Her husband then asked her if it was for sale and she abruptly said no without even looking st the doily. I then found a few more in the back of the shop and she couldn't be bothered to take a minute and help me. Her helpless son attempted to find some but was no help because the mother made the ultimate decision that nothing I asked for was for sale. The son was nice enough to help and even called me over and said "look there's some here" and the mother stopped her phone call to yell "those are not for sale!" What's he point of having any items out on display if they're not for sale. Most definitely will never return. It's too bad because I would have been a great customer that would have made weekly...