Chicago Is Closing Down Another Pen Shop

[GabrielleDuVent]

Chicago has never been a too-friendly city for fountain pen users. Just this year (I think... I pass in front of it every day and my memory's non too clear), Glibertson & Clybourn sold its last pen and closed down permanently.

 

Now, Paradise Pens in Oak Brook is closing. So any Chicagoans, get there before April 1st, because everything must go!

[Shaporama]

I got some good buys on ink, pen cases, and on Paradise brand pens when they closed their Bridgewater, NJ store about a year ago. See if you can make the best of a bad situation!

[Miles R.]

Is there still a pen shop in the ground floor of the Monadnock Building? (I lived in Chicago in the 1990s.)

[craigs63]

I stopped by Paradise Pen in Oak Brook this afternoon, the pen and inks I bought were marked 50% off (Padrino Trend in turquoise, and two Paradise brand inks - black/blue and vineyard burgundy).

Supposedly Rolex wants the space, and the owners of the pen store decided to sell rather than move?

[SteveE]

 

Supposedly Rolex wants the space, and the owners of the pen store decided to sell rather than move?

 

I doubt that the space has been "sold" as all of the retail space in the Oak Brook Mall is leased. There is a property management firm that takes care of it all, so I'd bet that there was an issue of over-all profitability versus rent and expenses.

 

I'm not surprised. I've been to that store several times and never found anything that I felt was worth their price.