Are you on the hunt for deals and rare finds? Countless treasures are waiting to be rehomed at thrift stores throughout Reno and Sparks.
Just like a bag of donated items, no two Reno thrift stores are the same. Some carry brand names and trendy items. Others focus on rare, timeless finds. Then there are the ones that slap a price tag on anything and everything. As longtime thrifters in the Biggest Little City already know, someone else’s trash might be your treasure.
Shopping second-hand is in style right now, but that’s not the only reason to hunt for preloved items, including clothing, furniture, and housewares at thrift stores in Reno. Many local thrift stores save the community by supporting neighbors in need. Every thrift store in the world helps save the planet by keeping second-hand items out of landfills.
And, of course, they save you money.
From carefully curated boutique-style shops to charity-driven department stores, you’re sure to score deals by shopping sustainably at these 14 thrift stores in Reno.
1. Bad Apple Vntg
Location: 1001 S Virginia St., Reno
Bad Apple Vntg is the best of both worlds, old and new. The store sells vintage items and locally-made goods, appealing to 80s and 90s nostalgia in-house. Online you’ll find feisty yet fashionable items, from a “bimbo” nameplate necklace to imported Japanese tumblers.
2. Clothes Mentor
Location: 1509 S Virginia St., Reno
A short walk from the Reno Public Market in Downtown Reno, Clothes Mentor is a franchise that sells gently-loved designer and brand-name women’s clothing in sizes 0-26, shoes, accessories, and handbags at 70 percent off retail prices. The store pays cash for trendy and timeless items, and especially wants well-known name brands, as long as they’re like new.
3. FreeStyle Clothing Exchange
Location: 780 S Virginia St., Reno
A women-owned thrift shop, FreeStyle Clothing Exchange sells recycled contemporary and vintage clothing, with a focus on trendy and in-demand items. The store pays cash for graphic tees, long-sleeve tops, skirts, dresses, hoodies, shoes, accessories, and jeans, including plus sizes, and especially wants brand names.
4. Junkee Clothing Exchange
Location: 299 E. Plumb Ln., Reno
Reno thrift store Junkee Clothing Exchange moved to its bustling spot at the Reno Public Market from a historic building in Midtown in 2003. Clothes, costumes, furniture, antiques, and collectibles are spread across two floors. With so much to offer, the store opened an expansion, Uncle Junkee, across the way. Junkee’s buying counter is open every day and pays about $1-3 per item, according to the store’s website.
5. Plato’s Closet
Location: 1535 S Virginia St., Reno
Shopped countrywide in the teen and 20-something demographic, Plato’s Closet has over 500 stores giving popular brands a second chance, including one in Reno that’s locally owned and operated. Plato’s Closet pays cash for gently used clothes, shoes, and accessories with a focus on teens and young adults. Walk-ins are welcome.
6. Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Thrift Depot
Location: 575 E. 4th St., Reno
If you’d like to shop and do good at the same time, check out the Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission. Every purchase at the charity’s Thrift Depot helps support local homeless, hungry, addicted, and abused. Prices are already affordable, but the store also has frequent markdowns, sometimes as high as 50 percent off. Seniors, veterans, and active service members receive 15 percent off daily.
7. Salvation Army Family Thrift Store
Location: 3 locations in Reno and Sparks
The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store offers low prices on household items, furniture, and clothing while helping Northern Nevadans who struggle with addiction, homelessness, and other obstacles. Your purchase helps support the Salvation Army’s rehabilitation programming, which includes a work therapy program. Participants in the program spend six months preparing donations to be sold in the store.
8. Savers
Location: 3800 S. Kietzke Ln., Ste. 250, Reno
Budget and vintage shoppers alike find common ground at multinational thrift store Savers. Along with already low prices and sales events like Senior Tuesdays, shoppers can earn points toward savings with the store’s loyalty program. The Reno store, which is located not far from the Atlantis Casino, sells clothing, dinnerware, accessories, books, housewares, electronics, and more.
9. SPCA of Northern Nevada Thrift Store
Location: 75 E. Moana Ln., Reno
Pet lovers will pat themselves on the back when shopping for deals at the SPCA of Northern Nevada Thrift Store. Not only do shoppers save up to 75 percent on new, name-brand, and gently used items, but all proceeds support homeless pets in Reno and Sparks. In addition to the typical thrift store items, this thrift store carries pet supplies so your furry best friend benefits too.
10. St. Vincent’s Thrift Store
Location: 500 E. 4th St., Reno
Another resale shop doing good for the community, St. Vincent’s Thrift Shop has been called a thrifters paradise. There isn’t a restroom or fitting rooms, but there is a wide inventory of donated items, including clothes, furniture, and housewares. Run by Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, your purchase at the store directly helps people in need in the Reno and Sparks community.
11. St. Vincent’s Super Thrift
Location: 190 E. Glendale Ave., Sparks
Like its counterpart in Reno, St. Vincent’s Super Thrift sells clothing, furniture, and more that’s been donated by the local community. Proceeds from sales go toward funding Catholic Charities’ poverty assistance programs.
12. The Nest
Location: 201 Keystone Ave., Reno
The Nest prides itself on curating a locally sourced inventory of vintage furniture, decor, and clothing, plus handmade home products, including candles, teas, and stickers. The store is committed to finding a new home for high-quality, timeless, sentimental, and nostalgic pieces. Sign up for the Nest newsletter online to receive 10 percent off.
13. Thrift & Gift on Vassar
Location: 1701 Vassar St., Reno
Run by The 1701 Group Reno (formerly the Assistance League of Reno-Sparks) and staffed by volunteers, Thrift and Gift on Vassar sells just about every gently-used (and occasionally new) item you can think of, including antiques, collectibles, clothes, shoes, books, sporting goods, toys, housewares, linens, home decor, seasonal items, and jewelry. All items are priced low, and your purchase helps support 11 different philanthropic programs aimed at seniors, students, and veterans in Reno and Sparks.
14. Waggish & Co.
Location: 243 California Ave., Ste. 1, Reno
Billed as a unique thrift experience, Waggish & Co aims to curate and sell beautiful, fun, and unique used items, such as vintage evening gowns, Italian pottery, cowboy boots, and art. The owner is a veteran thrifter who has shopped all over the world and has now opened thrift stores in Reno, Hollywood, and Italy. Along with a curated collection, Waggish & Co offers Dress-Up Parties for groups. On second Saturdays, the store transforms the California Ave. and Hill St. parking lot into a flea market with locally made goods and live music.
