Best Old-School Thrift Store

Assistance League of Austin

Expect no real order, no attempt at hipness, no affectation when you enter the world of the Assistance League thrift store. This place is a throwback to when thrift stores were well-kept secrets and not everyone had caught on to the cool fashions and great furnishings and excellent accouterments to be found secondhand. You'll have to dig around and check back regularly, but, hey, that's what dedicated thrifties do anyway, right? The staff is 100% volunteer (kicking in 34,000 hours per year), and about 95% of the profits go to help six philanthropic projects including the Children's Hospital, domestic-abuse survivors, low-income kids who need school clothes and supplies, and foster children transitioning to life on their own. Plus, they have unbelievably great prices.

Assistance League of Austin
4901 Burnet Rd., 512/458-3716
alaustin.org