[jglackin]

I consider the *removed* store to be the SPS version of Old Town. Like Old Town is with fish, the *removed* store carries unique varieties of corals that you really cannot find anywhere else. They are friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive. As opposed to Old Town, they are not running a store front in an expensive area of town with a large staff, therefore their cost model is lower and it is reflected in their prices, but my buying criteria is not all based on price, otherwise I would do almost everything online.

I do business with both stores for different reasons. Just as I do business with other stores in the area and online. As has been discussed, there is not really one store in Chicago that fires on all cylinders, so many of us tend to dot around.