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2847 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO 63118

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Best Junk Store
Award Winner 2010

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Don't know what to buy your pet unicorn for Hanukkah? Looking for the perfect necklace for your chupacabra? There's a Cranky Yellow for that. Cranky Yellow is a manic mish-mash of the most unique and original D.I.Y. goods you'll find in St. Louis-zines, handmade greeting cards, foam monsters, subversive art and the oddest oddities. Cranky Yellow supports independent art and artisans by selling their wares, hosting shows in its basement and putting on events aimed at creative expression. To call it a gem doesn't go far enough; to call it one-of-a-kind would be a flagrant understatement. Give these people your money. Your unicorn will thank you.

2010 | Best Junk Store

Cranky Yellow chief proprietor David Wolk and his coterie of inventive spirits do a fantastic job of curating the mass of marvels in this strange Cherokee Street emporium. The junk for sale here is standard thrift-store pickings -- '70s ceramic spice mushrooms, spindly legged doe figurines, fat little plaster-cast Friar Tucks -- but its proximity to art on Cranky Yellow's shelves magically elevates it to the realm of relic. A cutesy walrus piggy bank, for instance, takes on an... More »

Cranky Yellow Is Closing For Good

By Diana Benanti | Thu, September 15, 2011

For the last two months, Cranky Yellow has been closed, but transmissions from its social-media arm led patrons to believe at some point the curio shop would reopen. Earlier this week, owner and opera... More »
CJ Boyd

By Ryan Wasoba | Thu, June 02, 2011

As countless episodes of VH1 Storytellers have proven, the standard format for an intimate performance is one musician playing one instrument on one stage. CJ Boyd takes this template to the sparsest of extremes. His tool of choice is the bass gui... More »
The Bengsons

By Diana Benanti | Thu, January 20, 2011

Shaun and Abigail Bengson are a husband-and-wife duo from Brooklyn who perform in a variety of different mediums. The latter has penned original off-Broadway musicals, while together the pair has performed as electro-wonders Zombie Nationalists. T... More »

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Cranky Yellow - CLOSED

2847 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO 63118

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2010 | Best Junk Store

By Diana Benanti | Thu, September 15, 2011

By Ryan Wasoba | Thu, June 02, 2011

By Diana Benanti | Thu, January 20, 2011