Sweet Pickle Books Trades Your Used Books and Records for Pickles
Bring finished paperbacks or vinyl to 47 Orchard Street on a Tuesday or Wednesday and leave with a jar of house pickles.
🥒 Clear Your Shelf, Take Home a Jar
Sweet Pickle Books at 47 Orchard Street between Grand and Hester in the Lower East Side runs on a literal swap. Instead of handing out store credit, this small used bookshop accepts all donations in exchange for pickles, only in-store, and only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, accepting books and records only.
Make it a low-key Tuesday or Wednesday errand on Orchard Street solo or with a bookish friend, taking the B or D train to Grand Street or the F train to East Broadway, each about a five-minute walk away, handing your stack across the counter, and browsing fiction, nonfiction, art, and rare shelves alongside Double Dill Spears, Bread and Butter Pickles, and Big Jars of Spicy Pickles.
If you show up Thursday through Monday, the shop still welcomes browsers until 9 PM and until 8 PM on Sundays, though donations pause outside the two-day window. Planning a pre-Thanksgiving or pre-Christmas apartment clear-out at 47 Orchard Street with large estates or lots, email halfsour at sweetpicklebooks dot com before hauling boxes over.
