Hymie's Vintage Records

Hymie's was opened in 1988 by Jim “Hymie” Peterson^[1] on Lake Street in Minneapolis. The store carried exclusively analog audio media for most of its life. In 2010 the store relocated five blocks east to a new location.^[1] The Hymie's blog began in October 2009, and posted nearly every day about interesting^{[peacock prose]} or unusual records, local music reviews and local music events. Starting in 2009, Hymie’s had a shop dog, a Boston terrier named Irene,^[2] who became an icon for the store. Irene has been photographed by Rolling Stone, and also appeared on popular^{[peacock prose]} T-shirts and as Miss June in a charity calendar. Hymie’s had been singled out as one of the best record stores in the United States by Rolling Stone^[3] and USA Today,^{[citation needed]} and has been featured in many other publications.^{[citation needed]}

Hymie's suddenly closed permanently at the end of June 2025.