# Bachabee’s Boutique

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Published: 2026-03-29
Updated: 2026-05-21

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Bachabee’s is a gift boutique in the Verlare Shopping Center at 116 West Vallette Street that’s been in Elmhurst for over four decades. They carry a curated collection of gifts, keepsakes, jewelry, greeting cards, fine paper goods, ribbons, and charming accessories. The selection changes constantly with items personally sourced from gift shows and artisan vendors.

## Origin Story

In 1984, Tina Heckel and her mother, Mary Anne Loftsgaarden, opened a tiny consignment store on Montrose Avenue in Elmhurst’s Spring Road Business District called “Once Upon a Time,” filled with handmade items from local crafters and artisans. Tina had discovered her passion for retail years earlier when she tagged along to gift shows with a flower shop owner on Spring Road and learned the art of buying and curating a selection.

When the business grew and the name kept getting mixed up with other shops, they rechristened it Bachabee’s, a word Tina had invented as a little girl to describe birds.

After Mary Anne passed away in December 2010, Tina eventually found a new home for the shop at 116 West Vallette Street in September 2012, where Bachabee’s has flourished ever since as a tribute to the mother-daughter dream that started it all.

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**Sunday: Closed**

- Monday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Friday: Closed
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed

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