Old-school Chicago Apothecary Does Booming Business Online

Nestled in Lincoln Square is a European-style drug store that opened nearly 150 years ago. Ten thousand products fill shelves and counters inside Merz Apothecary. Anthony Qaiyum’s father bought the family-run shop 50 years ago in Lake View and brought its approach to the current, 3,400-square-foot space in Lincoln Square. A variety of specialists can help customers “find anything that they need for their body – inside and out,” he said.

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