Closed: NYC - The Reviews Start to Come In

Well if you've been paying attention you might have noticed that we shut down our store in NYC. It was a really hard decision. After all the store has been there for 16 years. We were a vital part of our neighborhood there. Our employees are valued members of the Condomania family and we tried without success to keep the store open but at the end we only had one rational choice and that was to shut the place down. The neighborhood is quickly gentrifying and the costs to keep the store open with our rising rent would have simply made it impossible to make any money or continue with our mission.

All of us here in Condomania Los Angeles, where we shut down our retail store in 2001 to focus on the internet, know how hard this has been for both our long time clients in NYC and our team in NYC.

Apparently a few blogs around NYC have taken notice of our store's passing. Back in October ShopHound noticed the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood and asked how long Condomania would be able to stay afloat. Then a few days ago ShopHound discovered we had in fact shut down our operations. No need to gloat ShopHound. But we know you do it from a place of affection when you write: [Condomania] had an audaciously novel concept with a genuinely admirable social purpose. Everybody should have a shame-free, user-friendly place to buy condoms, lube and various other accessories you might need in the bedroom. Thanks for the kind words!

UPDATE: It appears that TowelRoad: A Blog With Homosexual Tendencies, Racked - with photo confirmation of our empty store, Gawker - that's all you can do remainders?, Notes On Napkins, & Manhattan Chowder have all posted notes on our demise. So sad.