The closing sale at Macy's in downtown Minneapolis expanded Thursday with the reopening of the building's fourth floor as space to sell furniture, fixtures and other backroom items.
The move comes after Macy's lowered the discounts for most items last week to 30 percent to 50 percent from the previous range of 20 percent to 40 percent.
With escalators closed above the third floor in the store, customers need to take the elevator to reach the fourth floor.
Once there, customers will find plenty of small items priced to move, including scores of salt shakers, serving plates and mixing bowls from the restaurants priced at $1 and up.
"The food-service items are the real deal," Matt Nelson of Vadnais Heights said as he checked out the sale over his lunch hour Thursday. "I just texted my wife to see what we need. If I were in the restaurant business, I could make a real haul."
The selection was almost boggling for some shoppers. Megan Fredrickson of St. Paul thought the prices were reasonable but choosing was difficult. "I have my eye on Fiestaware and some dining-room chairs," she said.
Beside rows and rows of metal and wood clothing racks sat dozens of tiny display stands from the women's shoe department for $2. One of the most expensive items was a woven tapestry of Arabian horses for $1,000 which sat incongruently next to boxes of toothpicks, bamboo skewers and a Vienna hot dog stand.
Large, framed art pieces are $50, including a Georgia O'Keefe print and a life-size photograph of a bikini-wearing model. Two Tiffany-style art-glass lamps that framed the entrance to the men's FYI department are $100 each.
