Q Gift Shop first opened in September 1993, sub-letting a small space inside Jessie's City Café on North Ludlow Street in downtown Dayton. The original shop was tiny. Many new homes boast walk-in closets that are bigger. The shop was open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 pm - 2:30 am.

In very little time, the shop began to grow. Together with Jessie's City Café, the shop grew in popularity. As a result the shop relocated to another, larger location inside Jessie's. Business increased and so did the inventory. Before long, customers were asking for daytime hours and complaining about having to pay a cover charge to shop. But business continued to grow.

In 1996, a second storefront location was opened on North Main Street in the Santa Clara Arts District. Just about 1 block and a half north of our current location at 1904 N. Main Street. Q premiered nearly 8 times the space of its larger space in Jessie's. A lousy landlord who refused to make roof and air conditioning repairs forced us to relocate just 11 months later.

Faced with the challenge of a move in October 1997, Q again grew in size to fill a 2,200 square foot location at 1904 N. Main Street. This remains our present location. In October 2004 with the moving of a business next door, Q expanded and now boasts over 3,300 square feet.

On April 30, 2006, our satellite location inside Celebrity Nightclub closed up shop after one last night due to the sale and closing of the club. We are grateful to Don and Dwight for helping our business get off the ground in Jessie's City Café and later Celebrity.

Hardly a week passes that someone doesn't come in and ask, "How long have you been here?" We're glad folks are still discovering us.