Crate & Barrel is a chain of American retail stores, base in Northbrook, Illinois, specializing in housewares, furniture (indoor and out), and home accessories. Gordon and Carole Segal opened the first store in 1962, on Wells Street in the then-bohemian Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Today there are over 170 stores in the United States. Crate & Barrel has two sister stores. CB2 is geared toward young adults, and The Land of Nod is for children.