Step into the showroom at Abt Electronics and you’ll quickly realize this isn’t your typical retailer.

The Glenview appliance and electronics store is equipped with a 7,500-gallon saltwater aquarium that houses exotic fish and a moray eel. Free cookies are handed out on weekends, and a new on-site coffee shop offers a coffee-based dessert — affogato — that’s quickly become popular. A dancing fountain in the Abt atrium was inspired by a water feature at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas.

Despite the modern features and amenities, family values and an old-fashioned approach to doing business are the backbone of the 89-year-old retailer, which ranks No. 11 among large employers on the Tribune’s list of Top Workplaces , as measured by consultancy Energage in Exton, Pennsylvania.

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