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Salmagundi West
3 reviews for Salmagundi West
Did you know that the original meaning of this quirky word comes from an English 17th Century salad made up of seafood, vegetables, meat, flowers, nuts, leaves, vinegar and oil? Yumm-o! Apparently the importance to this dish was in the presentation or geometrical shapes they made out of it..so it's only fair that this antique stores utilizes space accordingly.
Once down the stairs, the hidden treasures add a sense of joy and play to your next purchase. Tiny toys, gadgets, gifts, postcards, instruments, old typewriters and dolls fills large antique chests for your viewing pleasure.
On the surface, this store looks like your average antique store. It's situated in that building that comes to a point where Trounce Alley and Cordova Street meet, and the windows are filled with old china and silvery things. But come inside and make your way down the stairs to the basement, and you will find a wonderful selection of old-fashioned cards and wrappings, retro wind-up toys, and all kinds of gifty things.
The really special thing about Salmagundi is the giant antique Chinese chest along one wall. It has, literally, over 100 little drawers, each filled with delightful novelties, toys, candies, and soaps. I can easily spend over an hour down there, looking in all the drawers and playing (gently) with cool tin toys that look like the ones we used to have at Grandma's house.
If you're needing a unique last-minute gift for someone, this is a good place to find it. Prices do seem to me to be a little steep for trinkets, but nobody said nostalgia was cheap.
What a quirky and eccentric collection of oddities this store is! It's crammed full of the mysterious and the unusual. You'll find things like vintage postcards, very old Underwood typewriters, musical instruments, old-fashioned dolls, quirky stamps and toys, teacups that your granny might have had and just about everything else you could imagine. One of the specialties of this store is the chest of drawers, each of which contains an unpredictable selection of trinkets that will surely tickle your imagination. This place is absolutely worth a stop and you may find yourself spending an hour or more browsing and delighting in all the interesting items to be found here.
