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1. Crown & Crumpet
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 771-4252
Categories:
Tea Rooms,
Coffee & Tea
Neighbourhood: Fisherman's Wharf
Crown & Crumpet (C & C) more than lives up to its tagline: "A room with tea & wit." Love HRH, queens, England, cupcakes, tea and candy? You will love C & C. I want to live there (and possibly die there).
The food and tea are superb and the décor is…More »
2. Tokyo Japanese Outlet
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 914-5320
Categories:
Toy Stores,
Discount Store,
Outlet Stores
Neighbourhood: West Los Angeles
Love this tiny Japanese discount store - it's crammed full of cute merchandise, including Japanese food erasers (wide selection), bath & body items, cosmetics, containers, candy, socks, barrettes, incense, bowls, things for the house, snacks (candy,…More »
3. Giant Robot Store
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 478-1819
Categories:
Toy Stores,
Comic Books
Neighbourhood: West Los Angeles
Giant Robot has two stores in close proximity. GR1 is the cuter and more interesting one (GR2 has lots of books). GR1 has cases filled with vinyl figurines including vintage Japanese monster toys. It's a tiny store but crammed with Japanese cuteness…More »
4. Rejuvenation
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 238-1900
Categories:
Furniture Stores,
Lighting Fixtures & Equipment,
Home Decor
Neighbourhoods: Industrial District, Southeast Portland, Central Eastside, Buckman
A one-of-a-kind wondrous warehouse filled with authentic vintage salvage and reproduction lighting, plumbing, and hardware pieces. The store is spacious, 38,000 square feet with 2 floors and a café.
On the first floor they have clawfoot tubs, bath…More »
5. Perch
San Francisco, CA 94131
(415) 586-9000
Categories:
Jewelry,
Home Decor
Neighbourhood: Glen Park
Everything about Perch (a gift store) is truly charming, from their shopping bags to their inventory and website (http://www.perchsf.com). It's definitely selected by someone with a sense of whimsy and good taste. The shelves are crammed with…More »
6. Stumasa Unfinished Furniture - CLOSED
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 759-1234
Categories:
Home Decor,
Furniture Stores,
Interior Design
Neighbourhood: Inner Sunset
A truly charming little store. Maybelle's good taste and eye for design married with Greg's custom made, affordable wooden furniture have led to a perfect union. Without Maybelle, Stumasa would be a boring wooden furniture store, one that I…More »
7. Sanrio
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 495-3056
Categories:
Cards & Stationery,
Toy Stores,
Luggage
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, SOMA
Sure it's not as good as the old downtown SF Sanrio (the one with three floors) but the Westfield Sanrio is still one of the better Sanrio locations in the Bay Area. The better locations like this one carry the fancier, harder to find Sanrio items…More »
8. Yokoyaya123
Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9
Canada
(604) 682-8073
Categories:
Department Stores,
Dollar Store
Neighbourhood: Downtown
It's called Yokoyaya123 even though it's Daiso. In fact, they had Daiso merchandise (the packaging said it was made for Daiso), including items I previously purchased at Daiso. Most of the merchandise is $2.
The store is filled with inexpensive…More »
9. The Great Wind-Up
Enter the strange world where animals, monsters, food and humans punch at each other, hop, flip and spin...it's the world of wind-up toys and you'll find it at the Great Wind-Up.
Wind-up toys make cute, small, inexpensive souvenirs or you can splurge…More »
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5/26/2007
If you like wind up toys, this is the place for you. It's a small spot but carries tons and tons of… Read more »
10. The Ark Toy Store
A boutique toy store that adults can appreciate, the Ark doesn't have one Barbie doll in stock. The toys there are meant to entertain and inspire children of all ages: puzzles, ice cream makers, craft kits (make your own lip balm, jewelry, knit your…More »
11. photograph & frame
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 563-4600
Categories:
Photography Stores & Services,
Framing
Neighbourhood: Marina/Cow Hollow
Not your typical frame shop, P & F looks modern and stylish. They can help out whether you have something to frame or need art, frames (all wood) or mirrors for your place. You can buy ready made mirrors or design your own. They have a great…More »
12. Watson Kennedy Fine Home
As impressed as I was by the Watson & Kennedy Pike Place location, the downtown location is even better. Much of the "fine living" merchandise is the same (vintage and new alphabet letters, ribbons, luxury soaps, candles, perfume, jewelry, notebooks,…More »
13. Pinestreet Papery
I love stationery stores and Pinestreet is my favorite (tied with Paper Source). After visiting four other stores looking for decent Father's Day cards, I finally found some here. Though they don't have the best greeting cards, they do have a…More »
14. Watson Kennedy Fine Living
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 443-6281
Categories:
Home Decor,
Flowers & Gifts
Neighbourhood: Downtown
Dainty, fancy, and pretty, this is the kind of gift store that I would like to open. You'll find vintage and new trinkets, some imported, including fancy ribbons, old alphabet letters, vintage keys, vintage game pieces, etc. Some of the unique items…More »
15. Stanford Shopping Center
The cream of the crop as far as shopping malls are concerned in the Bay Area. It's larger than Santana Row and the gardeners do an extraordinary job with the flowers there. As for the shopping, the mall seems to become more upscale every year.
…More »
16. Santana Row
Santana Row is beautiful (all decked out for the holidays) and reminds me of SoCal, particularly Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica (which has a similar layout, stores on both sides of the street, some vendors in the median area). I appreciate…More »
17. The Gardener
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 548-4545
Categories:
Nurseries & Gardening,
Home Decor
Neighbourhood: Fourth Street
This is my favorite shop in town - and this is coming from a non-gardener. The Gardener seems to scour the world for items made by local craftspeople. It's like Smith & Hawken meets an upscale, more refined/sophisticated version of Cost Plus minus…More »
18. Little Otsu - CLOSED
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 255-7900
Categories:
Cards & Stationery,
Women's Clothing,
Men's Clothing
Neighbourhood: Mission
You don't have to be vegan to appreciate the crafty, cutesy straight out of Etsy, merchandise at SF's (only?) vegan retail shop. I remember their old location on 16th Street. It had vegan boots and belts but the merchandise mix is now heavily…More »
19. Serendipity
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 401-8760
Category:
Cards & Stationery
Neighbourhood: Mission
The front of the store looks like a card/stationery store and the collection of greetings cards, journals and note cards is a good one. But it's the gift selection and the cozy knitting/yarn area in the back that make this one of the better gift…More »
20. Paper Source
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 409-7710
Category:
Art Supplies
Neighbourhoods: Lower Pac Heights, Pacific Heights
I'm such a paper arts and greeting card fiend. I adore Paper Source, particularly this location, the first one in SF. I never fail to find elegant, unique greeting cards and I dream about their wrapping paper, labels, and note cards. The back of…More »
21. Aubergine Vintage Emporium & Cafe
Sebastopol, CA 95473
(707) 827-3460
Categories:
Used, Vintage & Consignment,
American (New),
Bars
This place is like no other vintage clothing store that I've ever seen because most of the items come from Europe and it's the size of a warehouse (over 10,000 sq ft.). They even have a café and free movie nights.
Outside of the store, they had…More »
22. Double Punch
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 399-9785
Categories:
Toy Stores,
Hobby Shops
Neighbourhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill
I have to give at least four stars to any place with cutesy Japanese toys and if they carry TOFU OYAKO (which Double Punch does), they get five stars. I'm always tempted to buy their toys, books and novelties - if not for myself then for friends.…More »
23. Lavish
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 565-0540
Categories:
Women's Clothing,
Accessories
Neighbourhood: Hayes Valley
I love stepping into this shop and taking in the lovely array of greeting cards, wrapping paper, pillows, books, candles, dainty silver jewelry, Lollia candles and creams, plush toys, women's tees (by Talla and others) and Lotta Jansdotter bags. The…More »
24. Dandelion
Dandelion is a stylish home store with a wonderful selection of sophisticated, sometimes unusual gifts for and from discerning adults. I found a branding iron (though not a toast rack). The upstairs is like a library, filled with books organized by…More »
25. Limonaia - CLOSED
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 440-9700
Categories:
Home Decor,
Flowers & Gifts,
Accessories
Neighbourhoods: Nob Hill, Russian Hill
Tucked inside the tiny yellow house-like store, you'll find a tasteful assortment of gifts that really do feel hand-picked, with many hard-to-find, hand-crafted items. It's a girly store but not in a super frilly sense but more so in the sense of…More »
26. Kamei Restaurant Supply
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 666-3699
Categories:
Kitchen & Bath,
Home Decor
Neighbourhood: Inner Richmond
The only place you can buy Japanese plastic replica food that I know of (making it unabashedly cool). You know, the food you see in restaurant windows...
This is my first stop when I'm looking for cookware, even obscure cookware, but particular Asian…More »
27. Lola of North Beach
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 781-1817
Categories:
Cards & Stationery,
Children's Clothing
Neighbourhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill
Definitely a charming place to find greeting cards, baby gifts (Onesies with headphones and SF themes such as the I dig Marina Chicks onesie, baby shoes, baby socks), tasteful journals, thank you cards, candles, gift bags, calendars, ornaments,…More »
28. The Treehouse Green Gifts
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 204-9292
Categories:
Home Decor,
Jewelry,
Cards & Stationery
Neighbourhoods: Elmwood, Claremont
Shopping at this new eco-conscious "green" gift store makes you feel good. After all, they donate 1% of sales to environmental causes and offset their carbon emissions. Treehouse opened in late September of this year. The store is spacious and…More »
29. Park Life
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 386-7275
Categories:
Art Galleries,
Arts & Crafts,
Home Decor
Neighbourhood: Inner Richmond
The store feels a bit out of place in this neighborhood (I can see it on Valencia St) but it's a welcome change from the sea of bargain/discount stores. I love stores like Park Life, Giant Robot and Otsu that have galleries which showcase local…More »
30. Takashimaya - CLOSED
New York, NY 10022
(212) 350-0100
Category:
Department Stores
Neighbourhoods: Midtown West, Midtown East
You will surely find something tasteful, unique, and serene here and it will be packaged in a triangular gift bag.
While I was a bit disappointed that this Japanese boutique department store didn't conceal a teeming food court with red bean buns,…More »
31. Ma Maison Home Accents
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 777-5370
Categories:
Home Decor,
Kitchen & Bath
Neighbourhood: SOMA
Finding unique and tasteful gifts here with a French flair is a breeze at Ma Maison. You'll find greeting cards, place settings, candles and French incense, drinking glasses made out a thick glass and decorated with fleur de lis or dragonflies,…More »
32. Giant Robot - CLOSED
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 876-4773
Categories:
Toy Stores,
Comic Books,
Bookstores
Neighbourhood: Haight-Ashbury
I used to think Kid Robot and Giant Robot were related since they do carry similar Japanese toys and have the word "Robot" in their names. The two companies are not related but are competitors. Both of them carry Tofu Oyako, however the selection…More »
33. Conrads College Gifts
Columbus, OH 43201
(614) 297-0497
Category:
Sports Wear
Neighbourhood: University District
This is my favorite store for stocking up on Buckeye merchandise. The location (edge of the OSU campus) puts me in the mood for frivolous things such as a copy of Brutus Buckeye's Lessons for Life book (great reading for young Buckeyes in training),…More »
34. Trash & Vaudeville
New York, NY 10003
(212) 982-3590
Categories:
Men's Clothing,
Women's Clothing
Neighbourhood: East Village
A local institution that's been around forever peddling alternative clothing to the likes of the Ramones and who knows how many actual and aspiring musicians (check out the celebrity pics by the cash register - I'm sure Lydia Lunch and Jim Foetus…More »
35. Amoeba Music
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 831-1200
Category:
Music & DVDs
Neighbourhood: Haight-Ashbury
This is the perfect music store, so much so that it's overwhelming. Buy, sell or trade DVDs, CDs and even LPs. It's all about the music (and movies) and they don't bother selling random toys or rock tee-shirts. They carry music that you can't find…More »
36. Sanrio
Best selection of Hello Kitty/Sanrio in Orange County. The better Sanrio locations get better merchandise. This is one of those better (larger) locations (and I've been to many of them). It has limited edition jewelry and Hello Kitty and Bad Badtz…More »
37. Urban Mercantile
Egg and The Urban Mercantile were two separate stores that merged a few years back. The Urban Mercantile used to be on 22nd & Guerrero. Egg has been at the Carl location since it opened and the owner used to carry hollowed out eggs, egg shaped…More »
38. Black Ink
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 497-1221
Categories:
Cards & Stationery,
Toy Stores
Neighbourhood: Harvard Square
For those of you in SF, this place reminds me of Wishbone minus the clothing and heavier on the office supplies and office toys. They carry stylish cards and gift wrap but also lots of little knick knacks that make great stocking stuffers or hostess…More »
39. Half to Have It & Nest Gallery
My favorite store in HMB. The outside makes it look like a garden store but it's actually an antique store. Some antique stores feel more like thrift stores and others are more like museums. This one is the right combination of old and new at…More »
40. Tokidoki
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(213) 417-1428
Category:
Women's Clothing
Neighbourhood: Santa Monica
Everywhere you look in this store, you'll see something that will make you say awww, like the giant Ciao Ciao figurine in the window, the Tokidoki decorated Xmas tree, Karl Lagerfeld toy, the mural with Tokidoki characters, and all the Tokidoki…More »
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