Must-see shopping in New Orleans

This hip little boutique feels plucked out of Magazine St – or Brooklyn for that matter. Fun spangly dresses and styles that comfortably juke between…

This chic little gastronomic boutique is packed with fancy charcuterie, teas, caviar, condiments, wines, spirits and all the other ingredients of an…

This large, neatly organized store has been selling books for nearly 40 years. With two floors of used books, as well as used classical LPs, it’s…

The South’s oldest gay bookstore is a ramshackle, intellectual spot, and a good place to pick up local ’zines and catch up on the New Orleans scene, gay…

Dapper dudes and Tulane students get their preppy on at this small and friendly shop. It's packed tight with colorful ties and sports shirts, plus some…

Sells clothing, jewelry and crafts from across the African diaspora. Some of the prints are stunning, and the shop also has books by small print…

This small but well-stocked gallery sells jewelry, glass works, ceramics and fine art by local and regional artists. It's a fun place to browse.

Run by genial owners who sell voodoo spells, cards, spell components and the like for serious practitioners of the faith.

This combined farmers, flea and art market offers a great mix of local culture.

You never know what you’ll find between the piles of old furniture stacked along the walls of this large, garage-like emporium of tantalizing junk…

This boutique, preening fashionably inside a converted house, does its best to keep the female population of Tulane University (and the women of Riverbend…

Scary baby dolls, hats, chandeliers, old soda-brand memorabilia: inside this overstuffed emporium, rummagers are likely to score items of interest in the…

This place lives up to its name: it's literally a garage, loaded with interesting stuff to paw through. There are odd items of clothing, hats, army…

No, you didn’t come to New Orleans to shop at Ann Taylor, Brooks Brothers, J Crew or Saks Fifth Avenue, but if someone spills a hurricane over your last…

This Junior League–run thrift store isn’t exactly Bloomingdale's, but some of the donations may have originated there. The women’s collection is extensive…

By ‘Mary Jane,’ they’re – ahem – not referring to shoes. This is an essential stop for smokers of legal tobacco products, including finer brands of…

The helpful, on-the-ball staff members are what make Crescent City Comics shine. The store is compact but well stocked, with sections dedicated to…

The largest gallery in Bywater features a constantly shifting tableau of exhibitions, ranging from photography to sculpture to mixed media to paintings…

Arcadian is a small, crowded shop that’s filled with Southern literature and history, as well as many volumes written in French. Owner Russell Desmond…

There are legions of thrift stores in this part of town, but LA46 is carefully curated, and the antiques, hi-fis, clothes, garden gear, furniture, decor,…