Must-see shopping in Seattle

  • Exterior of Elliot Bay Book Co, a book shop.

    Elliott Bay Book Company

    Seattle

    Seattle's most beloved bookstore offers more than 150,000 titles in a large, airy, wood-beamed space with cozy nooks that can inspire hours of…

  • Susan Wheeler Home

    Seattle

    This newer addition to Georgetown's small vintage row manages to find a perfect balance of pleasingly cluttered yet artfully refined. There are shelves…

  • Easy Street Records & Café

    Seattle

    Pearl Jam once played at Easy Street, arguably Seattle's most multifarious record store, and the business continues to sponsor regular events. Inside,…

  • University Book Store

    Seattle

    University Book Store is a vast all-purpose book emporium founded in 1900, making it Seattle's oldest. Its huge catalog of tomes is a browser's dream, and…

  • Fremont Vintage Mall

    Seattle

    Descending into this subterranean antique mall is like diving down to a sunken Spanish galleon full of plundered treasure. Who knows what you might bring…

  • Two Big Blondes

    The CD, Madrona & Madison Park

    If you are in the market for women's clothing in a size 14+, Two Big Blondes is the place for you – this plus-size consignment store has thousands of…

  • Cura

    The CD, Madrona & Madison Park

    Conscientious consumption is the mission of this new jewelry, clothing, art and home-goods store in the CD. Everything for sale here is both gorgeous and…

  • Ada's Technical Books & Cafe

    Seattle

    Ada’s plush interior is done out in clean white wood with royal blue accents. There’s a cafe on one side and a well-curated collection of books on the…

  • Customer looking at records in the Wall of Sound Records/ Confounded Books shop in the Pike/ Pine Corridor.

    Wall of Sound

    Seattle

    Bedroom-sized Wall of Sound has a civilized, studious air and a penchant for avant-garde sounds. If you’re into esoterica or weird musical sub-genres such…

  • Melrose Market

    Seattle

    Melrose Market, at the base of the trendy Pike–Pine Corridor in Capitol Hill, is a kind of modern antidote to Pike Place: it's much smaller in size and…

  • Brooks Sports Inc

    Seattle

    One of the greenest buildings in Seattle (LEED platinum status), super-modern Stone 34 was finished in 2014 and sits beside the Burke-Gilman running…

  • Georgetown Records

    Seattle

    This amazing record store had the guts to open in 2004 when vinyl sales were close to an all-time low. With the format now returning to its pre-1990s…

  • Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery

    Seattle

    Founded in the 1970s on the East Coast, this cool alt-comic and graphic-book publisher moved to Seattle in the late '80s and opened this one-of-a-kind…

  • Glasswing

    Seattle

    If you have some money to burn and you'd like to outfit your home and yourself in stylish, well-made goods that scream PNW chic, this is your place. It…

  • U District Farmers Market

    Seattle

    A food-only market has been held every Saturday in the vicinity of the university year-round since 1993.

  • Babeland

    Seattle

    Remember those pink furry handcuffs and glass dildos you needed? Well, look no further. Babeland is a national chain made popular by its feminist, LGBTIQ+…

  • Crossroads Trading Co

    Seattle

    This used-clothing store is less expensive than others in the area but also generally less hipster-chic, which is nice if you just want to shop for basics…

  • Revival

    Seattle

    Imagine a brick-and-mortar version of eBay with gear chosen by your ultimate personal shopper. This vintage/used clothes shop is far from being a dumping…

  • Uncommon Cottage

    Seattle

    Uncommon Cottage is a newer addition to Fremont's shopping scene, but one that harks back to the neighborhood's heyday as an offbeat trend setter. There's…

  • Hashtag Cannabis

    Seattle

    As with other dispensaries in the city, you won't want for selection at Hashtag Cannabis. This bright and friendly shop does have a more robust selection…

  • Origins Cannabis

    Seattle

    Most dispensaries in Seattle have great customer service, but at this low-key West Seattle weed shop everyone is just an extra bit more friendly and…

  • Scarecrow Video

    Seattle

    In an era when video stores appear to have befallen the same fate as the Tyrannosaurus rex, Scarecrow soldiers on. It's the largest video store in the…

  • Twice Sold Tales

    Seattle

    Twice Sold Tales is a cozy den full of very-well-priced used books, stacked haphazardly along narrow aisles. A book ‘happy hour’ 25% discount kicks in…

  • Magus Books

    Seattle

    Magus is a great used-book store, the kind of place where you can literally spend hours getting lost in the crooked, narrow aisles on the hunt for that…

  • Archie McPhee

    Seattle

    Looking for a whoopee cushion? Some plastic bugs to scare a friend? How about a Halloween mask or a joke book? You'll find them all at Archie McPhee, a…

  • Antique Mall of West Seattle

    Seattle

    This friendly antique mall wastes no space: there is stuff covering every surface and spilling out of every corner. Not all of it is worth your money, but…

  • Throwbacks NW

    Seattle

    A niche vintage shop that focuses on active-wear clothing that not only evokes nostalgia for sports teams, but also revisits the hip-hop street fashions…

  • Ophelia's Books

    Seattle

    Like an indie record store for bibliophiles, Ophelia's is full of rare, yellowing, story-filled tomes that possess bags more character than electronic…

  • Fremont Sunday Market

    Seattle

    People come from all over town for this huge market. It features fresh fruit and vegetables, arts and crafts, and all kinds of people getting rid of junk.

  • Jive Time Records

    Seattle

    A vinyl collector's dream come true full of rarities and secondhand bargains stuffed into a diminutive interior.

  • Pacific Northwest Shop

    Seattle

    This is a better-than-average place to stop for locally made gifts and souvenirs.

  • Chophouse Row

    Seattle

    Hidden among the historical and modern architecture of Capitol Hill, Chophouse Row feels like a locals-only secret. This new-in-2016 establishment…

  • Hardwick’s Hardware Store

    Seattle

    Locals in the know come to Hardwick’s to explore the rows and rows of buckets filled with bizarre little gadgets and gizmos. Some people probably know…

  • Buffalo Exchange

    Seattle

    This secondhand-clothing store is comfortable to browse in, but can be hit-and-miss in terms of good finds (but when it hits, boy does it hit). Some of…

  • Kirk Albert Vintage Furnishings

    Seattle

    Not so much stocked as curated, this funky, beautiful store represents the obsessions and tastes of its owner, a designer with a strongly original…

  • Bulldog News & Espresso

    Seattle

    The newsstand of choice on 'the Ave,' this place has pretty much every magazine or newspaper you might want, from imports and big glossies to stapled…

  • Uncle Ike's Pot Shop

    The CD, Madrona & Madison Park

    One of the first recreational weed dispensaries in Seattle is still well known for its well-stocked shelves and friendly budtenders. It courted…

  • Original Children's Shop

    The CD, Madrona & Madison Park

    A genuine piece of the Madison Park heritage, this family-run business has been operating since 1952 selling children's apparel and also functioning as a…

  • District

    Seattle

    Multiple vendors peddle their wares at this vintage warehouse. The selection is a bit more carefully curated and tasteful than other antique stores of its…

  • Crossroads Trading Co

    Seattle

    This secondhand store is a little trendier and less funky than others in the area. But, as with others, there's a lot of rough before you hit any diamonds.