Pick up the perfect gift at these 53 stores you’ll find only in L.A.
Los Angeles is one of those cities with a fantastic collection of small, independently-owned alternatives to big box stores. So, if you’re looking for a thoughtful gift for a discerning friend or loved one, you must hit Abbott Kinney, Sunset Boulevard, York, or a weekend flea market for something special.
So why not do something great and support a small business in Los Angeles this year? We have made it easy for you by compiling a list of more than 40 independent stores where you can shop for gifts in person this holiday season. As with our lists of Black-, AAPI-, Latino- and women-owned businesses, this is not meant to be a definitive list but a way to highlight small businesses in Los Angeles.
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Acorn Eagle Rock
Alchemy Works
Burro
The sunny boutique is curated to suit everyone on your gift list: Cookbooks and pretty boxes of tinned fish for foodies, games and books for kids, jewelry, hats and casual clothing for women, home goods and ladybug gardens for gardeners and fabulous stationery and cards for everyone. The store features many local brands, including Flamingo Estate, Brightland, jewelery labels Chan Luu and Victoria Cunningham Jewelry, skin and hair-care brand Wonder Valley and P.F. Candle Co.
Cici ’n Tux
Clover
Dekor
D.L. Rhein
Earthing Earth
Flowerboy Project
General Store
The Give Store
Gold Bug Pasadena
Greenwood Shop
Open Mondays through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Household by Nickey Kehoe
Homage Pasadena
House of Intuition
There are additional locations in L.A. County:
5148 York Blvd., Highland Park, (323) 739-0074
7449 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, (323) 424-3421
14520 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, (818) 386-8949
5018 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, (562) 588-9032
5223 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, (818) 643-3475
22 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, (626) 421-6190
The House of Woo
Huset
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, there’s always the self-serve Swedish candy and savory snacks.
Kneeland Co. Rarities
Late Sunday Afternoon
LA Home Farm
Shopping is fun here, whether you’re looking for art, truffle oil or handcrafted ceramics by local potters. If you can’t decide on a gift, Kranz and the staff are incredibly helpful at creating custom gift baskets that will leave their recipients swooning or, in my friend’s case, with happy tears.
Lake
It’s easy to make a day of it on this stretch of Silver Lake Boulevard, with Now Voyager and Müsh across the street, OK down the block and Botanica Restaurant and Market next door.
Lost & Found
Luca
Marz
Maude Woods
Merchant
“I wanted it to look like a house,” says co-owner Denise Portmans, who runs the store, along with an Atwater Village location, with her artist daughter Sara Marlowe. “I like things that are a little unusual.”
The stores are a homage to Portmans’ mother, an artist and ceramicist, and they are stocked with Midcentury Modern furniture, vintage Moroccan rugs, contemporary ceramics from Paris and Italy, and goods by local artists such as Heather Rosenman and All Roads Studio. On a recent visit to the Santa Monica store, prices ranged from $120 for a wooden wine rack to $2,500 for a vintage leather safari chair. Portmans also is open to making deals. (The second showroom, Merchant Modern East, is at 3127 Glendale Blvd. in Atwater Village. The phone number is (310) 266-0572.)
The Santa Monica showroom is open by appointment. Atwater showroom hours are Monday and Tuesday by appointment; noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Midland Shop
Müsh
Native Sol
NicSon Mercantile
Now Voyager
OK
Pergolina Shop
Phoebe Peacock
Poketo
DTLA. (213) 372 - 5686
Prelude & Dawn
Prism Boutique
Pygmy Hippo Shoppe
Retreat
Rolling Greens
Rustic Charm & Petals
DeJesus offers a fine selection of jewelry and home goods alongside ceramics, apparel, candles and San Pedro-themed merchandise. In addition to floral arrangements, she also offers a three-month-long flower subscription.
Shout and About
Soap Plant/Wacko
Spitfire Girl
Stark Studio
Sumi's
Tansy
Tesoro
Tortoise General Store
Twig and Willow
Wildflora
Yolk
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