5 Best Shopping in Boulder and North Central Colorado, Colorado

Alpine Arts—The Colorado Showcase

The family-owned Alpine Arts is the place to go for unique apparel, hats, and souvenirs, as well as beautiful handcrafted pottery, carved wooden boxes, jewelry, and other gifts—most made by Colorado artists and all embodying the state.

Clothes Pony and Dandelion Toys

The shopkeepers here enjoy playing with the toys as much as their young customers do. This independent shop carries books, imported toys, games, and classics like marbles, dolls, and stuffed animals, as well as adorable clothing.

Nature's Own

You can browse an extensive collection of rocks, fossils, educational games, gifts, and beautiful onyx bowls here. There are also branches in Boulder, Nederland, and Breckenridge.

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Nuance Chocolate

Family-run, this bean-to-bar chocolate shop claims to have the world’s biggest selection of single-origin chocolate, meaning the beans come from one region in the world and aren’t blended. Beans are ground nearby in Old Town to produce more than 20 single-origin bars. Nuance also makes indulgent truffles with local ingredients. You can sit inside or outside at a few tables to sample a flight of chocolate or sip rich hot chocolate.

Trimble Court Artisans

At this co-op gallery, more than 50 Colorado member-artists sell their paintings, jewelry, weavings, and pottery.