32 Best Places to Shop in Atlanta, Georgia

With the likes of Dior, Etro, and Hermès, this walkable luxury shopping area is frequented as much by daydreaming window-shoppers as no-limit-credit-card holders.

Originally started more than 25 years ago as a specialty Asian grocery, the Buford Highway Farmers Market has grown into a full-blown international marketplace; a turn down each aisle is like a trip to a different country. Make sure to stop at the Eastern European deli counter.

New and out-of-print titles are sold here; the store hosts regular author appearances.

This bustling food hall and market by the BeltLine draws both residents who live within walking distance and suburbanites driving in from afar. It houses spots like Ticonderoga Club, a venture of barmen Greg Best and Paul Calvert; Tex-Mex from Superica; and worth-the-wait ice cream from Jeni's. Plus, you can walk around with your beer from Hop City while you shop at the small outposts hawking everything from chocolate to handmade soaps.

Branches of Tiffany & Co., Saks Fifth Avenue, and Gucci are here, as are shops like Lilly Pulitzer and Bally. The mall also is home to Legoland Discovery Center.

It may not be a true farmers' market, but this is truly a market experience to remember. In a sprawling warehouse store 9 miles east of Atlanta, some 142,000 square feet are given over to exotic fruits, cheeses, seafood, sausages, breads, and delicacies from around the world. You'll find root vegetables from Africa, greens from Asia, wines from South America, and cheeses from Europe. The store also has one of the largest seafood departments in the country (with some species still swimming) and sizable meat, deli, and wine sections. 

The market is accessible by MARTA bus from the Avondale rail station.

A mixed-use development and outdoor mall, Atlantic Station covers about 10 square blocks, clustered around a green space known as Central Park. Retailers include IKEA, the Dillard's department store, Banana Republic, and H&M. It's easy to reach by car but is also accessible by free shuttle buses from the Arts Center MARTA station. An on-site concierge is happy to help you find your way around or to make dinner reservations for you at the more than a dozen restaurants here.

Explore Anthropologie, have an authentic Persian meal at Rumi’s Kitchen, then indulge in dessert from Cafe Intermezzo at this outdoor mall. This 86-acre community with apartments and a hotel nearby is in the heart of Alpharetta. It features more than 500,000 square feet of retail for hours of shopping, including a 12-screen movie theater—and it's entirely walkable.

You'll find this browser's delight in the suburban town of Chamblee. It's just north of Buckhead and about 10 miles north of Downtown.

This is the South's oldest independent feminist bookstore.

The Clothing Warehouse is one of the many colorful vintage-clothing stores in Little Five Points.

The specialty here is fine-art photography.

Kooky wigs, vinyl corsets, and water pipes are all sold at this funky-junky department store.

One of Atlanta's oldest and most popular shopping centers, Lenox Square has branches of Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's, and Macy's next to specialty shops such as Cartier and Mori. Valet parking is available at the front of the mall, but free parking is nearby. You'll do better at one of the several good restaurants in the mall—even for a quick meal—than at the food court.

Vintage-clothing emporiums, record stores, and some stores that defy description are what draw thrifters and others here.

With story time three times a week, a wide selection of children's books from board to chapter and beyond, and a frequent host to kids' book authors, this may be the best children's bookstore in the Atlanta area.

This gallery sells contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography.

Smaller than its original location, the quality of work is not compromised in the three large, open gallery spaces that exhibit contemporary work from regional, national, and international artists.

Upscale antiques and decorative-arts shops are the draw here.

This quaint, nonprofit art space is located in the always evolving Met Atlanta, a 100-year-old gem that’s home to creatives and revolving food pop-ups. MINT hosts monthly, ever-changing exhibits, full of local and non-local artists alike who work in mediums from experimental to interactive and more. MINT’s goals are for people to truly engage with art and to draw attention to new and emerging talent. As the first W.A.G.E.-certified organization in Georgia, the gallery focuses on regulating the payment of artist fees by nonprofit art institutions. The gallery is open from noon to 5 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and by appointment when exhibits are on display.

Here you'll find 140 stores, including Williams-Sonoma, OshKosh B'gosh, and numerous designer outlet shops like Coach, Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, and Polo Ralph Lauren. For the true shopper, it's worth the 45 minutes it takes to get here from Atlanta's northern perimeter.

Head 30 miles northwest of Downtown to get your fill of more than 80 outlet stores, including Coach, Kate Spade, Brooks Brothers, and Nike.

Known for upscale family shopping, Perimeter Mall has Nordstrom, Macy's, Dillard's, Von Maur, and a plentiful food court. Its restaurants include the Cheesecake Factory and Maggiano's Little Italy.

A 350,000-square-foot Latino shopping mall with more than 280 storefronts, Plaza Fiesta's got everything from cowboy boots to handmade tortillas to quinceañera dresses.

Quite literally around the corner from Lenox Square mall, this collection of Atlanta favorites, such as fab’rik, and specialty shops such as Crate & Barrel and Lululemon, features modern storefronts and green spaces.

This upscale source for classic men's clothing is on the Westside. Next door, Ann Mashburn sells chic ladies' duds.

Fine cookware, gadgets, and tableware, plus top-of-the-line cheeses, meats, and baked goods are what's on offer at this epicurean destination.

Twenty-five miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta, this outlet mall has stores that include Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Levi's, and Bass Pro Shops.

Most of the high-end restaurants and design shops here are located in and around Westside Provisions District, a complex of former meatpacking warehouses transformed into bustling stores.