105 Best Places to Shop in Oregon, USA

The imaginative crafts folk at this studio turn molten glass into vases and bowls, which are available for sale. You can watch artisans at work here in the oldest glassblowing studio in the state, and next door, Mossy Creek Pottery gallery is worth a visit, too. Alder House is closed November–April.

Take a break from browsing at Joseph's several galleries and boutiques to indulge in first-rate caramels and truffles at this popular downtown shop. You'll also find rich, hot mochas that blend chocolate with Portland's Stumptown coffee. The sweets come in novel flavors, including caramels infused with lime juice and habanero sea salt, huckleberry truffles, and truffles blended with whiskey from local Stein Distillery and dark chocolate.

This once-dilapidated warehouse houses an upstairs workshop for makers of artisanal goods and an inspiring downstairs retail space where you'll find a carefully curated selection of lifestyle goods for every room in the home, many of them produced locally—some as local as upstairs. Among the treasures, look for warm and soft camp blankets and Navajo rugs with vibrant prints, women's jewelry in a variety of simple-but-beautiful styles, bath salts and soaps, and quite a few larger pieces of distinctive furniture.

To find a well-stocked kitchen store in the middle of a small town like La Grande is a welcome surprise. BELLA carries such high-end brands as Oregon's own FINEX, maker of fine cast-iron cookware. Wine lovers will enjoy perusing the many bottles of wines for sale (the original BELLA's was started as a wine shop by owner Beverly Calder, who came from the wine industry); there's also a great selection of chocolates, candy, imported packaged foods, cheese, and other items perfect for the charcuterie board. Shelves are brimming with fine linens, cookbooks, kitchen gadgets and small appliances, housewares, decor, fun gifts, and all the other things one would expect to find in a good kitchen shop. The store also offers its own unique line of quinine water concentrates called Ruby D Tonics, which are naturally sugar-free and come in four flavors; the tonics are brewed at BELLA Main St. Market in Baker City, the original and larger BELLA store that makes a great stop while in that town, too. 

Bright Santa Fe-esque colors and sleek geometric forms define the handmade earrings, bracelets, rings, cuffs, necklaces, and other stylish accessories at this beloved jewelry studio. On weekdays during production hours (between 10 am and 5 pm), complimentary artisan-led tours show you the magic happening in the production space, where you might glimpse anything from stone setting to metal soldering.

A converted mill building from the early 1900s houses more than two dozen of Bend’s most eclectic shops, restaurants, and studios. Prepare for your outdoor adventures at Black Diamond or Gear Fix, browse decor at Merryweather Home Goods, or embark on a round-the-block tasting tour of Immersion Brewery, AVID Cider, River Pig Saloon, and Bend Wine Bar & Winery Tasting Room.

Form meets function at this design boutique with a niche selection of clean-lined, modern goods and gifts for every room in the home. You'll find curvy thick-glass bowls, modern lamps with sheer paper shades, polished-stone trays, Bigelow natural-bristle toothbrushes, and Chemex coffee kettles, with some goods produced locally and exclusively for Canoe, and others imported from Asia and northern Europe.

This colorful marketplace set in a massive old warehouse building in the Central East Side brims with furniture, crafts, jewelry, men's and women's apparel, notebooks and journals, and apothecary goods from all over the world, but with an emphasis on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Within the building, Cargo Emporium is a collection of local makers—Altar apparel, LGBTQ+- and feminist-focused Citizen Ruth art and jewelry, RX Letterpress, and many others.

This gallery walk the first Thursday of every month gives art appreciators a chance to check out new exhibits while enjoying music, wine, and light appetizers. Typically the galleries, which are largely in the Pearl District, are open in the evening from 6 to 9. Beyond the galleries, you'll find a lively scene of street musicians, local art vendors, and food and craft beer stalls along N.W. 13th Avenue between Hoyt and Kearney Streets.

This popular clothing retailer is one of the Pacific Northwest's most defining trendsetters—a favorite of stylish locals who come for that cool, understated look (casual to dressy) that Portlanders are known for. You'll find made-here labels as well as European faves. Frances May also stocks jewelry, art books, housewares, and the city's own OLO Fragrances.

This little wood-frame contemporary shop on Netarts Bay adjoins the saltworks of this company that’s rapidly becoming internationally renowned for pure, infused sea salts (with flavors like black garlic, vanilla bean, and ghost chili). You can also purchase the company’s honey, salted caramels, peppercorns, and other goodies.

Known for its wildly popular and often playfully colorful hiking sandals, boots, and water shoes, this spacious showroom occupies a splendidly restored 1907 steamship factory that also houses this eco-conscious company's headquarters. In addition to just about any kind of footwear you could need to tackle Pacific Northwest's great outdoors, you'll also find backpacks and messenger bags along with socks, pants, shirts, and other rugged outerwear.

Shibori-style hand-dyed and intricately sewn textiles—both contemporary and vintage—form the basis for most of the products in this gorgeous shop that practically bursts at the seams with kimonos, boros, dresses, neckties, socks, dopp kits, wallets, and other items for the home and wardrobe. It's easy to lose yourself in this colorful space, where you'll also discover plates, bowls, tea sets, and pottery works.

The Alberta Arts District hosts an arts walk on the last Thursday of each month. This quirky procession along 15 blocks of one of the city's favorite thoroughfares for browsing art galleries, distinctive boutiques, and hip bars and restaurants features street performers and buskers, crafts makers, and food vendors. During the three summer events, from June through August, the street is closed to traffic from 6 to 9 pm, and many more arts and crafts vendors show their work.

Next door to Rogue Creamery, this artisanal chocolatier handcrafts outstanding chocolates using local, often organic ingredients. A favorite treat is the Smokey Blue Cheese ganache made with Rogue River blue, but don't overlook the dark-chocolate–marionberry bonbons (made with organic marionberries grown on-site) or the delectable hazelnut chews.

This spacious showroom across from Powell's carries an impressive and eclectic assortment of locally made culinary goods, housewares, fashion, jewelry, arts and crafts—even handcrafted skis and snowboards. The quality of everything here is consistently high—it's a perfect way to get a sense of Portland's vibrant "maker" culture, all under one roof.

Food writer Mark Bitterman (not to be confused with food writer Mark Bittman) knows a thing or two about salt—he's written popular books on the subject, and he's the James Beard Award–winning owner of this small purveyor of gourmet finishing salts, some of them smoked or infused with unusual flavors, like cherry and plums, or saffron. At this flagship location (there are others in Nob Hill and Hawthorne) you can also purchase the additional magical touches you might need to create the perfect dinner party, from Oregon and European wines and vermouths, to fresh-cut flowers, aromatic cocktail bitters, and high-quality, single-origin chocolates.

The name of this fourth-generation shop that specializes in finely crafted leather belts, wallets, handbags, and other accessories is a play on the owners' home states Oregon and Oaxaca, Mexico. Check out the workshop studio in Old Town for a look in the bin of seconds, experiments, and other one-of-a-kind items at drastically reduced prices.

Just a few miles up the road from Medford in the little town of Central Point, you'll find one of the planet's most respected cheese makers (in 2019, Rogue became the first U.S. cheese maker ever to take the top prize at the prestigious World Cheese Awards). Begun in 1935 by Italian immigrants and now run by David Gremmels, this factory store sells all of the company's stellar cheeses, from Smokey Blue to a lavender-infused cheddar, and you can often watch the production through a window. Delicious grilled-cheese sandwiches and local wines and beers are also available—enjoy them at one of the sidewalk tables outside.  Ardent fans of this place might want to check out Rogue Creamery Dairy Farm, outside Grants Pass, and about 30 miles away from Central Point. Tours of the milking operations and the farm are available, and you can buy cheese and other gourmet goods there as well.

The name of this unique arts space hints at its mission: "To build and exhibit aesthetically powerful art to educate a global audience about plastic pollution in the ocean and waterways and to spark positive changes in consumer habits." Inside the gallery you can view—and purchase—some of the remarkable sculptures of marine life that have been constructed entirely out of plastics and other debris collected from beaches, and learn more about how to help contribute to their efforts. The gallery is closed in winter, but there's a second location in Coos Bay that's open year-round and where you can watch artists working on new projects. 

Running on Saturday mornings and early afternoons year-round, this astoundingly large and diverse farmers' market carries not only Oregon's bounty of flowers and produce (look especially for berries in summer and stone fruits in fall) but also hazelnuts, cheese, delectable baked goods, wines and ciders, and other goodies. It's great for people-watching and souvenir shopping, and several stalls sell great food to eat on-site—be sure to come hungry. If you can't make the Saturday market, check the website for locations of smaller but still very popular versions of the market, held most days during the warmer months at various locations around town.

The open-air Portland Saturday Market, which has been going strong since 1976 and runs from March to December on weekends (including Sunday, despite the name), is a favorite place to find one-of-a-kind, handcrafted home, garden, and clothing items—everything from T-shirts and souvenirs to high-quality sculptures and housewares. An impressive new pavilion, part of it covered, houses the more than 300 artisans. Don't confuse this crafts-oriented market with the equally popular Portland Farmers' Market.

In the heart of downtown Eugene, this upscale marketplace features a mix of clothing and home goods boutiques, restaurants, tasting rooms, and cafés, plus a large gourmet food hall with a bakery. Across the street from the market, the arcade-style 5th Street Market Alley offers more shops still, many focused on selling locally made wares.

This outstanding collective gallery—which launched in 2004 and moved into its current, much larger home in 2018—helped establish the neighborhood's reputation as a creative hub. Peruse the superb and diverse work of the 30 resident artists, much of it quite reasonably priced.