3888 Best Places to Shop in USA

The centerpiece of a $1 billion downtown redevelopment across from Temple Square, this attractive indoor-outdoor mall with an enclosed footbridge spanning Main Street has brought upscale shopping to the city with stores like Apple, Anthropologie, Louis Vuitton, Lululemon, Nordstrom, Tiffany, and West Elm. And across the street from the east side of the mall, the upscale Harmons Grocery Store is one of the nicest markets in the city. Note that most stores are closed on Sunday. 

It's a surprise to find such an upscale lingerie shop in a small town. The experienced saleswomen specialize in personalized, professional, and respectful bra fittings. The inventory includes dozens of fine brands in a wide range of sizes.

City Electric is a shoe shop Gallup-style, and is definitely worth a poke around. This purveyor of moccasins, cowboy boots, belts, and cowboy hats also repairs saddles and shoes and sells leather and fittings for your own work. This corner shop with a Pueblo Deco facade was founded by an Italian immigrant in 1924. It has stayed in the Bonaguidi family ever since.

Olive oil is only the start at this Andersonville gourmet shop focused on sharing the joys and health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. Dozens of olive oils from around Europe are available, as are oils infused with flavors like garlic, lemon, and truffle. You can also pick up vinegars, mustards, and other foodstuffs to pair with your oil—and of course, they've got actual olives, too. 

CityCenterDC is an upscale gathering of high-end boutiques, restaurants, residential and office buildings, a park, and an open-air plaza, bordered by New York Avenue and 9th, 11th, and H Streets NW. It's all too easy to spend several thousand dollars in just a few minutes here, with leather goods from Longchamp, Louis Vuitton, and Salvatore Ferragamo; designer fashions and accessories from Burberry, Canali, CH Carolina Herrera, Kate Spade, Loro Piana, Paul Stuart, Zadig&Voltaire; outdoor clothing and sporting goods from Arc'teryx; Tumi luggage; and David Yurman jewelry. For a break from shopping or browsing, grab an indulgent treat from Dolcezza and relax in the plaza with its benches, tables, and fountains.

The official store of NYC sells anything and everything having to do with the city, from books and pamphlets to fun gifts. Pick up subway-map socks, NYPD T-shirts, retired taxicab medallions, unique puzzles, toys galore, and home accent pieces you won't find anywhere else. The store shuts at 4 pm weekdays and is closed weekends.

Civitello's, a bakery and small café with booths and tables, has been selling cannoli, spumoni, and Italian cookies since 1911.

An exquisitely appointed shop selling designer and estate jewelry, CJ Charles specializes in Bulgari watches, Cartier, and Omega, along with stunning fine jewelry, Baccarat crystal, and gift items.

L.A.–based designer Clare Vivier's New York store displays her signature simple-but-elegant leather fold-over clutches in many sizes and colors, as well as understated totes and duffels. There's a line of men's accessories, plus iPad cases, sunglasses, and various other sundries.

Coming to Saturday's farmers' market, open 10 am–2 pm, is reason enough to stroll around Clark Park with a coffee, fresh bread, and a hunk of cheese. The market grows in size in relation to the fairness of the weather. The park, especially from May into September, often has additional events on weekends, including the Clark Park Music Fest, Shakespeare in Clark Park, and craft fairs. The Green Line Cafe is a good coffee shop on the opposite corner.

A nicely curated selection of ethically made goods from U.S. and global brands and artisans that support fair-trade practices fill this tempting shop. Home goods, stationery, accessories, bags of all sizes, candles, and gifts for kids are for sale at different price points, so there's something for almost everyone.  

If lunching is just as important as window-shopping, the renewed downtown West Palm around Clematis Street that runs west to east from South Rosemary Avenue to Flagler Drive is the spot for you. Centennial Park by the waterfront has an attractive design—and fountains where kids can cool off—which adds to the pleasure of browsing and resting at one of the many outdoor cafés. Hip national retailers such as Design Within Reach mix with local boutiques like third-generation Pioneer Linens, and both blend in with restaurants and bars.

This gallery gives under-exhibited artists well-deserved honorariums along with a platform to showcase their artworks, which range from painting and sculpture to video and installation. With five major exhibitions each year, there’s always something fresh on view here, and visitors can enjoy artist talks with local makers nearly every Saturday.

The racks of this pint-size shop are hung with trendy pieces from cult-favorite women's wear designers like Samantha Pleet and Sessùn, as well as accessories from the likes of A Peace Treaty and Illesteva, all hand-picked by owner and designer Brookelynn Starnes.

Master clockmaker Josef Hirzinger and his apprentices repair and restore all types of new, vintage, and antique watches and clocks at his two-story shop. He also sells many brands of new watches and clocks, ranging from miniature and mantel styles to large grandfather clocks.

Sharing an address and a passion for milky goodness with Purple Door Ice Cream, local cheesemonger Bob Wills uses hormone–free milk from cows just outside Milwaukee to produce his delectable curds, mozzarella, ricotta and other cheeses. The name stems from its location just a few blocks from the landmark Allen-Bradley Clock Tower. Large windows to the street give a peek into the production process, but you'll really want to go inside to get a taste (or two).

Browse through a curated selection of low-intervention natural wines to take home, or enjoy a glass of bubbly with some crackers and tinned fish on their sun-soaked patio. 

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.

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

There's more than just run-of-the-mill board games at Cloud Cap. For children and grown-ups alike, the games here challenge the mind and provide hours of entertainment. There's a room with tables to play or try out a game, and game nights some evenings. The knowledgeable owners and staff may sit down and join in the fun and are always happy to answer questions and offer suggestions.

What's easily the cutest children's store in town carries wonderful handcrafted wooden toys, European figurines, works by local artists, and a variety of swoon-worthy, perfectly crafted little clothes. Even shoppers without children will be smitten—it's hard to resist the vintage French Tintin posters, knit-wool cow dolls, and classic figurines.

Homer is famous for its halibut, salmon, and Kachemak Bay oysters. For fresh fish, head to Coal Point Seafood Company, which can also package and ship fish that you catch.

With more than 1 million square feet of retail space, this is the area's most significant indoor mall with department stores—and it's the second largest in the state. The blocks surrounding the mall contain a restaurant district, a movie theater, and tons of specialty shops.

It takes cobblers Colt Miller and Logan Caldbeck four days to make a single pair of their superhip, square-toe, lace-up, South Highland leather boots—which, by the way, come with a 10-month-long waiting list. According to Colt, the 1940s-inspired, Western-flavor boots look better the longer you kick up dust in them. So sashay over to the store that sits catty-corner from Marfa Ballroom, take off your shoes, get measured, pull out your wallet, and think about how great it will be to open a box from Cobra Rock when it finally arrives. In the meantime, watch the artisans at work and buy one of the T-shirts, screen printed by—wait for it—Miller and Caldbeck.

Founded in Wichita, Kansas, this upscale purveyor of fine chocolates has created a line especially for the Fontainebleau. In addition to boxed chocolates, build-a-boxes, and chocolate bars, it offers decorated marshmallows, nutty bites, and chocolate-covered popcorn and pretzels. 

You could spend hours browsing in the more than 50 boutiques here, along Brevard Avenue as well as Harrison Street, which has the densest concentration of shops. Although most stores are of the gift and clothing variety, the village is also home to antiques shops, art galleries, restaurants, breweries, a tattoo parlor, a bakery for pets, and a spa. Most businesses (even the pubs) are dog-friendly.

This meandering oceanfront marketplace includes gift shops, cafés, restaurants (including Outback Steakhouse, Humpy's Big Island Alehouse, Thai Rin, Lava Java, Foster's Kitchen, and Gecko Girlz), sports bars, sushi, boutiques, crystal stores, Jack's Diving Locker, a running shop, and several art galleries. At night, locals gather to watch outdoor sand volleyball games held in the courtyard or grab a beer and enjoy live music. Directly adjacent is Alii Sunset Plaza, which is served by the same large paid parking lot. (Parking may be validated by some retailers.)