Shops & Services
We put out two gift guides each year around the winter holidays, which serve as our annual ode to shopping in the Queen City. But shopping is an activity only made more pleasant by nice weather, so arguably we are just coming up on the prime retail season for Buffalo. People (hopefully) leave the malls and throng to the neighborhoods of Allentown, Hertel Avenue, and Elmwood Village, some window shopping, others on a buying mission. (You can tell the difference: There’s an unmistakeable purpose in the serious shopper’s gait.)
The nice weather doesn’t just encourage browsing for clothes and shoes, antiques and accessories. It also brings more people to the tanning salons, hair salons, and spas, encourages pedicures and highlights, tattoos and trips to the gym. It may be time to visit a winery, get a massage, buy some camping equipment, tune up your bicycle, by some beach reads, get some new tunes for your car stereo, get more grilling equipment, start buying and eating more healthy food, visit farmer’s markets by day, barbecue, and escape to the movies at night.
Get out there, Buffalonians, and even if you’re never tempted to shop ’til you drop, you will still probably need to stock up on swimsuits, sandals, sunglasses, and all that summer stuff.
Just look to the list below, and let our readers tell you where to go.
—k. o’day
Finalists are listed in no particular order. Winners to be announced April 26, 6-9pm, at Town Ballroom.
Best AccessoriesPlum PuddingTony Walker Initially Yours Everything Elmwood Clutch Best Antique ShopsDana TillouOrchard Park Antique Mall CooCooU Antique World Harold’s Best BakeriesFive PointsDiCamillo’s Dolci Delish Eileen’s Centerview Bakery Best BarbersVito’sTony’s Leon Studio One Exclusively Hair Chick’s Best Bike ShopsRick’s Bike ShopBert’s Bikes Shickluna Campus Wheelworks Handlebars Best BookstoresTalking LeavesRust Belt Books Old Editions Second Reader Dog Ears Best ButchersFederal MeatsJohnny’s Meats Wegmans Dash’s Redlinski Best Car DealersNorthtownPaddock West Herr Fucillo Towne Best CD/Record ShopsRecord BaronFrizb’s Doris Spiral Scratch Record Theatre Best Day SpasBluCapello’s Excuria Spa at Fallingwater Studio 806 Best Fish MarketHayes Fish Co.Wegmans Dash’s Schneider’s Bailey Seafood Best FloristsMichael’s FloristThe Floristry Maureen’s Buffalo Wholesale Flowers Mother Nature Plant Emporium Graser’s Florist Best Furniture/Home DecorHomeward BoundRoom FWS Calvin’s Everything Elmwood Best Gift ShopsTaraThin Ice Positively Main Street Everything Elmwood Spoiled Rotten Best Hair SalonsLeon Studio OneChez Ann Exclusively Hair New Age Salon Studio 806 Best Head ShopSkunktail GlassTerrapin Station Decades Headin’ to Hertel Pavilion Best Health ClubsJewish Community CenterBuffalo Athletic Center KC’s Fitness Allentown Athletix Fitness 360 Best Jewelry StoresAurumWild Things Abraham’s Thin Ice Scanlon’s Best Liquor StoresHodgeGates Circle Global Premier On the Rox | Best Local WineriesArrowhead SpringsMerritt Niagara Landing Chateau Buffalo Honeymoon Trails Best MassageBody EssentialsExcuria Massage Therapeutic Arts Massage Suite Tranquil Oasis Best Men’s ClothingUrbanLu Modern Classics Napoli Riverside Men’s Shop Tony Walker Best Music StoresMusic CityAllentown Music Jackson Music Guitar Factory Twin Village Music Studio Best Natural FoodsFarmers & ArtisansFeel Rite Five Points Lexinton Co-op Wegmans Best Outdoor MarketsEast AuroraElmwood-Bidwell North Tonawanda Williamsville Clinton Bailey Best Pedicures/ManicuresCapello’sExcuria Chez Ann Modern Nail Studio 806 Best Pet StoresSteve’sAnimal Outfitters Elmwood Pet Supplies Markheim Tropical Fish Treats Unleashed Best PiercingsCowPokMadd Tat2 Express Yourself RedHouse Divine Machine Best Pilates/YogaBikramHimalayan Institute Shakti Yoga East Meets West Buffalo Yoga Best ProduceElmwood-Bidwell Farmers MarketWegmans Lexington Co-op Guercio’s Niagara Produce Best Sex ShopsHamburg TurnpikeVideo Liquidators Pandora’s Boxxx Kimberley’s Great American News Co. Best Shoe StoresShoeflyFleet Feet Phatman Hook’s Aldo Best Sports/OutdoorCampusFleet Feet Urban Sunday Bert’s Bikes Best TanningTotal TanTanning Bed Allen Tan Sun Capsule Tanlines Extreme Best TattoosCowPokHOD Madd Tat2 RedHouse Nickel City Best Thrift ShopsGood WillAmvets Salvation Army St. Vincent DePaul Plato’s Closet Best Women’s ClothingHalf & HalfAnna Grace Tony Walker Urban Lu Modern Classics |
...and the nominees are: |
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