The Shopkeepers 2021 Best Shops celebrates unique, creative and inspiring independent shops. Extraordinary retailers from coffee and flower sellers to bookshops and markets. Stores that delight with discovery and inspire browsing. Shops that we visit when we travel or local ones that we love to return to again and again.
The pandemic continues to be a challenge for small businesses. Sadly many stores continue to shutter their shops, some moving to an online storefront. So it’s important to continue to support our communities of local, small and independent shopkeepers that keep our neighborhoods vital. Whether in real life or online.
This year we received such an amazing response to our 2021 Best Shops campaign. We discovered lots of lovely shops via your nominations. Unfortunately we can’t include every shop on our list (it would be way too long!) but we have introduced a new feature to share and shine a spotlight on favorite nominated shops. So do keep sharing all your favorite shops.
Now to the 2021 Best Shops list. This year the list includes some newcomers and some oldies but goodies, from last year’s and previous year’s lists. We do like to spread the love so we have featured as many shops as possible that haven’t been on previous year’s lists. Onto this year’s list…
2021 BEST SHOPS
On the following three pages are the 2021 Best Shops by category.
Page 1: Best New Shops, Best Coffee & Tea Shops, Best Flower & Plant Shops, Best Food Shops and Best Markets & Pop-ups
Page 2: Best Menswear & Accessories Shops, Best Womenswear & Accessories Shops, Best Beauty & Apothecary Shops and Best Vintage & Antique Shops
Page 3: Best Bookshops, Best Stationery Shops, Best Home & Interior Shops and Best Lifestyle Shops. And our new category “Best Specialty Shops”, those unique shops that defy being neatly categorized!
Thank you for continuing to join us on our mission to share the world’s best shops. Take a look back at our 2020 Best Shops and please keep sharing all your favorites.
BEST NEW SHOPS 2021
KNICKERBOCKER 357 CANAL STREET, NEW YORK, NY
knickerbocker.nyc
CREEL AND GOW 3424 FRANKLIN AVENUE, MILLBROOK, NY
creelandgow.com
HOWBERT & MAYS 16 CLARE STREET, DUBLIN
howbertandmays.ie
LABOUR AND WAIT 48 DORSET STREET, MARYLEBONE, LONDON
labourandwait.co.uk
MATSU 76 CHARLES STREET, BOSTON, MA
matsu_boston
ANIMA MUNDI APOTHECARY 117 CROSBY STREET, NEW YORK, NY
animamundiherbals.com
STRAW 126 COLUMBIA ROAD, LONDON
strawlondon.co.uk
NOVEMBER 19 37 ORCHARD STREET, LOWER EAST SIDE, NY
november19
SOGNO TOSCANO 17 PERRY STREET, WEST VILLAGE, NY
sognotoscano.com
BEST COFFEE & TEA SHOPS
THE GENTLEMEN BARISTAS LONDON
thegentlemenbaristas.com
COFFEEWERK + PRESS 4 QUAY STREET, GALWAY CITY, GALWAY
coffeewerkandpress.com
THE MILKMAN 7 & 52 COCKBURN STREET, EDINBURGH
themilkman.coffee
SAINT PEARL 38 RUE DES SAINTS-PÈRES, PARIS
saint_pearl
MONMOUTH COFFEE COMPANY LONDON
monmouthcoffee.co.uk
THE GREENS AM KRÖGEL 2, BERLIN
the-greens-berlin.de
NOMAD BARCELONA
nomad coffee.es
HOMECOMING 107 FRANKLIN STREET & 92 BERRY STREET, BROOKLYN
home-coming.com
OSLO WEST VILLAGE, YORKVILLE, & BROOKLYN, NY
oslocoffee.com
URBAN BACKYARD 180 MULBERRY STREET, NEW YORK
urbanbackyard.com
BEST FOOD & PROVISIONS SHOPS
CURIO SPICE 2265 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE, MA
curiospice.com
ALBANESE MEATS & POULTRY 238 ELIZABETH STREET, NOLITA, NY
albanesemeats
TALBOTT & ARDING 202 ALLEN STREET, HUDSON, NY
talbottandarding.com
liesas.com
THE HAIRY FIG 39 FOSSGATE, YORK
thehairyfig.co.uk
EMMETT’S STORE PEASENHALL, SUFFOLK, UK
emmetts.co.uk
A PORTUGUESE LOVE AFFAIR 326 HACKNEY ROAD, LONDON
aportugueseloveaffair.co.uk
LONDON BOROUGH OF JAM 51D CHATSWORTH ROAD, LOWER CLAPTON, LONDON
londonboroughofjam
I J MELLIS EDINBURGH & GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
mellischeese.net
POILÂNE PARIS & LONDON
poilane.com
BEST FLOWER & PLANT SHOPS
GREEN FINGERS MARKET NYC & MILAN
greenfingersmarket.com
WILDERNIS BILDERDIJKSTRAAT 165F, AMSTERDAM
wildernisamsterdam.nl
PLANT THE FUTURE 8484 NE 2nd AVENUE, MIAMI, FL
planthefuture.com
TERRÁREA RUA DE BRITO CAPELO 1211, MATOSINHOS, PORTUGAL
terrarea.pt
PILEA 16 CATHERINE HILL, FROME, SOMERSET
pileaplantshop.com
MOYSES STEVENS LONDON
moysesflowers.co.uk
GROW URBAN 92 GROVE STREET & 8b SAINT VINCENT STREET, EDINBURGH
growurban.uk
FRAGRANCE 14 RUE SAINT-SÉBASTIEN, PARIS
fragrance.paris
MCQUEENS FLOWERS 29 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON
mcqueensflowers.com
SWALLOWS & DAMSONS 326 ABBEYDALE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
swallowsanddamsons.com
BEST MARKETS & POP-UPS
FIELD + SUPPLY KINGSTON, NY
fieldandsupply.com
DOVER STREET MARKET LONDON, TOKYO, BEIJING, NYC, LA &SINGAPORE
doverstreetmarket.com
ALAMEDA POINT ANTIQUES FAIRE 3900 MAIN STREET, ALAMEDA, CA
alamedapointantiquesfair.com
BOROUGH MARKET 8 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON
boroughmarket.org.uk
CAMDEN PASSAGE MARKET 1 CAMDEN PASSAGE, ISLINGTON, LONDON
camdenpassageislington.co.uk
WHALEBONE X AWA 328 BLEECKER STREET, NY
whalebone x awa
FARMSHOP MARKET 225 26th STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA
farmshop.market
THE MARKET LINE 115 DELANCEY STREET, LOWER EAST SIDE, NY
themarketline.nyc
MERCADO DE SAN MIGUEL PLAZA DE SAN MIGUEL, MADRID
mercadodesanmiguel.es
BOW MARKET 1 BOW MARKET WAY, SOMERVILLE, MA
bowmarketsomerville.com
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