2021 continued to be a challenging year for some small shops and businesses. Travel restrictions, lockdowns and an increase in online shopping were obstacles to the nature of local, brick & mortar shops, especially in urban cities. Sadly some of our favorite shops closed. Happily there are independent retail pioneers that opened new shops this year too.
Brick & mortar shops are the backbone of our neighborhoods, towns and cities. Knowledgable shopkeepers add community and character to their locations. This list honors some of the new shops that opened in 2021, and some brilliant ones that we will really miss.
2021 In with the New
Knickerbocker, 357 Canal Street, New York, NY
Big Night, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
Cornershop Hightide, 77 N7th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The Moss & Green, 77 N7th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The Sill, 190 Berry Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Creel and Gow, 3424 Franklin Avenue, Millbrook, NY
Howbert & Mays, 16 Clare Street, Dublin
Logan Mercantile, 3505 W Fullerton, Chicago, IL
Labour & Wait, 48 Dorset Street, Marylebone, London
Matsu, 76 Charles Street, Boston, MA
Anima Mundi Apothecary, 117 Crosby Street, New York, NY
Straw, 126 Columbia Road, London
November 19, 37 Orchard Street, LES, NY
Sogno Toscana, 17 Perry Street, West Village, NY
Arran Street East, 1 Little Green Street, Dublin
NYON, 436 West Broadway, Soho, NY
Gone but not forgotten…
CW Pencil Enterprise, LES, New York read more
The Upper Rust, West Village, New York read more
Portuguese Love Affair, Columbia Road