American Association of Law Libraries
2004 Annual Meeting, July 10-14
Boston, Massachusetts

Shopping Guide

Boston is a city full of shopping opportunities. This guide will direct you to some of the most interesting shops in Boston and in Cambridge, the city across the river. N.B.: Shopping areas near the conference center and hotels, notably Copley Place and Newbury Street, tend to have rather steep prices.

Selections noted come highly recommended by Boston law librarians. If you don’t see what you are looking for, or if you are headed a little off the beaten track, please come to the Hospitality Desk in the conference center for assistance.

Stores marked are within a 15-20 minute walk from the convention center. Click on the train station name to open a new window for T (subway) directions from the convention center.

NOTE: Massachusetts uses 10 digit dialing. All phone numbers are in the 617 area code unless otherwise stated.

Major Shopping Areas:

Shopping by Topic:

Major Shopping Areas

Close to the Hynes and Conference Hotels A pedestrian overpass connects Copley Place and the Shops at Prudential Center.

Copley Place (T: Copley, Green line)

The Mall closest to the Marriot, Copley Place is home to Nieman Marcus, Tiffany, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Bally of Switzerland, dozens of other upscale shops, and a 12 screen cinema.

The Shops at Prudential Center (T: Copley, Green line)

Right next door to the Hynes, the Pru shops include Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ann Taylor, and Talbots.

Newbury Street (T: Arlington or Copley, Green line)

Sometimes called Boston’s Rodeo Drive, Newbury Street is lined with a mix of upscale boutiques, mall chain stores, and specialty shops.

The Heritage on the Garden: At Arlington & Boylston Streets, across from the Public Garden. (T: Arlington, Green line)
426-9500

Luxury goods from the boutiques of top European designers, including Hermès, Marina Rinaldi, and Sonia Rykiel.

Elsewhere in Boston

Downtown Crossing (T: Park Street, Green line)

Downtown is home to department stores (Filene’s and Macy’s), discount stores, and specialty stores.

Charles Street (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)

On what is called the flat of Beacon Hill, Charles Street has many interesting antique, home furnishing, clothing, and specialty shops.

Faneuil Hall Marketplace (T: Government Center, Green line)

The Faneuil Hall Marketplace was one of the earliest adaptive reuses of historic structures in the U.S. The complex includes the three market buildings--Quincy, North, and South Markets—and Faneuil Hall itself. Although increasingly populated with chain stores, the market has plenty of interesting shopping opportunities, restaurants, pushcart vendors and street performers.

Cambridge

CambridgeSide Galleria
100 CambridgeSide Place, Cambridge (T: Lechmere, Green line)

“Pleasant but generic” mall on three floors with a food court. Filene’s, Sears, Abercrombie & Fitch, the Apple Store, J. Crew, Borders.

Harvard Square (T: Harvard, Red line)

Harvard Square, too, shows signs of the creeping uniformity of American retail shopping areas, but is still home to independently owned shops, great bookstores, and the Brattle Theatre.

Porter Square (T: Porter, Red line)

The most interesting shopping is on Massachusetts Avenue, mostly in the direction of Harvard Square.

Antiques and Collectibles

Two streets, Newbury Street near the Hynes and hotels, and Charles Street on the flat of Beacon Hill, have several shops you may want to visit if you enjoy looking at antiques.* As with most stores on Newbury and Charles, the prices aren’t low, but you never know when you’ll find that something you just can’t live without. Here are just a few shops:

Autrefois Antiques
Address: 125 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 424-8823

Autrefois specializes in rare 18th, 19th, and 20th century furnishings from all regions of France and Italy.

Boston Antique Cooperative I & II
Address: 119 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 227-9811

Antique estate merchandise from the 16th to the 20th century.

Firestone and Parson
Address: 8 Newbury St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 266-1858

One of Boston's finest shops with period jewelry from the Victorian era to the present; antique English silver, early American silver & Old Sheffield plate.

Shreve Crump & Low
Address: 330 Boylston St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 267-9100

In addition to being one of Boston’s premier jewelry stores, Shreve claims to be America’s oldest antique shop. On the store’s second floor, you’ll find period furniture, porcelain, glass, paintings, silver, and accessories.

Small Pleasures
Address: 142 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 267-7371

Antique jewelry and vintage watches.

Upstairs Downstairs Antiques
Address: 93 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 367-1950

Four rooms to explore for treasures for your home.

If you’re headed for the Museum of Science or Cambridgeport Galleria, you might consider walking several blocks further to:

Cambridge Antique Market
Address: 201 Msgr O'Brien Hwy, Cambridge (T: Lechmere, Green line)
Phone: 868-9655

Reasonably priced antiques on five floors.

* If you truly love chercher la stuff, consider making a pre-Conference visit to the Brimfield Antique and Collectibles Show in Sturbridge, Mass., July 8 – 11.

Boston Souvenirs

If you are looking for something really special to remind you of your visit to Boston, here are some ideas for places to shop. If you are planning to visit local museums and historical sites, you will be happy to find many special mementoes in their gift shops. Some are listed below.

Boston City Store (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 635-3606

Now only by appointment, the Boston City Store sells Boston city surplus items and memorabilia such as: parking meters, traffic lights, old street signs and MBTA signs, street banners from Boston events such as the Marathon, First Night, and other sports and cultural events; and new mugs, shirts, and caps with Boston Police Department and Boston Fire Department logos.

Boston Globe Store
Address: 1 School St. (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 367-4000

Boston history and memorabilia, including made-to-order reproductions of Boston Globe newspaper pages dating back to 1872, glossy prints of photos from the Globe, Red Sox gifts, and Boston souvenirs.

The Boston Public Library
Address: 700 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 536-5400

We may not have our own librarian action figure in Boston, but in the bricks and mortar Library, the Business Office on the third floor sells tote bags and other items with the BPL logo Monday through Friday, 9:00 – 5:00.

Boston Public Library Online Store

The BPL Online Store sells lunch boxes, t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, and mouse pads designed with an interesting range of Boston images from the Library's collections, including images of: the BPL; historic Boston; historic maps; and the Red Sox.

The Bostonian Society Museum Shop
Old State House
Address: 206 Washington St. (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 720-1713, ext. 21

Quincy Market (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 742-4744

Grasshopper Shops
Address: Faneuil Hall, Congress St. (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 720-3284

The Bostonian Society Museum Shop maintains three locations, selling books and gifts with a focus on Boston history, such as mugs commemorating the 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Abigail and John Adams, and more. The store in the Grasshopper Shops sells premiere tea blends, reproduction tea pots, history books for children and adults.

The Grasshopper Shops
Faneuil Hall, Congress St. (T: Government Center, Green line)

You’ll find a good selection of gifts and souvenirs with Boston and New England themes in the independently-owned shops located right in historic Faneuil Hall. Named after the famous weather vane atop the historic hall, the shops include:

Out of Left Field
Phone: 722-9401

Not just Red Sox gear, but Patriots, Celtics Marathon paraphernalia, too. Across the hall you’ll find local college insignia sports merchandise.

The Brearley Collection
Phone: 523-0270

Reproductions of historic and contemporary photographs of the city, including many sports heros.

Harrison Gray Otis House
Address: 141 Cambridge St. (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 227-3956

One of Boston’s handsome Bulfinch-designed buildings, the Harrison Gray Otis House is an excellent house-museum to visit and also houses the headquarters of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. SPNEA maintains a Library and Archives and a museum shop here, featuring books, reproductions, hooked rugs, and other gifts.

Harvard Square Coop
Address: 1400 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 499-2000

The Harvard Cooperative Society, better known as The Coop (rhymes with hoop), has many departments of merchandise needed by the local student populace, including Harvard insignia items and prints and posters.

MIT Coop
Address: 3 Cambridge Center, Cambridge (T: Kendall, Red line)
Phone: 499-3200

MIT insignia merchandise.

Other location:
MIT Coop at Stratton, 84 Mass. Ave., 499-3240 (T: Central, Red line)

Museum of Afro American History
Address: 46 Joy St. (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 725-0022

Gifts for children and adults, including specialty books, Black Heritage Trivia Kits, T-Shirts, and jewelry, reproductions, and handcrafted items.

Old North Church
Address: 193 Salem St. (T: Government Ctr./Haymarket, Green line)
Phone: 523-4848

Lantern replicas, books, flags, pewter, tea.

Old South Meeting House
Address: 310 Washington St. (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 482-4639

Old South Leaflets, primarily reproductions of original manuscripts with historical and bibliographic notes. New England related items: books, craft and scrimshaw reproductions, and tea-related souvenirs

Paul Revere House
Address: 19 North Square (T: Government Ctr./Haymarket, Green line)
523-2338

Reproductions of the silversmith’s work, educational materials, gifts.

Shreve Crump & Low
Address: 330 Boylston St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 267-9100

One of Boston’s oldest jewelry stores, Shreve’s has many choices of jewelry in silver and gold and gifts celebrating the city’s icons such as the swan boats, the famously Made Way-for Ducklings, the new Leonard Zakim Bridge, and, the cod.

Children's Books

Barefoot Books
Address: 1771 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Porter, Red Line)
Phone: 349-1610

Barefoot Books, operated by the independent children's book publisher of the same name, stocks creative, beautifully illustrated books for children, with a good selection of multicultural books.

Curious George Goes to WordsWorth
Address: 1 J.F.K. St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 498-0062

Named after the classic series by the late local writers Margret and Hans Rey, this WordsWorth for kids has an extensive selection of books and gifts for children.

Children’s Clothing

Bonpoint
Address: 18 Arlington Street (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 267-1717

Expensive but beautiful classic children’s clothing from France.

Calliope
Address: 33 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 876-4149

Noted for its amusing window displays, Calliope carries clothing, shoes, accessories, and gifts for children, with an exceptional selection of stuffed animals.

The Children's Place
Address: 349-351 Washington Street (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 426-9524

Less expensive than the Gap stores for children’s wear.

GapKids and babyGap
Address: 201 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 424-8778

Other locations:
Copley Place, 100 Huntington Ave., 262-2370 (T: Copley, Green line)

GapKids, 15 Brattle St., Cambridge, 864-9077 (T: Harvard, Red line)

Mulberry Road
Address: 46 Gloucester St.
Phone: 859-5861

Precious designer baby clothing, toys, handpainted furniture, accessories.

Oilily
Address: 31 Newbury St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 247-9299

Upscale children’s clothes for upscale children.

Red Wagon
Address: 69 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 523-9402

Especially cute, stylish clothes, accessories, and toys for your especially cute and stylish child.

Varese Shoes
Address: 285 Hanover St. (T: Government Ctr./Haymarket, Green line)
Phone: 523-6530

Adorable Italian leather shoes for children, exceptional service.

Toys

Discovery Channel Store
Address: 40 South Market Building (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 227-5005

Interesting, fun, creative, and educational items for kids.

Other location: 25 Brattle St., Cambridge, 876-2077
(T: Harvard, Red line)

Disney Store
Address: Copley Place (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 266-5200

Disney-themed stuffed animals, clothes, and toys, when nothing else will do.

Other location: 6 North Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 248-3900 (T: Government Center, Green line)

Rand McNally Map and Travel Store
Address: 84 State St. (T: State, Orange line)
Phone: 720-1125

In addition to the travel guides, maps, and travel accessories for adults, this store offers travel puzzles, atlases, and maps for children, and electronic and magnetic games and tapes to amuse the back seat bunch on road trips.

Stellabella Toys
Address: 1360 Cambridge St., Cambridge (T: Central, Red line, then either No. 83 or No. 91 bus)
Phone: 491-6290

It may be rather far off a conventioneer’s path, but Stellabella’s is one of the area’s best stores for kids. It features a large, open play spot and carries a wide selection of toys, books, and art supplies. You’ll find your child’s heart’s desire here, unless it’s a gun.

Zoinks!
Address: 8 North Market Building (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 227-6266

Great selection of toys and games with highly touted service and recommendations for the clueless when it comes to gifts for kids.

Clothing: For Men and Women
See also Department Stores, Discount Shopping, Outlets, Shoes

Alan Bilzerian
Address: 34 Newbury St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 536-1001

Cutting edge fashion for men and women from international designers.

Brooks Brothers
Address: 46 Newbury St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 267-2600

Traditional apparel for women, men, and boys.

Louis Boston
Address: 234 Berkeley St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 262-6100

Elegance in conservative classics to contemporary styles for men and women, in an 1863 Beaux Arts mansion that first housed Boston’s Museum of Natural History and later Bonwit Teller. Great shoes, salon, apothecary and award-winning café serving lunch and dinner.

Men's Clothing

Andover Shop
Address: 22 Holyoke St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 876-4900

Ivy League staples.

J. Press
Address: 82 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 547-9886

Ivy League garb.

Jos. A. Banks
Address: 399 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 536-5050

Traditional attire.

Sola for Men
Address: 35 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 354-6043

Fashionable clothes for men.

Stonestreets
Address: 1276 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 547-3245

Sophisticated men’s attire from American and Italian designers.

Women's Clothing

The following is a mere sampling from the array of women’s clothing shops you’ll find in Boston and Cambridge. The list includes only a few stores located on nearby Newbury and Boylston Streets, in Copley Place, or in the Prudential Center. Explore and discover on your own!
Other neighborhoods and shopping areas in Boston are Downtown and the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. In Cambridge, you’ll find some familiar and some unique shops in Harvard Square, Porter Square, and Huron Village, and standard favorites in the Cambridgeside Galleria.

July is a good time for sales. Check out discount shopping, department stores outlets.

Anthropologie
Address: 799 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-0545

Good-quality, reasonably priced fashion for women, and home furnishings.

Clothware
Address: 52 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 661-6441

Long owned independently, Clothware offers simple, fashionable garments featuring natural fibers, clean lines, easy care. Local designers, fine lingerie, and sleepwear.

Jasmine Sola
Address: 344 Newbury St.
Phone: 867-4636

Young and chic styles, featuring New York and Los Angeles designers.

Other location: 37A Brattle St., Cambridge, 354-6043
(T: Harvard, Red line)

Kate Spade
Address: 117 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-2632

Known as le plus ultra for handbags, shoes, accessories.

Women’s Plus-Sizes

Lane Bryant
Address: Cambridgeside Galleria, Cambridge (T: Lechmere, Green line)
Phone: 252-0928

Good selection of plus tall & plus petite. Store specializes in sportier styles and good basics.

Marina Rinaldi
Address: 300 Boylston St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 423-4221

High-end plus size designer.

Talbots Woman
Address: 500 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-2981

Talbots is known for classic styles and a good selection of career apparel. Some styles are available in petite plus.

You’ll also find plus sizes at the following department stores:

Filene’s
Address: 426 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 542-5655

Filene’s Basement
Address: 426 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 542-2011

Brand name clothing at bargain prices!

Lord & Taylor
Address: 760 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-6000

Brands include: Ralph Lauren, Jones New York and others.

Macy’s
Address: 450 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 357-3000

Brands include: Alfani, Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Inc./Style & Co.

Neiman Marcus
Address: 5 Copley Place (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 536-3660

Designer plus sizes (Dana Buchman, Eileen Fisher, and more).

Saks Fifth Avenue
Address: 786 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-8500

Designer plus sizes (Dana Buchman, Eileen Fisher, Ellen Tracy, and more).

Jewelry

Alpha Omega
Address: 800 Boylston St. (Prudential Center)
Phone: 424-9030

Prestigious watches, diamonds, and jewelry.

Other location: 57 J.F.K. St., Cambridge, 864-1227 (T: Harvard, Red line)

Beadworks
Address: 167 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 247-7227

Primarily a shop to supply and inform your own jewelry-making, Beadworks also carries ready-made pieces.

Other location: 23 Church St., Cambridge, 868-9777
(T: Harvard, Red line)

Three buildings in the Downtown Crossing area house jewelers galore. Some are retail, some only sell wholesale. Most are open Monday – Saturday, 9:00 – 5:00.

Jewelers Exchange
333 Washington St.
About 40 jewelry businesses.

Diamond and Jewelers Building
387 Washington St.
Eight floors of jewelry businesses.

44 Bromfield St.

Lazuli Jewelry
Address: 272 Newbury St.
Phone: 375-7878

Bold jewelry in five lines: Cubist, Industrial, Novel, Organic, and Playful.

Shreve Crump & Low
Address: 330 Boylston St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 267-9100

One of Boston’s premier jewelry stores.

Shoes: Men and Women

Berk's
Address: 50 J.F.K. St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 492-9511

From dress-up shoes to clogs, Berk’s has a great variety of styles from names as diverse as Steve Madden, John Fluevog, Converse, Birkenstock, and Kenneth Cole. Berk’s aims to have something to please everyone.

Helen’s Leather Shop
Address: 110 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 742-2077

Find boots by Frye, Lucchese, and Tony Lama, and others, as well as leather jackets, briefcases, and accessories.

The Tannery
Address: 402 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 267-0899

Style, selection, and comfort for all ages.

Other location: 11 Brattle St., Cambridge, 491-0810
(T: Harvard, Red line)

Teddy Shoes
Address: 548 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (T: Central, Red line)
Phone: 547-0443

A dance supply store with shoes and apparel for all dance styles: tap, Irish step, ballet, belly, liturgical, tango, and swing. Teddy’s other specialty is high-heels and platforms—up to 7” and many in large sizes. If you are looking for something unusual in footwear, you may well find it at Teddy’s, family-run since 1957.

Women's Shoes

Cuoio
Address: 115 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 859-0636

Distinctive European shoe and accessory collections for women.

Other location: South Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace,
742-4486 (T: Government Center, Green line)

DSW Warehouse
Address: 358 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 556-0052

Two floors of first-quality, in-season, brand-name and designer shoes, all discounted and waiting for you to try on. Make sure to leave yourself enough time to do DSW justice.

Moxie
Address: 73 Charles St., Suite 1A (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 557-9971

Stylish, lesser-known brands from Italy and France.

Used and vintage clothing

Buying designer clothes on Newbury Street needn’t completely break the bank if you shop for the “gently worn” creations on consignment at the following shops.

The Closet
Address: 175 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 536-1919

Dress Rehearsal
Address: 252 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 266-1113

Second Time Around
Address: 176 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 247-3504

Clothes to make an affordable one-of-a-kind fashion statement.

Other location: 8 Eliot St., Cambridge, 491-7185 (T: Harvard, Red line)

The Garment District
Address: 200 Broadway, Cambridge (T: Kendall, Red line)
Phone: 876-5230

Perhaps a little off the beaten track for convention-goers, the Garment District nonetheless offers a enormous selection of used clothing, including designer fashions, vintage clothing, costumes, and accessories for men and women at great prices. On the first floor, buy garments by the pound!

Oona's
Address: 1210 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 491-2654

In the vintage clothing business for many years, Oona’s also carries accessories and costume jewelry.

Department stores

Filene’s
Address: 426 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 542-5655

Boston’s oldest department store (1881).

Lord & Taylor
Address: 760 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-6000

New York’s classic American style.

Macy’s
Address: 450 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 357-3000

The New York store took over Jordan Marsh, a venerable Boston institution, in 1996.

Neiman Marcus
Address: 5 Copley Place (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 536-3660

The famous and fabulous Texas store.

Saks Fifth Avenue
Address: 786 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-8500

Posh and pricey New York store.

Urban Outfitters
Address: 361 Newbury St.
Phone: 236-0088

Updated clothing, accessories, and apartment wares.

Other location: 11 J.F.K. St., Cambridge, 864-0070
(T: Harvard, Red line)

H & M
Address: 350 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 482-7001

Swedish superstore with affordable clothing for men, for women, including plus sizes, and for children of all ages.

Discount Shopping

See also, Outlets in Boston

Filene’s Basement
Address: 426 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 542-2011

You may think you’ve been to Filene’s Basement if you’ve shopped in one of the other stores of the same name located in states east of the Mississippi, but none of them is like this one. The original and still the greatest, the downtown Boston Basement is the oldest source of off-price brand name and designer clothes in the country and the only Basement that has the automatic markdown system. After 14 days, most merchandise is discounted 25%; after 21 days, the discount is 50%; after 28 days, you’ll get 75% off. Merchandise, often from famous name New York stores and designers, arrives daily.

Marshall’s
Address: 500 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-6066

A favorite for discount shopping for men’s, women’s, and children’s apparel and home furnishings.

Other location: 350 Washington St., 338-6205 (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)

T.J. Maxx
Address: 350 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 695-2424

Popular fashions for men, women, and children, hidden designer gems, home furnishings, and gift items at this discount clothing favorite.

Gourmet Food Shops

Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe
Address: 6 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 491-8888

Fancy and specialty foods from around the world, wine, beer, candy, quality deli products and sandwiches.

Cheng Kwong Market (Chinatown)
Address: 73-79 Essex St. (T: Chinatown, Orange line)
Phone: 423-3749

If you have trouble finding the ingredients or tools you need to prepare Asian dishes, take a walk in Chinatown and browse in the many food markets. Cheng Kwong is a good place to start.

Dairy Fresh
Address: 57 Salem St. (T: Government Ctr./Haymarket, Green line)
Phone: 742-2639

Specialty food store specializing in chocolates, confections, and baking supplies with a selection of gourmet condiments.

Oliviers & Co.
Address: 161 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 859-8841

High quality European olive oils, condiments, cosmetics, and other delights.

Savenor's Supermarket
Address: 160 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 723-6328

Formerly located in Cambridge, Savenor’s is a fine gourmet shop where famed chef Julia Child bought many of her provisions.

Trader Joe's
Address: 899 Boylston St.
Phone: 262-6505

Across the street from the Hynes Convention Center, Trader Joe's brings alittle bit of California to New England. Find wine, cheese, nuts, baked goods, vegetarian, Kosher, organic, minimally processed foods at reasonable prices.

Outdoor Market

Haymarket
Address: Blackstone St. (T: Government Ctr./Haymarket, Green line)
Hours: Open Friday and Saturday, dawn to dusk.

Boston’s open air food market. The fish don’t fly here like they do at Pike’s, but there’s plenty of Boston color and street theater to go with the fresh vegetables, fruit, and fish. Stop here on your way to or from the North End. Have a slice at Haymarket Pizza (106 Blackstone).

Farmers' Markets

Two Boston locations for produce and products from local farms:

Copley Square Farmers Market
(T: Copley, Green line)
Hours: Tuesday & Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Scollay Square Farmers Market
Boston City Hall Plaza (T: Government Center, Green line)
Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Supermarkets

Star Market/Shaws at the Prudential Center
Phone: 262-4688
Hours: Daily 6am-midnight

Whole Foods
Address: 15 Westland Ave. (T: Symphony, Green line E)
Phone: 375-1010
Hours: Daily 8am-10pm

Several blocks from the Hynes, one block off Mass. Ave. near Christian Science Center. Groceries and take-out (or eat-in) for those who want more organic and natural choices than the Star provides.

Health and Beauty Care, Perfume

Colonial Drug
Address: 49 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 864-2222

The place to look for any hard-to-find favorite fragrance. Colonial also carries cosmetics, soap, and other body care products.

Diptyque
Address: 123 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 351-2430

Famous Parisian scented candles, perfumes, and soaps.

Harnetts
Address: 47 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 491-4747

Harnetts is Harvard Square’s "non-drug store" alternative, full of vitamins, supplements, homeopathic remedies, cosmetics, aromatherapy, body care products, and books.

Sephora
Address: 800 Boylston St. (Prudential Center)
Phone: 262-4200

Europe’s leading purveyor of beauty products has an enormous selection of perfumes, cosmetics, and body care products with plenty of testers in a well-lit, well-organized shop.

Outlets in Boston

April Cornell Outlet
Address: 6 North Market Building (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 248-0280

Discounted “feminine designs with romantic appeal” for women.

City Sports Basement Store
Address: 11 Bromfield St. (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 423-2015

Look here for discontinued and discounted styles of famous name athletic gear for running, swimming, and just about any sport you can name, from the dependable City Sports chain.

Eddie Bauer Outlet Store
Address: 500 Washington St. (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)
Phone: 423-4722

A clearinghouse for merchandise from Seattle’s famous store: “Real Eddie Bauer. Unreal Prices.”

Selected Outlet Shopping in New England

Maine

Kittery Outlets: About 50 miles north of Boston

Freeport Outlets: About 2 ½ hours north of Boston. While you’re in Freeport, visit the L.L. Bean flagship store, or the local L.L. Bean Factory Store. There are other L.L. Bean Factory Stores in Maine and New Hampshire.

Massachusetts

Wrentham Village Premium Outlets
One Premium Outlets Blvd., Wrentham
(508) 384-0600

About 40 miles south of Boston. Take Route 95 south to Route 495 north.

New Hampshire

North Conway Outlets
800-367-3364

For more information, follow these links: Guide to the Nation’s Best Outlets and Outlet Shopping Southern New England

Cards

Copley Flair
Address: 583 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 247-1648

A great selection of cards, gifts, stationery, photo albums, and more.

Other location: 11 School Street, 367-7170 (T: Park Street, Green line)

Wordsworth
Address: 30 Brattle St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 354-5201

Cards that you don’t see everywhere.

Papyrus
Address: Prudential Center
Phone: 262-6520

Other location: 70 Franklin St., 330-5172 (T: Downtown Crossing, Red line)

 

Crafts (also see Housewares)

The Artful Hand Gallery
Address: 100 Huntington Ave., Copley Place (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-9601

Fine crafts, sculpture, folk art, and furniture.

Society of Arts and Crafts
Address: 175 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 266-1810

Over a century old, the Society was the country's first nonprofit crafts organization. It houses both an exhibition gallery and a retail gallery, displaying and selling fine works of ceramics, jewelry, glass, woodwork, and furniture by some of the country's most talented craftspeople.

Cambridge Artists Cooperative
Address: 59a Church St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 868-4434

Owned and operated by the artists, the Cambridge Artists Cooperative gallery presents fine crafts including pottery, glass, works in wood, jewelry, and hand-crafted garments.

Cutlery

Stoddard's
Address: 50 Temple Place (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 426-4187

In business since 1800, Stoddard’s is the oldest cutlery shop in the country, stocking an fascinating range of products, including scissors and knives for just about any use, shaving brushes, binoculars, fishing tackle, and fly rods. A good place to look for gifts for Dad.

Fabric Shops

All these shops are located between Downtown and Chinatown, or in Chinatown proper.

New England Textiles
Address: 50 Essex St. (T: Chinatown, Orange Line)
Phone: 426-1965

North End Fabrics
Address: 31 Harrison Ave.
Phone: 542-2763

Winmil Fabrics
Address: 111 Chauncy St. (T: Boylston, Green Line)
Phone: 542-1815

Games

The Games People Play
Address: 1100 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 492-0711

Head towards Central Square to find any board game you can think of, as well as puzzles, playing cards, role-playing games, and chess and backgammon sets.

Gifts

Joie de Vivre
Address: 1792 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Porter, Red line)
Phone: 864-8188

For amusing gifts and cards, Joie de Vivre is the place. Music boxes, kaleidoscopes, wind-up toys, jewelry, puzzles, clocks, toys, and kitschy salt and pepper shakers.

Flat of the Hill
Address: 60 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 619-9977

Even if you enter Flat of the Hill without an idea in your head for the gift you need to buy, you’ll leave the shop with the perfect thing.

Housewares

Bowl & Board
Address: 1063 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Harvard or Central, Red line, or take No. 1 bus near the Hynes T stop)
Phone: 661-0350

A family owned and operated store, Bowl and Board carries a wide range of “well-known brands, up-and-coming brands, unique imported pieces, and handmade treasures” you’ll want to add to your nest. Candles, picture frames, rugs, baskets, kitchen and other housewares.

Crate & Barrel
Address: 777 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 262-8700

It’s hard to walk past a Crate & Barrel window without stopping and harder still to leave the store empty-handed. Eye-catching and well-designed kitchen and table top housewares, office and bathroom accessories, rugs, and more.

Other locations:

Faneuil Hall Marketplace, South Market Bldg., 742-6025
(T: Government Center, Green line)

48 Brattle St., Cambridge, 876-6300 (T: Harvard, Red line)

Koo De Kir
Address: 34 Charles St. (T: Charles St./MGH, Red line)
Phone: 723-8111

Koo de Kir takes its name phonetically from the French “coup de coeur,” which loosely translates to “a strike to the heart.” Here you will find stylish modern home accessories for an urban lifestyle.

Nomad
Address: 1741 Mass Ave, Cambridge (T: Porter, Red line)
Phone: 497-6677

Nomad carries clothing, crafts, furniture, folk art, rugs, and other treasures imported through fair trade and often puchased from Aid to Artisans groups in Mexico, India, Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia.

Pottery Barn
Address: 122 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 266-6553

The popular chain and catalog store.

Ten Thousand Villages
Address: 694 Mass. Ave, Cambridge (T: Central, Red line)
Phone: 876-2414

Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit, self-supporting alternative trading organization that purchases handicrafts at fair prices from artisans in low-income countries and sells them directly to the consumer. Among the hand-crafted pieces are many that would look just right in your home.

Maps and Travel Books

Globe Corner Bookstore
Address: 28 Church St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 497-6277

Before you even enter this shop, the window displays set the imagination wandering to far-away lands. A store for travelers and dreamers, the Globe Corner Bookstore stocks an extensive selection of travel guides, maps, atlases, globes, language tapes, and other travel related “—Description and travel” works. The staff is helpful but won’t disturb you no matter how long you sit and read.

Paper, Pens, Stationery, Office Supplies

Bob Slate
Address: 1288 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 547-1230

You’ll find fine pens, papers, office and art supplies, fine cards and wrapping paper at Slate’s two Harvard Square locations.

Other location: Church St., Cambridge, 547-7181 (T: Harvard, Red line)

Bromfield Pen
Address: 5 Bromfield St. (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 482-9053

New and antique pens, desk accessories, gifts, repairs.

Paper Source
Address: 338 Boylston St. (T: Arlington, Green line)
Phone: 536-3444

You can find handmade and other beautiful papers from around the world, stationery, rubber stamps, bookbinding and scrapbooking supplies at this store.

Other location: 1810 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 497-1077 (T: Porter, Red line)

Rugg Road Papers
Address: 105 Charles St. (T: Charles/MGH, Red line)
Phone: 742-0002

Beautiful papers, rubber stamps, accessories.

Sewing, Knitting, and Craft Supplies

Beadworks
Address: 167 Newbury St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 247-7227

Vintage and contemporary beads from around the world, beading classes, ready-made beaded jewelry, supplies. You can make your own jewelry right at the store.

Other location: 23 Church St., Cambridge, 868-9777
(T: Harvard, Red line)

Pearl Art & Craft Supplies
Address: 579 Mass. Ave., Cambridge (T: Central, Red line)
Phone: 547-6600

The Central Square branch of the national discount chain stocks everything you need to do it yourself, from pens and pencils to stamps and stencils to beads and fittings.

Windsor Button Shop
Address: 35 Temple Place (T: Park Street, Green line)
Phone: 482-4969

Windsor Button has offered its extensive selection of buttons from all over the world and sewing and craft notions since 1936. A full yarn department includes basic and novelty yarns, knitting needles, books, patterns, and accessories. The shop also has a bridal department carrying a full line of bridal accessories and providing the assistance of professional bridal consultants.

Woolcott and Company
Address: 61 J.F.K. St., Cambridge (T: Harvard, Red line)
Phone: 547-2837

The store for handknitters and crocheters in Harvard Square, Woolcott’s carries a fabulous selection of yarns from around the world, needles, patterns, and accessories. The staff is experienced and helpful, but the prices are a little high.

Sports and Outdoor Gear

Marathon Sports: The Run-Walk Store
Address: 671 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 267-4774

So highly recommended by librarians who know, it’s out of alphabetical order. Renowned for expert fitting of running and walking shoes, Marathon Sports has several locations.

Other location: 1654 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 354-4161 (T: Harvard, Red line)

Bill Rodgers Running Center
Address: North Market Building (T: Government Center, Green line)
Phone: 723-5612

Owned by a Boston running hero, this store is committed to helping runners of all levels by fitting them with the best shoes for their feet, not the best selling or most expensive.

City Sports
Address: 480 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 267-3900

City Sports is a popular place to buy sporting goods in several Boston and Cambridge locations.

Other locations: 16 Dunster St., Cambridge, 868-9232 (T: Harvard, Red line)

Eastern Mountain Sports
Address: 855 Boylston St. (T: Copley, Green line)
Phone: 236-1518

Outfitter to the outdoors lover, EMS carries gear for camping, hiking, skiing, kayaking, and more.

Other location: One Brattle Square, Cambridge, 864-1540
(T: Harvard, Red line)

Hilton’s Tent City
Address: 272 Friend St. (T: North Station, Green line)
Phone: 227-9242

"New England's biggest permanent tent display."

REI (Fenway)
Address: 401 Park Dr., Landmark Center (T: Fenway, Green line D train)
Phone: 236-0746

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