Your favourite shop to visit ?

scrumhalf

wesker123 said:

scrumhalf said:

It used to be Terrapin Trucking in Crouch End, CD/Vinyl shop unparalleled in excellence. Or the music bookshop next to Roka's in Denmark Street.

Since they both closed I can't say that I actually enjoy anything other than a good second hand/remaindered bookshop.

The book shop, was that Helter Skelter?

It may well have been, coudn't say for certain.

GuyR

Dominic said:

Fortnum and Mason
 Liberty and Co

You know how to enjoy life. I never walk past Liberty.

.scrumhalf said:

It used to be Terrapin Trucking in Crouch End, CD/Vinyl shop unparalleled in excellence.

Absolutely agree. All kinds of long-deleted treasures.

IvanMC

guitarguitar indeed... and Costa Coffee... I relish the thought of those glorious Belgian Chocolate Brownies... let alone the sight of them. Gobbling them down is a heavenly experience.

equalsql

Richard's Guitars 

Roysterdoyster

Cotswolds Outdoors...the prices though have become total custom shop!

RaymondLin

Guitar shops
Waitrose
Any shop in Akihabara 

Jalapeno

Ivor Mairants

Phil's Vintage & Modern in Thame

Coda

Any independent hardware store (of which there are 3 within 5 minutes of home)

EDIT:  If we are playing overseas stores then ...

The new Rudy's in SoHo NYC

Yellow Rat Bastard NYC (moves around - usually on Broadway mid-town somewhere, for all your cheap denim needs)

Roger Sadowsky's showroom in Queens

(Sadly no longer there - Mandolin Bros on Staten Island)

gusman2x

Forbidden Planet (Manchester of London)
Any other Space Dolly shops (as the wife calls them)
Flight Club in NYC (sneaker consignment store)
Fancy Jeans/denims stores
Antiques centres
As @RaymondLin says, any shop in Akihabara Tokyo

Don't really like browsing guitar shops so much now, but when I do, I prefer s/h stores with unexpected stock. I did like Southside Music and Main Drag music in Brooklyn though.

Budgie

I quite like garden centres.... well, the plants bit anyway. Used book shops would be another favourite. Crikey, I sound old!

matdotcodot

Alfies in Brighton, super friendly owner, always in good form.

57Deluxe

Guitar Village - just so happens to sell guitars...

RaymondLin

Budgie said:

I quite like garden centres.... well, the plants bit anyway. Used book shops would be another favourite. Crikey, I sound old!

Have you been to Hay on Wye?

RaymondLin

gusman2x said:

Forbidden Planet (Manchester of London)
Any other Space Dolly shops (as the wife calls them)
Flight Club in NYC (sneaker consignment store)
Fancy Jeans/denims stores
Antiques centres
As @RaymondLin says, any shop in Akihabara Tokyo

Don't really like browsing guitar shops so much now, but when I do, I prefer s/h stores with unexpected stock. I did like Southside Music and Main Drag music in Brooklyn though.

When I went to Tokyo I had 7 days there, the first 4 days I did everything on my to do list, each I allocated 2-3 hours. temple there, skyscraper, exhibits etc.   Akihabara is the only place i went back and spent the afternoon there, even then I only managed only like 5 shops in half a street before I had to go.  The place is a maze and treasure of all things weeboo. 

scrumhalf

Does my local chip shop count? Not much to browse, but the products are great.

fretmeister

Weird little pop-up shops full of strange stuff.

And Turner & George in London.

CHRISB50

I'll add a few more...

Beanos of Croydon when it was open, although it was normally overpriced.

Foster and Sons of Jermyn St has been a shoemaker since the 1800's and you get the feeling they haven't updated it much since. The smell of leather in there is fantastic, and they make great shoes!

Hamley's brings back fond memories of visiting as a child. Now I love taking my kids there. The look on their faces when they realised the whole shop sells only toys was priceless.

Mark1960

Used to be Shehans Music on London Road, Leicester - Before it closed down. Now Gates Nursery Cold Overton.

Nunogilberto

Yes, give me a good motorbike shop. It used to be guitar shops but I don’t feel the same compulsion to visit them these days.

ChuckManual

Britcher & Rivers, on the High Street in Rye, East Sussex.

Major draw; They still sell the old-fashioned chewy Toffee Crumble (not the newer rock solid Chocolate Nibs-type bullshit). Plus, the owner is a hilariously grumpy bastard who never fails to let you know his (let's call them forthright ) opinions on local politics, national politics, global politics and (his favourite subject) how often the bins are collected.

Highly recommended.

proggy

Johnson Ross Tackle in Hoddesdon.