Listed are some of the coolest independent shops in Philadelphia.
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AKA Music
Call us old fashioned but 117 reviews for a disc at online music shops will not replace the recommendation of one single employee at a good...
Foster's Gourmet Cookware
Foster's Gourmet Cookware does for the kitchen what Foster's Urban Homeware did for the rest of the house. That is, provide all the...
Foster's Urban Homeware
Homeware stores can't really be everything to everybody but don't blame Foster's for trying. The home store is conceptual and...
Joan Shepp
Reader Suggested: Affordable, exceptional luxury fashion. Carries one of a kind, up-to-the-minute selection of favorites like Stella McCartney, Christian Louboutin...
Matthew Izzo
Matthew Izzo is magazine spread shopping. The store has an uncanny knack for stocking the furniture, accessories and apparel that show up in...
Minima
There's modern and then there's Minima. At Minima, modern means high concept show pieces that would fit right in as part of the MOMA...
Mode Moderne
Mode Moderne gives new meaning to the term "good old days." The store has assembled a top-notch collection of vintage, mostly mid-century...
Open House
In any city, there are stores that elevate the collective style of the area, as if people were just waiting for someone to show them what's...
Robin's Bookstore
Founded in 1936, Robin's Bookstore is Philadelphia's oldest independent bookshop. But that's not the only reason it's a...
Sugarcube
Reader Suggested: Sugarcube is a go-to shop for fashion, both vintage and contemporary for men and women. Lines such such as A.P.C., Steven Alan, Saja and Bing Bang...
Taji Modern Gallery
Reader Suggested: Since opening Old City's Taji Modern Gallery, Taji Nahl has mixed and sampled, as would a DJ, his different eras of museum-quality furnishings...
Ubiq
Ubiq is a retail shop with multiple personalities and never has a psychological disorder looked so good. The brick facade, the intricate engraved...
Vagabond
With each city we visit, we're constantly impressed by the amount of local fashion talent just waiting to be discovered. For the city of...
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