Shops, Markets & Boutiques in Austin
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Boots, books, records, vintage, plant shops and markets, the stores locals send visitors to.
Allens Boots
The giant red boot on SoCo marks a family-run store since 1977 with thousands of Luccheses, Justins and Old Gringos stacked wall to wall in a room that smells like leather.
Uncommon Objects
Austin's beloved antiques emporium moved off SoCo to Fortview Road in 2016, but the two dozen dealers still stock taxidermy, tintypes, old signage and cabinets of curiosities.
BookPeople
Texas's largest independent bookstore, two rambling floors at Sixth and Lamar with a big kids' section, handwritten staff picks and nightly author events since 1970.
Waterloo Records
The record store across from BookPeople that alphabetizes everything regardless of genre, hosts free in-store shows during SXSW and still lets you listen before you buy.
Kendra Scott Flagship
The hometown flagship below Kendra Scott's headquarters on North Lamar, with the full Color Bar for building your own earrings and a Sips bar for a champagne while you shop.
YETI Flagship Store
The Austin-born cooler brand's first store at the foot of SoCo has a bar, a custom-engraving station, a wall of tumblers and a taxidermied bear for the obligatory photo.
Howler Brothers South Congress Outpost
The Austin surf-and-fly-fishing label's own shop on SoCo, stocked with Gaucho snapshirts, pearl-snap westerns and hats for people who want to look like they just got off the river.
STAG Provisions for Men
The original SoCo menswear shop that set the template for Austin's rugged-heritage look, with raw denim, Filson, RRL and a barbershop feel in an old brick storefront.
ByGeorge
Austin's luxury fashion institution since 1979, now consolidated on North Lamar after closing its South Congress store in 2025, carrying The Row, Dries Van Noten and Loewe.
Feathers Boutique Vintage
A tightly curated vintage boutique on the south end of SoCo, two decades in, where '70s dresses, western shirts and festival-ready pieces are sorted by color and priced fairly.
Prototype Vintage
After twenty years on South Congress the shop consolidated onto North Loop in 2026, stocking racks of high-end vintage from Levi's to Gucci alongside its own reworked pieces.
Big Top Candy Shop
A circus-themed sweet shop on SoCo with bulk bins of nostalgic candy, a working soda fountain that pulls phosphates and egg creams, and sideshow decor for the kids.
Toy Joy
The psychedelic toy store that started on Guadalupe in 1987 now anchors the 2nd Street District, with Japanese vinyl figures, wind-ups and novelty gags for grown-ups too.
Antone's Record Shop
The blues-club offshoot on Guadalupe that has sold used vinyl, Texas music and rare 45s since 1987, with staff who can name every Antone's house-band lineup.
End of an Ear
A South Austin record shop off Ben White that leans experimental, indie and international, with a great used section and in-store sets from touring bands.
Blue Genie Art Bazaar
A seasonal holiday bazaar from mid-November through Christmas Eve, where 200-plus local artists sell prints, ceramics and jewelry in a warehouse with free entry and a bar.
Domain Northside
The walkable newer half of the Domain, with Nordstrom, Warby Parker and a Rock Rose strip of bars and restaurants that turns into North Austin's nightlife district after dark.
South Congress Avenue
The postcard strip of boots, vintage, taco trucks and the I Love You So Much wall, still worth an afternoon even as national brands move in beside the old-timers.
2nd Street District
Six blocks of downtown between City Hall and the W Hotel with Toy Joy, Milk + Honey, Barry's and a dense run of restaurants and patios, all steps from ACL Live.
Barton Creek Square
Austin's most useful enclosed mall, perched on the Loop 360 bluff with Nordstrom, Dillard's, Macy's and an Apple Store, and Hill Country views from the top parking deck.
Round Rock Premium Outlets
An open-air outlet center off I-35 north of town with about 125 stores from Nike and Polo to Kate Spade, best hit on a weekday morning before the crowds.
Hill Country Galleria
An open-air town center in Bee Cave with a Whole Foods, a movie theater, a central lawn for summer concerts and enough restaurants to make it the western suburbs' hangout.
Wheatsville Food Co-op
Texas's only retail food co-op, member-owned since 1976, famous for the Popcorn Tofu sandwich at the deli counter and for stocking small Central Texas producers first.
Central Market North Lamar
H-E-B's original foodie flagship, opened in 1994, with a one-way produce maze, a cheese counter you could get lost in, and free live music on the café patio most nights.
H-E-B Mueller
The eco-flagship H-E-B at Mueller, with a beer-and-wine bar, a big Texas-made section and a design that still makes out-of-towners understand why Texans love their grocery store.
Texas Farmers' Market at Mueller
The Sunday market under the Branch Park Pavilion with 100-plus vendors, kolaches and breakfast tacos to eat on the lawn, and Central Texas produce and meat straight from the farm.
SFC Farmers' Market Downtown
Saturday mornings in Republic Square, where the Sustainable Food Center gathers farmers, bakers and coffee roasters under the oaks and matches SNAP dollars for produce.
Monkies Vintage & Thrift
A student-favorite thrift on the Drag with floor-to-ceiling racks of vintage tees, denim and flannels, plus a bargain bin worth digging through on weekday afternoons.
Room Service Vintage
The anchor of the North Loop vintage strip since 1981, a packed warren of mid-century furniture, lamps, kitsch and clothing that changed hands but kept its character.
esby apparel
Stephanie Beard's Austin-designed line of easy, sustainably made womenswear in linen and cotton, sold from her own East Sixth shop alongside a few kindred small brands.
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