The Best All-Purpose Gift Shops in St. Louis

The Best All-Purpose Gift Shops in St. Louis By Amanda Doyle

The Museum Shop at Saint Louis Art Museum (©D. Lancaster)

You need something to take to the kids waiting back home, or you'd like to gift your new business contact with something small but thoughtful. Forego the dime-a-dozen airport tchotchkes and spend some time browsing in some of our best gift stores, which, conveniently, also takes you into interesting neighborhoods across the city.

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Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design in The Loop (D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design in The Loop

So much maker goodness, including local, regional and international fine crafters. The kitchen wares make especially good host gifts.

Great location downtown for perfectly portable gifts to take back home!

When an interior designer by trade turns her eye to stocking a gift boutique, too, the results are bound to be top-notch. (Her sense of whimsy doesn't hurt, either.)

Great kids' books at the Museum Shop (©Adnama Elyod)

St. Louis

Museum Shop

Only the coolest, all displayed with visual perfection, from the gift shop at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Cute jumpers from Looking Glass (©D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

Looking Glass

Amazing scented candles and every monogrammable item you could ever want, with especially great stuff for kids.

Fair-trade items from Plowsharing Crafts (©D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

Plowsharing

A fair-trade stalwart, with groovy stuff like handmade musical instruments and cooperative-play board games from around the world

Books and more in the AIA bookstore (©D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

American Institute of Architects Bookstore

Geek out with the trove of items celebrating the built environment of this history city, along with plenty of info on walking tours, local landmarks, and more.

The eye-popping assortment at Gringo Jones (©D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

Gringo Jones

It's hard to describe the precariousness of merchandise you'll find perched in every nook, cranny, shelf, and hidey-hole of this stuffed shop, but make sure you wander upstairs, downstairs, and to the patio to see most of it.

Accessories from Gallery Furniture & Home Accents

Accessories from Gallery Furniture & Home Accents (©D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

Gallery Furniture & Home Accents

They call themselves "the little store that has everything," and when all else fails, their selection of chilled-and-ready wine makes an excellent gift!

Q Boutique at the World Chess Hall of Fame

Q Boutique at the World Chess Hall of Fame (©D. Lancaster)

St. Louis

Q Boutique

If you happen to know a chess aficionado, you've hit the gold mine. If you don't...you'll still find plenty to buy!

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