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🛍️ Shopping

Atlanta for Shopping Lovers — 3 Days of Curb Markets, Westside Boutiques and Antique Halls

From a 1918 municipal market on Auburn Avenue to Mashburn's Westside showrooms and 3,500 antique booths south of town

📍 Atlanta, United States 📅 3-day itinerary

Atlanta shops in converted warehouses: meatpacking sheds on Howell Mill, a hosiery mill on Ponce, a 1918 curb market downtown. This three-day route trades the mall corridor for makers, vintage dealers and Southern-label boutiques.

Local Markets & Artisan Shops

09:00
🥬 Sweet Auburn Curb Market

Trading since 1918 in a brick shed at 209 Edgewood Ave SE, the Municipal Market holds around 25 stalls — butchers, Georgia pecan and sorghum vendors, Afro-Caribbean spice sellers. Mon–Sat 8am–6pm, Sun 11am–5pm.

⏱ 2-3 hours 💶 Free entry; $10-25 for pantry goods
The meat and seafood counters take cash fastest; two hours of validated parking in the Edgewood deck behind the building.
12:00
🧀 Krog Street Market

A 1920s warehouse off the Eastside Trail with roughly 30 vendors: Spotted Trotter charcuterie, Fred's Meat & Bread, a bottle shop and Hop City's beer wall. Open daily 11am–9pm, quietest before noon on weekends.

⏱ 1.5 hours 💶 $15-30 per person; cured meats from $12
Walk the Krog Street Tunnel murals one block south — the graffiti is repainted every few weeks.
14:30
🕶️ Junkman's Daughter, Little Five Points

Ten thousand square feet of alternative retail at 464 Moreland Ave NE, open since 1982: vintage denim, wigs, band tees, boots and a costume floor. Criminal Records for vinyl sits two doors down at 1154-A Euclid Ave.

⏱ 2 hours 💶 $20-80 for vintage; records $8-35
17:00
🪑 Virginia-Highland shopping blocks

Independent storefronts cluster where N Highland Ave meets Virginia Ave: Highland Row Antiques' dealer booths at 628 N Highland, Belly General Store for Georgia-made goods, and small womenswear boutiques. Most close at 6pm.

⏱ 1.5 hours
Highland Row's basement level holds the mid-century furniture — dealers there will ship crates nationwide.

Boutiques & Design Districts

10:00
👔 Westside Provisions District

Converted meatpacking sheds at 1198 Howell Mill Rd NW now house Sid Mashburn's menswear shop and Ann Mashburn's womenswear across the courtyard, plus Boxwoods for garden and home. Shops 10am–6pm, Sunday 12–5pm.

⏱ 2 hours 💶 Free parking; Mashburn shirts from $145
Mashburn does same-day trouser hemming on the premises if you arrive before noon.
13:00
🫒 Star Provisions Market & Café

Anne Quatrano's chef's pantry beside Bacchanalia at 1460 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW: French copper cookware, Georgia olive oil and preserves, a cheese counter, and house-baked bread. Tue–Sat, lunch service midday.

⏱ 1 hour
15:00
🛋️ Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC)

Peachtree Hills' design campus at 351 Peachtree Hills Ave NE — hundreds of thousands of square feet of showrooms including Ainsworth-Noah, Travis & Company and Holland MacRae. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, showrooms to the trade.

⏱ 2 hours 💶 Free to browse; buying access via the concierge desk
18:00
👜 Buckhead Village District

Three walkable blocks around Peachtree Rd and Buckhead Ave where Hermès, Dior and Christian Louboutin sit beside smaller local labels and Le Bilboquet's terrace. Boutiques close at 7pm, restaurants run late.

Street-level valet is cheaper than the garage after 6pm, and the district's shops stay open later on first Thursdays.

Souvenirs & Hidden Gems

09:30
🏺 Scott Antique Markets, Atlanta Expo Center

Thousands of dealer booths fill two halls at 3650 Jonesboro Rd SE on the second weekend of every month — Georgia pottery, Civil War-era maps, mid-century lighting, silver. Thu–Sat 9am–6pm, Sun 10am–4pm.

⏱ 2 hours 💶 $5 admission, parking free
Bring cash and a folding cart; the free shuttle links the North and South buildings, which are a 10-minute walk apart.
12:30
🖼️ Paris on Ponce

A former hosiery mill at 716 Ponce de Leon Place NE packed with vintage vendors across several floors: French garden statuary, industrial lighting, circus posters, theatrical props. Afternoon hours Thursday to Sunday.

⏱ 1.5 hours
14:30
🛍️ Lenox Square & Phipps Plaza, Buckhead

Lenox Square's roughly 250 stores anchor Peachtree Rd, with Phipps Plaza's Saks Fifth Avenue and Versace directly across the street. Mon–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun 12–6pm; MARTA's Lenox station exits at the door.

⏱ 2 hours 💶 Free entry; visitor savings pass at guest services with a non-Georgia ID
17:30
📚 A Cappella Books, Inman Park

Independent since 1989 and now at 208 Haralson Ave NE: signed first editions, Southern literature, civil-rights history and Atlanta-press titles. Hosts author events most weeks; open late afternoon into evening.

Signed stock sells within days of each event — email ahead and they will hold a copy at the counter.

📍 Route map

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