
Best Local Bookstore
Caliban Book Shop, Oakland
2nd: Joseph-Beth Booksellers, South Side (now closed)
3rd: Eljay’s Used Books, South Side
Best Store To Buy Comics
Phantom of the Attic, Oakland and Monroeville
2nd: Eide’s Entertainment, Strip District
3rd: Copacetic Comics Company, Polish Hill
Best Local Store To Buy Music
Paul’s Compact Discs, Bloomfield
2nd: Dave’s Music Mine, South Side
3rd: The Exchange, multiple locations
Best Local Store To Buy Musical Instruments
Pianos N’ Stuff Music, Blawnox
2nd: Volkwein’s Music, Robinson
3rd: Pittsburgh Guitars, South Side
Best Place To Buy Vintage Furniture
Who New?, Lawrenceville
2nd: Goodwill, multiple locations
3rd: Zenith Antiques, South Side
Best Place To Buy Vintage Clothing
Goodwill, multiple locations
2nd: Avalon Exchange, Squirrel Hill and Mount Lebanon
3rd: Eons Fashion Antique, Shadyside
Best Shoe Store
Little’s Shoes, Squirrel Hill
2nd: Pavement, Lawrenceville
3rd: DSW, multiple locations
Best Local Fashion Boutique
Pavement, Lawrenceville
2nd: Jupe Boutique, South Side
3rd: Sugar, Lawrenceville
Best Jewelry Store
Henne Jewelers, Shadyside
2nd: Orr’s Jewelers, Squirrel Hill and Sewickley
3rd: Culture Shop, South Side
Best Body Art
In the Blood, South Side
2nd : Jester’s Court, multiple locations
3rd: South Side Tattoo, South Side
Best Hair Salon
(Tie): Evolve, Lawrenceville and MCN, East Liberty
2nd: Dean of Shadyside, Shadyside
3rd: Philip Pelusi, multiple locations
Best Barbershop
Dan Cercone Barber Shop, Bloomfield
2nd: Golden Razor, Bloomfield
3rd: Natural Choice, Oakland
Best Bicycle Shop
Thick Bikes, South Side
2nd: Kraynick’s Bike Shop, Garfield
3rd: Trek of Pittsburgh, multiple locations
Best Health Club
Urban Active, Larimer
2nd: YMCA, Downtown
3rd: Club One Fitness, East Liberty and Fox Chapel
Best Yoga Studio
Amazing Yoga, Shadyside
2nd: Schoolhouse Yoga, multiple locations
3rd: Breathe Yoga, South Side
Best Bowling Alley
Arsenal Lanes, Lawrenceville
2nd: Forward Lanes, Squirrel Hill
3rd: Dormont Lanes, Dormont
Best Place For Handcrafted Items
Wildcard, Lawrenceville
2nd: I Made It! market
3rd: Ten Thousand Villages, Squirrel Hill
Best Local Clothing Designer
Angie Fec for Sew Addicted
2nd: Kelly Lane
3rd: Kari Kramer for iroNIECE
Best Store Window Display
Macy’s, Downtown
2nd: Wildcard, Lawrenceville
3rd: Decade, South Side
Best Place To Buy Gifts
Wildcard, Lawrenceville
2nd: Kards Unlimited, Shadyside
3rd: Ten Thousand Villages, Squirrel Hill
Best Place To Buy Smokes
Leaf and Bean, Strip District
2nd: GetGo, multiple locations
3rd: S&S Candy and Cigar Shop, South Side
Best CSA/Farm-Share
Penn’s Corner
2nd: Kretschmann Farms
3rd: Churchview Farms
Best Skate Shop
One Up, South Side
2nd: Headboard Shop, South Side
3rd: Plank Eye, Bellevue
Best Store To Spoil A Child
S.W. Randall Toyes, multiple locations
2nd: Toys ‘R’ Us, multiple locations
3rd: Divertido, Lawrenceville
Best Make-Your-Own Craft Shop
Color Me Mine, Squirrel Hill
2nd: Wildcard, Lawrenceville
3rd: Pat Catan’s, multiple locations
Best Place For DIY’ers
Construction Junction, Point Breeze
2nd: Home Depot, multiple locations
3rd: Lowe’s, multiple locations
Goods and Services Staff Picks
This article appears in Dec 9-15, 2010.


