1. Addison Gallery
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 338-9007
Address: 345 West Plaza Real
Description: This is a long-time, very prestigious Boca space that specializes in representing the finest in contemporary realism, Impressionism and abstract art.
2. Elaine Baker Gallery
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 241-3050
Address: 608 Banyan Trail
Description: Elaine Baker has been a force in the South County art scene for many years. This gallery specializes in displaying quality paintings, sculpture, and major works on paper.
3. Griffin Gallery
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 994-0811
Address: 608 Banyan Trail
Description: This is an unusual gallery in an area that always seems to be racing toward the future. There are more than 500 authentic artifacts here, including tools and pottery, reflecting the civilizations of the ancient world.
4. Ken Mcpherrin International Gallery
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 417-9122
Address: 4851 North Dixie Hwy.
Description: The gallery represents the work of 14 artists from nine countries. These particular artists work in very different forms, media, and styles, and each piece is unique. The styles range from European transitional pieces to cutting-edge abstracts to photo-realistic figurines.
5. Pavo Real Gallery
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 392-5521
Address: 6000 Glades Rd.
Description: Boca has many unique galleries, representing a wide variety of art forms and subject matter. But this is one of the most unique. Established in 1976, Pavo Real Gallery is a vivid celebration of the animal form—both realistic and surrealistic—in sculpture and jewelry.
6. Salvatore Principe
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 278-1557
Address: 200 N.E. Second Ave. #106
Description: Salvatore Principe’s creates distinctive and whimsical works on canvas in his Signature Heart’s Collection.
7. Sundook Fine Art Galleries
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 852-0017
Address: 8903 W. Glades Rd. Suite K-2
Description: Sundook Galleries has been a West Boca fixture for many years, for both the quantity and the quality of its art. Here you’ll find original paintings, limited-editions, bronze and acrylic sculptures, all from the highly acclaimed artists around the world. They also do framing.
8. Barnes & Noble
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 750-2134
Address: 1400 Glades Rd.
9. Boca Flowers
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 998-8180 or (800) 480-74
Address: 6345 N. Federal Hwy.
Description: This shop is family-owned and operated. Whatever the occasion, they’ll create a beautiful arrangement that will satisfy both you and the recipient.
10. Boca Gift Baskets
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 994-8495
Address: 940 Clint Moore Rd.
Description: In a State of the Industry survey in 2006, Boca Gift Baskets was named one of the top 50 basket companies in America. They create the most beautiful or the most whimsical baskets—your choice—overflowing with great treats for the taste buds. You can order a gourmet basket filled with fine wines, cheeses, crackers, jams, pretzels, spreads, and other good stuff. You can order one of just wine and cheese, or a fruit basket with pretty much every color of the rainbow represented. On the whimsical side order a Spongebob Squarepants basket overflowing with junk food.
11. Edible Arrangements
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 470-1414
Address: 20437 State Rd. 7
Description: The problem with baskets from Edible Arrangements is that you might finish them off before you are able to give them to someone. They’re filled to the brim with fresh fruit, much of which is covered with chocolate, or enhanced with marshmallows or other good stuff. The Slam Dunk Delight is a fruit basket that’s actually in the colors and shape of a basketball.
12. Exceptional Flowers & Gifts
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 353-4720
Address: 2800 North Federal Hwy.
Description: You can’t miss when you remember a friend or loved one with a beautiful bouquet of fresh, colorful flowers. On the other hand, you can’t miss, either, when you remember a friend or loved one with a Sweets in Bloom Celebration Chocolate Candy Cake! Send it locally, or send it anywhere across the country. It’ll get there when you want it to. And the recipient will enjoy every sniff . . . or every taste!
13. Smart Deco
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 620-0287
Address: 1501 Northwest Boca Raton Blvd.
Description: Smart Deco calls itself a Lifestyle Boutique. Here, you can find a wide variety of products for the home, ranging from the traditional to the sleek and contemporary, from selected European and American designers. The specialty is coffee—coffee beans, coffeemakers, espresso makers, cappuccino makers, along with other items such as specialty teas. There’s also a wide selection of floor lamps, tables, chairs, and chests, as well as home accessories and just about anything you can think of for the kitchen.
14. Abercrombie & Fitch
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 368-2247
Address: 6000 Glades Rd. #1211A
Description: People have been visiting Palm Beach County—and leaving things behind—since the 1700s. And they have also been bringing things here from their home towns, or buying interesting things once they got here. Some of them, no doubt, were interesting only to the buyer. But, lo and behold, as the years—and the centuries—have passed, some of these items are now pretty valuable, both in terms of monetary value and emotional value. In Palm Beach County, you’ll run into both types of items—those that have appreciated in monetary value over the years, and those you just have to have.
15. Gift Shop At The Boca Raton Museum Of Art
City: Boca Raton, FL
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (561) 392-2500
Address: 501 Plaza Real
Description: The Boca Raton Museum of Art has more than 4,000 masterworks of art in its collection, and that doesn’t include the ones in the gift shop. You can find classic statuettes here; hand-made, signed glass paperweights created by noted artist Robert Held; glass with brilliant colors inside; Greek vases; souvenir umbrellas; soapstone and rock sculptures; and wooden dolls. The gift shop is the type of place in which you could easily spend an hour browsing.