76. Value Village
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 840-7283
Address: 1320 Moreland Ave.
Description: Bargain hunters can find name-brand clothes, some with price tags still attached, among the used items at this, the largest thrift store operation in the metro area. Donations to the Kidney Foundation stock the shop, which in addition to clothing include furniture, accessories, and items for children. Everything goes for half the ticket price on the last Wednesday of each month. Value Village has eight other locations in the Atlanta area.
77. Consignshop
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 531-0303
Description: Consignshop offers something for both genders, featuring quality consignment clothing for men and women. It even has maternity and plus sizes.
78. Finder’s Keepers
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 377-1944
Address: 2753 East College Ave.
Description: Finder’s Keepers is an Atlanta success story. Bonnie Kallenberg has established a reputation for resale, starting with her Avondale estate shop and expanding to include other clothing stores as well as furniture. Finder’s Keeper carries a broad range of clothing from couture to casual, as well as accessories. You can often find items that have their original tags still on them. Finder’s Keepers belongs to NARTS, the National Association of Resale and Thrift Stores.
79. Junkman’s Daughter
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 577-3188
Address: 464 Moreland Ave.
Description: In Little Five Points, you can’t miss this place with its fantastic space-age mural frontage in brilliant sky blue. Shop here along with pink-haired teens and hip grandmas for vintage and new clothing, housewares, tobacco, costumes, and all sorts of accessories. You can rent outfits for Halloween, too. Think of Junkman’s Daughter as an off-the-wall Target. There is another branch of this store, Junkman’s Brother, in Athens, near the UGA campus.
80. Psycho Sisters
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 523-0100
Address: 428 Moreland Ave.
Description: For more than a decade, this store has reigned as the number one consignment store in the Atlanta Metro area. Promising “cool clothes at cheap prices for cool people,” these wacky siblings buy/sell/trade/consign a variety of garb as well as a host of other cool items. This quirky store has been in operation since 1993 when it was started by current owner Angela McLean and her, of course, psycho sister.
81. Stefan’s
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 688-4929
Address: 1160 Euclid Ave. NE
Description: Also in Little Five Points, Stefan’s stocks a high-quality selection of vintage duds for men and women. The merchandise includes hats, scarves, jewelry, and other old-time accessories dating from 1900 to the 1970s.
82. Atlanta Costume
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 874-7511
Address: 2089 Monroe Dr. NE
Description: Need a Santa suit? Costumes for a play or promotion? Hats, wigs, makeup? This large costumer can help. Atlanta Costume also offers stage lighting supplies, mascots (big heads and bodies), and custom designing. The shop has extended hours in October.
83. Costumes Etc.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 239-9422
Address: 318 Pharr Rd. NE
Description: Costumes Etc. offers theatrical costumes, party disguises, and much more. It builds mascots at the store, offers custom design, and provides specialty costumes for photo and video shoots. Need puppets? Costumes Etc. has got them!
84. Eddie’s Trick & Novelty
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 428-4314
Address: 70 South Park Sq.
Description: This store has a large selection of masks and costumes for theater, clowns, and masquerade. Check out the big supply of costumes for adults and children. Eddie’s has everything from the Easter Bunny to Uncle Sam, the Old South to the Roaring ’20s. Eddie’s offers mascots, accessories, makeup, and magic supplies as well.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Address: 3000 East Ponce de Leon Ave.
86. International Farmers’ Market
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 455-1777
Address: 5193 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Description: International Farmers’ Market offers fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, meats and cheeses, and baked goods. Spices are sold in bulk and can be up to 75 percent off what you would pay elsewhere. Beer and wine are available.
87. Morningside Farmers’ Market
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Address: 1325 North Highland Ave. NE
Description: This outdoor market in the parking lot across from Alon’s French Bakery & Market is open only on Saturday mornings in spring and summer (it closes at 1 p.m.), but it’s the place to go in town when you want organic fruits and vegetables. The scene includes local chefs demonstrating favorite seasonal dishes, neighborhood celebs, and a mingle-and-gab mood. Edible wildflowers, soybeans in the pod, and other more recognizable foods are also for sale. You can shop from 8 a.m. until noon, but arrive early for a chance at a parking space in this tight, urban residential neighborhood.
88. Atlanta Farmers’ Market
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 325-3999
Address: 4166 Buford Hwy.
Description: This market stocks a variety of fresh produce, meats, and fish and has a restaurant and bakery on-site. You’ll find exotic items from all over, gourmet coffee, and traditional grocery-store fare. It is located at the Plaza Fiesta Mall.
89. State Farmers’ Market
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 675-1782
Address: 16 Forest Pkwy.
Description: A 146-acre, open-air retail and wholesale market, Atlanta State Farmers’ Market claims the distinction of being the largest in the Southeast and one of the largest in the world. It’s open to the public round-the-clock every day except Christmas. More than 7,000 people visit the market each day. Inside the fenced compound, you drive your car around to visit vendors of everything from fresh produce to homemade preserves to Christmas trees during the holidays. From I-75, take exit 78.
90. Barnes & Noble
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 261-7747
Address: 2900 Peachtree Rd. NW
Description: At Barnes & Noble you’ll find books, magazines, CDs, and hot coffee in a roomy store that’s easy to shop. Barnes & Noble stages about 30 events each month, including book signings, historical roundtables and local history discussions, and live musical performances. The store stocks more than 150,000 titles in every category and can special order from a database of more than 160,000 publishers. The Peachtree location decor is wood-paneled and elegant. Barnes & Noble also owns Doubleday Book Shop and B. Dalton Bookseller. Doubleday has locations at Phipps Plaza; B. Daltons are scattered throughout the metro area.