46. Westside Antique Mall
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (915) 845-4441
Address: 5024 Doniphan Dr.
Description: Located in the Placita Santa Fe shopping center, the Westside Antique Mall & Consignment Shop is one of the best of its kind in the region, providing visitors with a wide selection of goods and merchandise. Inside, you’ll find myriad period furnishings, such as wooden chests, dressers, tables, chairs, and sofas, as well as smaller collectible antiques like watches, jewelry, hats, and clothing. The merchandise is constantly being renewed, so if you are a true collector, you may want to check back here often to see what’s been added since your last visit.
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 9010 North Desert Blvd.
48. Barnes & Noble Booksellers
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (915) 581-5353
Address: 705 Sunland Park Dr.
Description: This well-known chain has two branches in El Paso, one near Sunland Park Mall on the Westside and the other in Viscount Village along I-10 on the Eastside at 9521 Viscount (915-590-1932). They stock a typical range of best-selling titles and offer one of the better selections of different genres in the city. If you are interested in El Paso history, check out the local sections of both stores, which tend to stock a decent range of locally written and published books on El Paso topics.
49. Book Gallery
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (915) 562-7818
Address: 2706 East Yandell
Description: Serving El Paso since 1963, the Book Gallery offers new, used, scarce, and rare books. With a selection of more than half a million books, in both hardback and paperback, the books at Book Gallery cover more than 2,000 different subjects. The store covers 12,000 square feet on two levels, making it one of the largest bookstores in the state of Texas. The store’s specialty is in local, Southwestern, and military history. They also offer book repair for those tattered old books you just can’t bear to part with, and free book search services are also available.
50. The Book Rack
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (915) 598-2279
Address: 10780 Pebble Hills
Description: This local bookstore has been in business for more than two decades and has around 1,000 new and used books for sale. They offer sales on either a pay or trade basis, so if you have old books you’d like to get rid of, you can bring them in for trades. Among their stock are a wonderful selection of rare books, including out of prints, first editions, used and new books, audio editions, and more. They also have a great collection of kids’ and young adult books for the young bookworm in your family, and if you’ve got the kids in tow, let them explore the Book Rack’s kids’ area stocked with toys, and of course books, for your kids to play while you shop. You can also bring your kids in to the shop every second Sat of the month, when Book Rack hosts storytime readings for children.
51. Cactus Cafe & Bookshop
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (915) 833-2233
Address: 7500 North Mesa St.
Description: The locally owned and operated Cactus Cafe & Bookshop is a wonderful place to escape for a morning of reading and coffee in the trendy Kern Place neighborhood. In the coffee shop, they offer tasty organic, fair trade coffee grown in a shady bird-friendly environment, which you can drink while you read! In addition to a great cup of coffee, this shop provides readers with an eclectic stock of new and used books for all ages, including a wide selection of Spanish-language books on hand. One great thing about the Cactus Cafe & Bookshop is that they are committed to stocking a variety of books, many of which come from local and/or independent publishers, so the selection here is sometimes more unique than what you might find in a larger chain bookstore.
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 701 Texas Ave.
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 7744 North Loop 375
54. Mesilla Book Center
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (505) 526-6220
Address: 2360 Calle Principal
Description: This full service bookstore in nearby Mesilla, New Mexico, houses a large selection of books, specializing in Southwestern American literature and a large selection of children’s and general titles. The store also sells plenty of interesting gifts and decor items, such as Indian arts and crafts, maps, and blankets, and they have a notable selection of Navajo rugs. The building itself is an interesting place to visit, as well. The bookstore is housed in an historic mercantile building in Old Mesilla’s plaza that dates to 1856. The shop also plays host to the Border Book Festival each April, where book nerds can come to enjoy lectures, signings, and readings and a trade fair.
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 1010 Cedar Dr.
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 10787 Gateway Blvd. West
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 2100 Wyoming
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 11401 Gateway Blvd. West
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Address: 6926 Gateway East
60. Jb Hill Boot Company
City: El Paso, TX
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (915) 599-1551
Address: 335 North Clark Dr.
Description: This high-end boot company specializes in exotic and flat leather boots that are handmade. Some of their famous customers have included Robert Redford, whose JB Hill boots were featured in the movie The Horse Whisperer, as well as the likes of Marlon Brando and Harrison Ford. On a visit to the factory, you can observe the entire bootmaking process and see how the boots are designed and put together. You can also select the leather for your boots, along with receiving a personal fitting. During the fitting, you will try on several styles of boots and they may take custom measurements of your feet and legs, if necessary. You will then have the chance to select the leather personally for your boots. Their factory and showroom are open weekdays and by appointment only on weekends.