1. The Baseball Shop
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 240-1063
Address: 26 Main St.
Description: The store stocks more than 1,000 different baseball caps, as well as trading cards, bumper stickers, autographed material, and select clothing. It’s open year-round, daily in season and closed Tues in winter.
2. Beth Bishop Shop
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-0642, (800) 287-0642
Address: 45 South Orleans Rd.
Description: Locals will tell you that Beth Bishop “is always in style.” Known for its service and wide selection of fine-quality dresses, sportswear, beachwear, sleepwear, and outerwear, it’s been a favorite Cape-wide clothing store since 1955. The shop is open year-round, seven days a week.
3. Bird Watcher’S General Store
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-6974, (800) 562-1512
Address: 36 Rte. 6A
Description: Since 1983 owner Mike O’Connor’s entire focus is on the needs of both birds and bird-watchers. This is the place to buy a bird feeder—the store carries more than 100, not to mention tons of bird feed to fill them! You can’t be a bird-watcher without binoculars, and Bird Watcher’s carries some 40 types. It also stocks a comprehensive selection of bird books and T-shirts, socks, door knockers, welcome mats, sun catchers, magnets, gift wrap, and note cards. Tell the super-friendly staff a joke, and they’ll give you a gift. The shop is closed Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the rest of the year you’ll find the daily hours (often down to the second) posted on a board out front.
4. Crazy Horse Tack And Gift Shop
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 240-2244, (800) 243-4003
Address: 125 Rte. 6A
Description: This shop sells all sorts of equine products, from saddles and bridles to riding apparel, jewelry, and toys. There’s a selection of gift items such as coffee mugs, key chains, and books, so if you’ve got a horse lover on your gift list, this is the place to go. The shop sells both English and western tack and apparel and also carries plenty of horse-care products. It’s open year-round Mon through Sat.
5. The Goose Hummock Shop
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-0455, (508) 255-2620
Address: 15 Rte. 6A
Description: Outdoor enthusiasts find the Goose Hummock Shop ideal for one-stop shopping. From bait and fishing equipment to camping gear, firearms, clothing, canoes, kayaks, and bicycles, it’s all sold and serviced by a knowledgeable staff either here or in the store right behind the main one. The shop is open daily.
6. Kemp Pottery
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-5853
Address: 9 Rte. 6A
Description: Here’s your chance to see a potter at work, as this is not only Steve Kemp’s store but also his studio and has been since 1978. His varied designs, often inspired by nature, include lamps, sinks, tiles, bird feeders, fountains, and sculpture, and many of them are made with Nauset Beach sand. Kemp also does unique bas relief signs, several of which can be seen at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster. His functional pieces, including dinnerware, are lead-free and safe for the oven, dishwasher, and microwave. Open daily in season, Mon to Sat off-season.
7. Kid & Kaboodle
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 240-0460
Address: 115 Rte. 6A
Description: Whether you need a gift for a baby shower, play clothes for your toddler, or a christening gown for your grandchild, this is the place to come. If you’re shopping with little ones, they can play with the toys in the back room while you browse. Kid & Kaboodle also carries maternity clothes and rents baby furniture. It’s open daily.
8. Oceana
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 240-1414
Address: 1 Main St. Square
Description: Oceana carries lovely jewelry, candlesticks, nature books, and original art, wall hangings, rugs, and hand-painted tables, along with many other items. Oceana Kids, located next door, is filled with nature-oriented toys, rubber stamps, and mariposa bunny utensils. Don’t miss these shops; they are open daily.
9. Orleans Whole Food Store
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-6540
Address: 46 Main St.
Description: This is a true health food store, where you can buy grains and cereals in bulk and purchase freshly ground peanut butter, vitamins, and a wide variety of organic products, including produce. It’s also a great place to grab a quick lunch, as the store makes healthy sandwiches, soups, and sometimes pizza. This good-for-you shop carries a nice selection of books, with an emphasis on spiritual topics, self-help themes, and cooking; lovely, unusual greeting cards; and Crabtree & Evelyn soaps and lotions—not to mention calendars and T-shirts. It’s open daily with extended hours in the summer.
10. Academy Of Performing Arts
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-1963, (508) 255-3075
Address: 120 Main St.
Description: Founded in 1975, the academy stages an impressive schedule of productions throughout the year—musicals, dramas, comedies, and everything in between—many of them works by local and regional playwrights. The building itself dates to 1873 and once served as the Orleans Town Hall. General admission tickets for a main performance are $20. A children’s theater show is presented Fri from July through Aug at 10 a.m. General admission to the children’s show is $10. The academy also offers a plethora of courses in dance, music, and acting at its teaching facility on Giddah Hill Road.
11. Addison Holmes Gallery
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 255-6200, (877) 291-5400
Address: 43 Rte. 28
Description: The Addison Holmes Gallery represents a number of acclaimed fine artists, including Laura Griffith, Ann Trainor Dominque, and Garry Gilmartin. The two-level gallery, in a former home on Town Cove, is bright and inviting. It’s open year-round, with shorter hours in winter.
12. Kely Knowles Rock Harbor Art Gallery
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Address: 104 Rock Harbor Rd.
Description: This beautiful barn, just a few doors down from Rock Harbor, houses the works of talented husband-and-wife artists Kely and David Knowles. Kely Knowles exhibits her luminous, shimmering watercolors along with pen-and-ink renderings and greeting cards. Her husband carves unique wood sculptures, including unusual fish wall hangings. The gallery is open most of the time in summer and often in spring and fall or by appointment any time of year.
13. Left Bank Gallery
City: Orleans, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 247-9172
Address: 8 Cove Rd.
Description: For many years an institution in Wellfleet, the Left Bank’s opening of an Orleans location was welcomed by local art lovers. In addition to paintings, sculpture, textiles, and ceramics by local, regional, and nationally known artists, you’ll find gorgeous handcrafted jewelry. The gallery also has a third room, which is filled with the works of a new slate of artists. The gallery is open seven days a week year-round, with reduced hours in the off-season.