Shopping & Beauty in Chapel West

The kind of shops that have disappeared from most downtowns are still open here. A comics and toy shop. A bookstore with a cafe in it. Art supplies and custom framing. An optician. Neighborhood pharmacies. Boutiques, salons and a day spa.

These are specialists rather than chains, and more often than not the person behind the counter is the person who owns the place. You tend to come in for one thing and leave having had a conversation about it.