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shopping This guide features the city’s most noteworthy retailers of interest to travellers. Most stores in Winnipeg are open Mon- Wed 10 am-6 pm, Thu-Fri 10 am-9 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. See maps beginning on page 43. Shopping by neighbourhood These are the city’s unique shopping districts, each featuring a large number of locally owned specialty stores. ACADEMY This tree-lined neighbourhood street is home to a selection of upscale stores. Gourmet food, home accessories, fashion and unique jewellery abound. Map 2: D-3 Blue Hills Design  Furniture & Home Decor Cha Cha Palace  Clothing/Women Chestnut Lane Boutique  Clothing/Women Cornelia Bean  Food & Wine European Shoe Shop  Shoes Eyelet Dove  Lingerie & Swimwear Grace & Co. Ltd.  Furniture & Home Decor Joan’s  Fashion Accessories Lake Life  Clothing/Decor Mad About Style Boutique  Clothing/Women Redeemed  Vintage & Consignment Clothing Therapy Clothing/Women Tiber River Naturals  Health & Beauty CORYDON/LITTLE ITALY The stores along this trendy strip and around Corydon Ave offer fashion, cutting edge home decor, plants, food and giftware. Map 1: T-2 Epsilon Creations  Jewellery Frescolio  Food & Wine Humboldt’s Legacy  Gifts October  Clothing/Women Peepers  Lingerie/Swimwear Uomo  Clothing/Men DOWNTOWN The centre of the city, bustling with sleek and trendy shops that cater to the business crowd. Map 1: O-4 Best of Friends Gift Shop  Gifts Bison Books  Books & Magazines EPH Apparel  Clothing/Men Hanford Drewitt Clothing/Men H’Attitude  Fashion Accessories Jets Gear  Sports Cards & Collectibles Neeta Gupta  Jewellery Perfume Paradise  Health & Beauty Shefield & Sons Cityplace  Tobacco Ten Spa  Spa Thomas Hinds Tobacconist  Tobacco Uptown  Sports Cards & Collectibles Verde Plant Design  Gifts/Nature Themed EXCHANGE DISTRICT Designated a National Historic Site, this neighbourhood is best seen on foot. Stores housed in turn-of-the-last-century buildings offer a unique shopping experience. Map 1: N-4 bellaBALAS  Clothing/Women Birks  Jewellery Boutique Anya  Clothing/Women dconstruct Jewellery  Jewellery Haberdashery Guys and Girls  Fashion Accessories Hilary Druxman  Jewellery Hut K  Furniture & Home Decor Into the Music  Music Lennard Taylor Clothing Sutton Smithworks  Jewellery Tara Davis Studio Boutique  Gifts/Accessories Tiny Feast  Gifts Toad Hall Toys  Toys U.N. Luggage  Luggage West Coast Kids  Furniture & Home Decor THE FORKS The Forks Market and Johnston Terminal are home to many locally owned businesses selling baked goods, home decor, imported gifts and antiques. Map 1: Q-5 The Almond Tree  Gifts Bayshore Gifts in Glass Gifts Children’s Museum Shop  Toys Generation Green  Food & Wine 16 where.ca july/august 2017 Global Connections  Gifts/Imported Hartmont Candle Company Gifts Kite and Kaboodle  Toys Riverstone Spa  Spa Sk8 Skates  Sporting Goods The Forks Trading Company  Gifts Teekca’s Aboriginal Boutique  Gifts/imported WAG@The Forks Gifts White Pine Bicycle Co  Sporting Goods OSBORNE VILLAGE Just south of downtown, this is one of Winnipeg’s best walking districts. Shops cater to the hood’s hip, urban clientele. Osborne St between River Ave and McMillan Ave. Map 1: R-3 The Be.YOU.Tee Factory  Health/Beauty The Canister  Food & Wine The Happy Cooker  Kitchenware & Gifts Music Trader  Music Out of the Blue  Clothing/Women Pinky’s Bakeshop  Food & Wine Rooster  Shoes Roger Watson Jewellers  Jewellery Shop Take Care  Vintage & Consignment Silver Lotus  Fashion Accessories Style Bar  Clothing tharNzie  Clothing/Women RIVER HEIGHTS This residential area is one of the most desirable in the city. Shops are stocked with au courant merchandise from home decor to high‑end children’s wear. Map 2: E-3 Danali  Clothing Diamond Gallery  Jewellery Five Small Rooms  Gifts For Space Sake  Furniture & Home Decor Luxe Label  Clothing/Women North Face Winnipeg  Sporting Goods Paper Gallery  Gifts These Four Walls  Furniture & Home Decor Village Streetwear  Clothing Vittorio Rossi Clothing/Men ST. VITAL This residential area in the south of the city is home to St Vital Centre mall and several locally owned shops. Map 2: E-4 Canadian Footwear  Shoes Diva Lingerie  Lingerie & Swimwear Gimli Fish Market  Food & Wine The Hula Hut  Lingerie & Swimwear Investment Pieces  Clothing/Women Olympia Cycle & Ski  Sporting Goods River City Sports  Sports Cards & Collectibles Tamarack  Sporting Goods Woodcock Cycle  Sporting Goods TUXEDO Known for large homes for high income earners, this luxe hood is home to shops with gifts and essentials for families. Map 2: D-3 Assiniboine Park Zoo Gift Shops  Toys Toto ‘N Dot  Clothing/Children Shopping CENTRES/ Department stores The following are enclosed shopping destinations which feature a mix of local and national tenants. Many are also surrounded by a number of big box retail outlets. CF POLO PARK  This West End mall is the largest in the city, with more than 200 shops, services and restaurants. New additions include Nine West, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Banana Republic, BCBG Max Azria, Michael Kors, H&M, and ivivva athletica. Home to Canada’s largest Foreve