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Best Boutique Decor Shops In Ghirardelli Square

(credit: Laurie Jo Miller Farr)

It's more than chocolate. Near Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square and its 15-foot-high illuminated sign are world-famous as a San Francisco landmark and historic home to the 160-year-old chocolate company. Aside from chocolate-topped ice cream cones and confectionery, today's visitors to the three-level indoor/outdoor Ghirardelli Square can enjoy a retail — and dining — experience.

Lola of North Beach, San Francisco

Lola of North Beach 
Main Plaza Level
900 North Point St., Suite E207
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 567-7760
www.lolaofnorthbeach.com

A well-curated selection of charming gifts, handmade wooden items, kitchen paraphernalia and hand-painted San Francisco-themed cocktail glasses is as far from tacky as you could get. For shoppers, there's a sense of discovery. "Look what I found," is probably the comment staff hear most frequently, as people enjoy browsing displays of beautiful items presented with flair. Pick up some sure-to-be-loved gifts among the Florentine stationery, refrigerator magnets, boxed invitation cards, quality mugs, all novelty gifts for home and office.

elizabethW
Fountain Plaza
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.elizabethw.com

Named for the owner's grandmother, elizabethW was inspired by the garden and kitchen scents recalled from summers spent in the Sierra Nevada. Collections for home fragrance, bath and body include essentials such as lavender and rosemary, classics such as magnolia and sweet tea, small batch apothecary fragrances such as orange flower and chamomile and scents for the holidays based on the redwoods. Their hand-crafted candles, diffusers, sachets, linen water, tissue covers and drawer liners are a few of the ways to bring gorgeous scents into the home.

Gigi + Rose

Gigi + Rose
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point, Suite H103 
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 765-9060
www.gigiandrose.com

It's a pretty, pretty world at Gigi + Rose, with a spiral staircase inside. This destination shop is all about the little girl in your life, or perhaps the bigger one who still adores relaxing at home surrounded by lovely fragrances and feminine things in pretty pastels or zingy pops of color. Create a bedroom, playroom or fanciful workspace escape kitted out with teacups and saucers, paper parasols, pink tutus, tiny birdcages and sparkly eye-attractors.

Jackson & Polk
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point St., Suite E206
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 345-9708
www.jacksonandpolk.com

An ever-changing stock of hand-crafted things celebrates a dozen or so exceptionally talented local designers and makers. Decorate a nursery or playroom with original, whimsical wall décor from Petite Collage, kit out jars in the bathroom with handmade natural Etta + Billie soaps or frame a cheerful California print from 3 Fish Studio. Find river rocks, tea towels, throw pillows, candles, coffee table books, terrariums, coasters and posters. Enjoy the curated urban-meets-nature inspirations as you wander.

Les Mechantes
Ghirardelli Square
900 North Point, Suite E101
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 275-0407
www.lesmechantes.com

Welcome to Ghirardelli's newest boutique. Bay Area women who adore at-home caftans, capes, ponchos and tunics may already have come across Les Mechantes at various pop-up shopping events around town. The owners are pleased to expand in-store product range by launching their first retail location in the summer of 2015. The trio comes to Ghirardelli Square's lower plaza to host SFMade designers and ethically-made items from San Franpsycho, Salty Fox, Weston, Future Glory, Ziesche, Waffles and Honey, Mijo and Bambi, Reclamation Etchworks and Capital Eyewear. The name of the shop (meaning "naughty girls" in French) reflects their sharp eye for lifestyle design.

Laurie Jo Miller Farr loves walkable cities. A tourism industry professional and transplanted New Yorker by way of half-a-lifetime in London, she's writing about the best of the bay and beyond for Yahoo, USA Today, eHow, and on Examiner.com.


 

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