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We've compiled the best of the best in West End - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
This small independent record store is tucked away on Otago Lane. Selling a combination of secondhand and brand-new vinyl, it remains one of the only surviving music shops in the area. It also has a terrific selection of jazz, reggae, and R&B.
This well-organized and well-stocked secondhand bookstore fills the gap left by the departure of other bookstores. The owners are knowledgeable and willing to search for even the most obscure volumes.
This funky shop is an extravaganza of music, books, and DVDs. It's a small space, but the selection is huge. The prices are a lot more reasonable than those at most other chain stores.
You can find plenty of genuine bargains here for upmarket vintage clothes at down-market prices. There are choices for men, women, and children from the 1950s to the 1990s. In keeping with current vintage trends, they have a particularly good selection of athleisure from the early 1990s.
This shop has a superb, seemingly endless selection of fine Scottish cheeses, in addition to others from England and across Europe, as well as bread and olives. It is also close to Kelvingrove Park—a perfect place to take your purchases for an elegant picnic on a sunny day.
Local to the floorboards, Nancy Smillie is a one-of-a-kind boutique hidden in a small shopping arcade on cobblestone Cressell Lane. It sells unique glassware, jewelry, and furnishings. It also runs a jewelry boutique at 425 Great Western Road.
Designer clothing for children is the specialty of Strawberry Fields.
Loosely described as a household goods store, Time and Tide sells an eclectic mix of lamps and candleholders and cushions and things you never realized you needed until you see them.
