2 Best Places to Shop in Bandera, The Hill Country

Light, bright, and filled to the brim with just about every iteration of Texas salt imaginable: smoked salts, spicy salts, culinary and cooking salts, beer and cocktail salts, and the coup de grace: cowboy salt, which is cold-smoked over hardwood, with garlic and fresh rosemary, perfect for finishing meat and seafood. You can also find great gift sets, candles, and a few kitchen accessories. The salt is smoked over bourbon barrels, and it's so good that it's honestly a little addictive.

Their motto is “Show Us Your Boots,” and if it’s vintage boots you want, you can find plenty of them—and much more—at this antique marketplace. The consortium of 70 dealers, located in a historical building, brims with Texas vintage. It's filled with antiques, clothing, Western collectibles, a large selection of Texas vintage bags, pottery, glass and tabletop items, estate pieces, vinyl record albums, and the work of local Texas artists. Their talents and goods are showcased throughout the store.