Who needs Amazon when you have so many amazing businesses right here in the Bluff City?!
Thanks to the Choose901 Gift-giving Guide, this’ll be a home-grown holiday season your family and friends won’t forget!
Apparel & Accessories
Vintage, modern, sleek, chill. Memphis has got it all when it comes to clothing brands. Give that uncle a neck tie, that cousin a vintage tee, and the newest member of the fam a baby blanket. Terrified to pick out that nephew Johnny’s clothing? Grab a gift card.
- Choose901 Holiday Market: Memphis-themed merch
- Bad Timing Shop: Vintage store that specializes in t-shirts, sneakers, memorabilia and other relics of past-culture.
- Dawg Team Apparel: Apparel and goodies for your fav furry friends
- IVbyDavid: Culturally inspired designs that speak from the soul.
- Janey Bee Jems: Handmade jewelry and they host charm bars to make charm bracelets and necklaces!
- Mbabazi House of Style: Fair trade business advocating African designs through modern fashion and quality products
- Mo’s Bows: Bow-ties, pocket squares, and masks from Memphian, Shark Tank fave, and NBA bow-tie designer, Mo.
- Pindi House Jewelry: Handmade antique with a modern twist—plus they make custom pieces!
- Retrograde Mtn: Vintage tees and hats for those who remember Xena, the Budweiser frogs, and polar bears who drank Coca-Cola
- Slowdown Dry Goods: Athletic Leisure brand from Memphis, Tennessee
- Sputnikclothing: The perfect blend of new styles and vintage feels from designer Micah Givens.
- Unapologetic Garments: The merch division of Unapologetic that encourages authenticity and vulnerability.
- WYXR 91.7FM: Find something fresh for the local-music lover in your life.
Books:
Books are the gift appropriate for all ages, and the staff at local Memphis bookstores know their stuff. Ask them for recommendations and thank us later.
Entertainment & Experience
There’s never a bad time to discover joy via entertainment and experiences! These local faves are, for sure, going to be a hit with your homies!
- A Tour of Possibilities: Tickets for incredible Memphis tours, including a Black History Tour.
- Civil Axe Throwing: You have the ability to unleash someone’s medieval madness.
- Memphis Escape Rooms: Escape rooms…obvs + socially distanced photo experiences and at-home games for any person or group
- Memphis Zoo: For the ones who love our furry friends.
- Mempho Music Fest: A whole lot of good has come from Mempho Music Fest since its beginning in 2017. We’re talking Janelle Monae, Anderson. Paak, The Raconteurs, Wu Tang Clan, Post Malone, plus plenty more star-studded performers.
- Museum Memberships: Everyone knows someone whose a little artsy.
- Self-Care: Ain’t nothin’ like a fresh set or a massage.
- Take ’em to the Theatre: For those that live for the drama.
- You can’t say that game-Memphis Edition: The perfect game for that Memphis friend
Food & Drink
- Give the gift of a local brew: Because we’ve got all kinds of local beer for your folks that could use a beveragino.
- Cane & Herb: Simple syrup with a herbaceous twist
- CxffeeBlack: Keep your peeps caffeinated with coffee that’s for the culture.
- City Tasting Boxes: Curated blends of packaged goods from famed Memphis restaurants and chefs, up-and-coming local food artisans, and other Memphis inspired crafts
- Old Dominick: Give a craft spirit to get them in the holiday spirit.
- Phillip Ashley Chocolates: Build your own boxes or pre made boxes (we highly recommend that Taste of Memphis box)
- Shotwell Candies: Best caramels in the Midsouth!
Home goods & Art
Candles, ornaments, prints, paintings, plants, ceramics, jewelry, stationary, oils….you get the picture. If you’re having a rough time picking out the perfect gift for Aunt Deb, you can go classic with a plant, quirky with an Elvis ornament, or nostalgic with a Christmas candle.
- Amurica: Jamie Harmon’s Memphis Quarantine book would make a great stocking stuffer
- Bluff City Rugs: Handmade rugs for all areas of your home
- City & State: While you’re waiting on your cup of coffee, peruse assorted knick-knacks ranging from jewelry and tie clips to puzzles, candles, culinary tools, and more
- Cooper Young Gallery and Gift Shop: Local gifts for all ages!
- Greenhaus: Your local plant provider
- Flashback: Between the Mid Century Modern furniture, the quirky knick knacks, the assortment of vintage clothing, and more, you got OPTIONS!
- Falling Into Place: Gorgeous home and lifestyle items featuring work by local makers and artists all around the country
- Five in One Social Club: Jewelry, stationary, pins and more
- Kelsey Berry Pottery: Local Memphis potter
- Maggies Pharm: The right herb or oil just for you
- Memphis Antique Warehouse Mall: Sift through hidden gems to find a treasure like no other at the shop that’s stocked to the brim with antique and vintage finds.
- Memphis Planeta 777: Latina-owned Salon & Self-Care Gift Shop in the Broad Ave Arts District
- Mili’s Flowers and Gifts: Latina-owned florist and giftshop in Crosstown
- New Harbert Candles: Scents that smell like/are named after our favorite places like Shelby Farms, the Peabody, and even Crosstown
- Otherlands: Some of Memphis’ very best coffee and local art
- Paper & Clay: Beautiful and functional ceramics
- Stacy K Paints: Handpainted Memphis-y thangs
- Stock & Belle: Clothing, art, and furniture (and a new location too!)
- Give the gift of Vinyl: Or CDS, or cassette taps.
- Virtue’s Candles: Best smelling local candles out there
- Whitney Winkler Art: Prints, earrings, Christmas ornaments, bags, coasters, and headbands.
NEED YOUR GIFTS WRAPPED?
- Avenue Wrapping: Get those goodies professionally wrapped by Vanessa West, featured on The Ultimate Giftwrapping Challenge TV Show!
