Guide to Shopping Local during COVID-19

Guide to Shopping Local during COVID-19

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Shopping local is more important now than ever! We’ve teamed up with some of your favorite local businesses from each of the communities we live in to put on an awesome Mother’s Day Giveaway to celebrate all of our friends that have supported us throughout this craziness. It starts on May 1st, so make sure to follow our social media and the pages of all the businesses below to enter to win!

You may be wondering just how you can support the great businesses in your community during these trying times. The guide below will show you how you can still shop with them while staying safe!

Businesses Featured:

Webster Groves

  • Leopard Boutique
  • The Block
  • Castlewood Designs
  • Green Door Art Gallery
  • Initial Design
  • Never Enough Boutique
  • Novel Neighbor
  • Paisley Boutique
  • Pinot’s Palette
  • Robust Wine Bar
  • Story 7
  • The Great Frame Up

St.Charles

  • Mod on Trend
  • Narwhals Crafted
  • Picasso’s Coffee House
  • Pieology
  • Play Street Museum
  • Prasino
  • Residences at the Streets of St. Charles
  • Yoga 6

Maplewood

  • Artists First
  • The Bookhouse
  • Chateau Maplewood
  • Indigo Massage
  • SoLayne Designs
  • Traveling Tea
  • 58 Hundered Restaurant

Webster Groves

Leopard Boutique

Shop our entire inventory on leopardboutique.com! Leopard Boutique is currently offering free shipping over $50, free curbside pickup, & free virtual shopping parties. Email mail@leopardboutique.com to book a party with all your friends today!

The Block

Let us feed you! Delicious locally sourced and prepared meals.

Individual Meals – Family Style Meals – Butcher Shop for Home Cooking

Carry-out and Delivery Available 4-8 PM Monday – Saturday

Call 314-918-7900

Dining Room Temporarily Closed For Health and Safety of Community

Castlewood Designs

At Castlewood Designs we are working away in isolation. This is a great time to recover outdoor cushions or start a new project to brighten up the inside. Give us a call, we are passing fabric books, cushions and pillows curbside! Call 968-5355

The Green Door

Green Door art gallery in the heart of Webster Groves, is an ever-changing gallery of outstanding art. We have a simple mission, which is to spread the appreciation of art and give artists a space to celebrate their work. That’s why we’re proud to carry an array of styles and mediums from regional artists. Whether you’re looking for unique mosaics, pottery, watercolor, oil or acrylic works, collages, jewelry, or fiber art, we’re confident we have something that speaks to you. Our space is also a local gathering place, where artists and community members can enjoy events, demonstrations, workshops, and more. We love meeting new people and exchanging stories, so we hope to see you at our gallery once we can all get out again. While the gallery is currently closed to the public, you can still support us by visiting www.greendoorartgallery.com. You can purchase art you see on the website by calling 314.202.4071.

Initial Design

I am the new owner of The Initial Design and spent a number of weeks rehabbing the store. I was certainly not expecting to open at the start of a pandemic! While we are closed to public traffic, we are still taking orders through our website and Etsy site, and someone is there during normal business hours for phone orders.

Never Enough

Never Enough is a fun, affordable little women’s boutique tucked away in Old Webster at 51 N. Gore Ave. – right across from Rolling Ridge Nursery. We carry and ever-changing inventory of unique fashion, jewelry and accessories for fabulous women of all ages.

While the shop is closed, we encourage you to visit our website: www.neverenoughstl.com. We are offering FREE shipping or local delivery on all orders. We’ve been known to deliver multiple sizes for at-home try-on so you get exactly what you need; we’ll pick up local returns at no charge, and are happy to make beautifully wrapped gift bags. Personal shopping via Facetime is also available. Contact owner Lisa Lorenz at 314-578-5203 or at lisa@neverenoughstl.com if you need anything!

Novel Neighbor

The Novel Neighbor is an independent bookstore that carries puzzles, games and boredom busters for all ages. We also feature over 20 local artisans’ work, including cards, jewelry, home goods and candles. Our expert staff are happy to give book recommendations or curate a personalized mystery box, which makes the perfect gift.
In order to cope with COVID-19, we have shifted the majority of our sales online and begun posting video updates on social media. We are creating curated lists on our website to offer book recommendations to customers. Jigsaw puzzles are now our hottest item; we got so many calls about our latest shipment, it tied up our phone lines! In order to minimize risk, we offer shipping or contactless curbside pickup for all orders.

People can support us by shopping with us here: https://thenovelneighbor.com/shoptnn/. And following us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/novelneighbor/https://www.facebook.com/novelneighbor

Paisley Boutique

Paisley is your neighborhood clothier that believes the details matter
when it comes to making your life and style easier, inspired and more
fun. A go-to for the modern, on-the-go women, we get to know your
unique story and connect you to well-made, great-fitting pieces. We put
together fresh styles that effortlessly help you feel and look your best.

Pinot’s Palette

Pinot’s Palette Webster Groves is the premier paint and sip destination in St. Louis! While our studio is temporarily closed for public classes, we are currently offering tons of virtual painting events and take home art kits. Learn more here: https://www.pinotspalette.com/webstergroves/events. When it is safe to gather again, please join us in studio for an unforgettable evening of friends, fun, wine and painting.

Robust Wine Bar

Robust Wine Bar is an award-winning cafe, wine bar & shoppe in historic Old Webster. Robust currently has curbside pickup. (314) 963-0033

Story Seven

Story Seven is a Home Decor and Gift Boutique located in the heart of Webster Groves. We just launched a new website, www.storysevenstl.com, and would love for you to visit us there until we can see you again in person. We offer local delivery, contactless pick up and gift wrapping. You can also reach us at info@storysevenstl.com.

The Great Frame Up

The Great Frame Up is offering curbside pickup! Call (314) 892-8333

St. Charles

Mod on Trend

Shop Mod online and get free shipping with $35 order!

Narwhals

Narwhal’s remains committed to wonderful customers and hard-working staff during these challenging times, and have pivoted to selling our made-from-scratch frozen cocktails via contactless curbside pick-up for the time being. We have also collaborated with several other local small businesses to produce our popular Quarantine Care Packages; details can be found on our website www.narwhalscrafted.com and customers can place orders there, too. We greatly appreciate everyone’s support and wish you all good health, we’re all in this together!

Picassos

Picasso’s Coffee is offering curbside pick-up and carryout. Order your favorite coffee drinks, breakfast and lunch online at picassoscoffee.com between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Take home a bottle of wine and some sweet treats. Or shop coffee beans online and we will mail them to you if you prefer to stay in. Thank you for your support, we couldn’t do it without you.

Pieology

We are Open For: Curbside,Take-Out,Delivery, Family Packs Available, Beer To-Go Available.

Playstreet

Currently we are doing delivery for Bordeom Bundles, To Go Kits like slime and painting on a canvas, as well as Virtual Slime Party Kits. We are trying to help kiddos stay active playing while at home. Our customers are supporting us with their purchases, and also gift cards. Everything can be purchased here:
https://stlouis.playstreetmuseum.com/events

Prasino

Until reopening, we are running a special on our gift cards on our website.
For every $100.00 purchased, you will receive a $25.00 gift certificate for free. Our website address is:
www.prasinostcharles.com

Residences of St. Charles

The Residences at the Streets of St. Charles, the premier location for luxury apartments in Northwest St. Louis. Located within the Streets of St. Charles development, residents have shopping and dining at their doorstep.

As a resident of The Residences at the Streets of St. Charles, you’ll have access to all of our first-class amenities including the infinity pool and hot tub, grilling areas, fire pit, 24-hour fitness center, tanning bed, clubhouse, game room with billiards, business center, pet park, dog wash parlor, and attached garage parking. The spacious apartments feature wood-style flooring, stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry, walk-in closets, and in-unit washers and dryers.

Yoga 6

We’re taking the proper precautions to assure everyone feels safe coming to class. At YogaSix, we’re all about a sensory yoga experience accessible to all. Classes have been modified to ensure maximum time to clean and continue practicing social distancing throughout the day. Are you ready to find your flow?

Maplewood

Artists First

With the changing times and new recommendations on the gathering of people being 10 or less, Artists First is temporarilyCLOSED. This is not a decision we make lightly knowing that for many who utilize our studio we are a safety net and an important part of their daily lives. The staff at Artists First will be checking in regularly with our artists during this time. Whereas, we may not be able to support one another in person we will continue to do so via telephone, email and social media. With transparency being an important value of how we operate at Artists First, we will be sure to communicate regularly with any changes or updates. Please feel free to contact us at info@artistsfirststl.org

Book House

Community Independent Bookstore – new used rare and unusual books, special orders, booksearches and grab bags! We are doing curbside pickup and home delivery/shipping Browse our website www.bookhousestl.com

Chateau Maplewood

Chateau Maplewood is open for curbside pickup!

Indigo

Indigo Massage & Wellness is temporarily closed for appointments. Our Indigo Team of massage therapists, acupuncturist, esthetician, and receptionists are abiding by the stay-at-home order currently in effect for St. Louis.We have instant online Gift Cards available that are 20% off for Mother’s Day Gifting through May. We are also offering curbside pickup of our wellness retail items like products for bath, body, skin care, CBD, and essential oils and diffusers. We are making and selling 4oz personal sized hand sanitizer sprays with alcohol, antiviral essential oils and aloe vera. Call or Email to order, pay, and arrange a pickup. Connect with us on Facebook @stlindigo and Instagram @indigostl where we are sharing retail images and links for online yoga classes, meditations, and self-care.We look forward to seeing everyone soon and wish you Well!

So Layne Designs

Traveling Tea

Traveling Tea has closed their shop to foot traffic, but is taking online and phone orders for shipping, and delivery up to 10 miles from the shop (free delivery within 5 miles). Your purchases allow them to keep their employees on full normal wages.

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