16. University Place
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Description: University Place near UNC Charlotte has been the nexus for retail and commercial development in the northeast area. Patterned after European villages, even down to the red tile roofs on the buildings, this shopping center is built around a small man-made lake. More than 80 stores are housed here, including Old Navy, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, OfficeMax, Michaels, Gap/Gap Kids, Pier 1, and Sam’s Club. You can even ride a paddleboat on the 11-acre lake.
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
19. Myers Park
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Description: Myers Park has always been a mecca of specialty shopping. Located along Providence Road are a number of specialty shops, services, and restaurants. Colony and Mecklenburg Furniture offer fine home furnishings; John Dabbs Ltd. and Details in Design have great gifts for friends or for yourself; the Golden Goose offers wonderful maternity and children’s apparel; and The Buttercup is one of the best places in town to buy invitations and special gifts. Allen’s Jewelers and Morrison Smith are top-notch jewelers on Providence Road. Fresh and Shelagh have hip, fashion-forward styles. Fancy Pants fills a niche with fine children’s clothing from newborns to teens.
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
21. Classic Attic
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 521-3750
Description: Bargain shop for consigned furniture, then rehab your discovery with new upholstery, bedding, and pillows from the Classic Attic’s store-within-a-store called the Linen Closet.
22. Clearing House
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 375-7708
Address: 701 Central Ave.
Description: Home furnishings and accessories, antiques, silver, and crystal are highlighted at this shop with an ever-changing inventory. Located in Charlotte’s funky Plaza-Midwood neighborhood.
23. A Closet Full
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 372-5522
Address: 1729 Garden Terrace
Description: Located just off East Boulevard in Dilworth, A Closet Full is a consignment shop for plus-size women. The store carries only gently-used, upscale clothing, sizes 14W through 32W. It is a great place to find good quality dresses for social occasions.
24. Consignment 1St
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 847-2620
Description: Since 1986, Consignment 1st has offered clothing for the entire family, baby equipment, furniture, and household items. In recent years, Consignment 1st has expanded to include 10 locations across the Southeast, including five in the greater Charlotte market. Other locations are Pineville, University City, Lake Norman, and Gastonia.
25. Jlc Wearhouse
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 377-1854
Address: 1117 Pecan Ave.
Description: This shop, which sells consignment, donated, and overstocked new items, is operated by the Junior League of Charlotte. The Junior League is a nonprofit volunteer organization of women, many of whom are from the city’s upper social circles. The JLC Wearhouse dates to 1936, and recently moved from its longtime location on Fourth Street to a nicer, larger facility on Pecan Avenue between the Chantilly and Plaza-Midwood neighborhoods. The store offers clothes and shoes for the entire family, as well as accessories and housewares.
26. Recycle Boutique
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 527-2211
Address: 4301 Park Rd.
Description: Located in the Park Road Shopping Center, this is a great upscale option for consignment shoppers. The store specializes in brands from boutiques and better department stores. Recycle Boutique only accepts clothes that have been purchased in the last two years and are in like-new condition from a smoke-free environment.
27. Sweet Repeats
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 372-0002
Address: 300 East Blvd.
Description: This consignment shop features expensive designer clothing, such as Carlisle, Escada, Dana Buchman, and Doncaster. Shoes and accessories are also available.
28. Very Terry Contemporary Consignments
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (704) 375-0655
Address: 310 East Blvd.
Description: Organized by color, this hip Dilworth shop carries only natural fibers such as silk, cotton, linen, and wool—nothing from the sisters Poly and Ester. Very Terry has been named the Best Bargain Shopping in the city by two Charlotte magazines.
29. Antiques Shops Of Myers Park
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Description: Charlotte’s first suburb naturally has some of its best antiques. Start on Selwyn Avenue near Runnymeade at the Plantation Shop, Heritage Antiques, Sterling Manor, and Antiques on Selwyn, the last of which features a great inventory with great prices. When Selwyn turns into Providence Road past Queen’s University, look for Windwood Antiques, with its great selection of majolica and wide range of price points, and for Circa, which has a full-service design division and to-the-trade lines such as Nina Campbell. Acquisitions, close to CPCC, carries French country designs, upholstery and leather, and many home accessories.
30. Antiques Shops Of Pineville
City: Charlotte, NC
Category: Shopping
Description: South of Charlotte, a variety of antiques shops offer early American, English, and continental furniture; old books; antique linens; Persian rugs; and much more.