A Running List of Where to Shop on Route 1 for the Holidays

This holiday season, shopping locally could help keep your local artists and independent retailers in business.

With the coronavirus pandemic hurting small businesses around the country, now is a good time to check out some of the local places that make the Route 1 corridor a destination.

Below is a list of some of the local places you can shop this year. As always, let us know in the comments if we missed anything. We’ll be updating this list now through the new year.

Arts and Crafts

Art Enables: An art gallery and educational center in Woodridge supporting artists with disabilities who work out of the center. You can purchase art at the gallery or online here2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, D.C. (202) 554-9455

Artist and Craftsman Supply: The Hyattsville outlet has arts and crafts appropriate for everyone from kids to professionals, or give a gift card for when inspiration strikes the artist in your life. 4902 43rd Ave., Hyattsville 301-887-1104

Brentwood Arts Exchange: An art gallery and center in Brentwood offering fine arts and crafts handmade by local artists such as vases, dishes and jewelry.3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, (301) 277-2863

Denise Marie Fine Arts Gallery: An arts gallery in Bladensburg where you get find original oil paintings, photography, prints, hand crafted silver, bronze and copper jewelry, carved walnut sculpture, hand crafted steel blades. 4000 52nd St., Bladensburg. 301-699-1148

Forty Third Place: A woodworking studio in Hyattsville where you can purchase a variety of handmade wooden trays, furniture and wall art online here.

Green Owl Design: The Hyattsville interior design firm has a boutique shop with items from local artists and craftspeople in the Arts District. 5303 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville    (301) 660-3426

Incredible Designs: A print screening service in Hyattsville that designs custom apparel and accessories including customized mugs, pens, notebooks, giveaway bags, water bottles, as well as logo designs using a screen printer. 5124-B Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville,(301) 615-5511

Material Things:   A clay, wood and metal studio in North Brentwood offers handmade ceramic and wood home accessories. 531 Rhode Island Ave, North Brentwood

Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center: The popular Hyattsville nonprofit has an online gift shop with an extensive collection of prints, cards and other crafts from local artists. Get 15% off with the code SmallBusiness154318 Gallatin St., Hyattsville, (301) 608-9101

Suffragette City Vintage: A boutique shop in Hyattsville with some locally made vintage and retro clothes and accessories. 5101 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville

Tanglewood Works: The Hyattsville store sells homemade candles topped with Vigilante coffee beans, among lots of other handmade items such as original art, upcycled jewelry and restored furniture, hot plates, ornaments and other speciality items all made by owner Sue Older-Mondeel and her team. While you are there you can also shop at My Dead Aunt’s Book’s, located inside, for your bookish relatives. 5132 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville (415) 595-9839

Personal Care

Honey Glow: Offers handmade skin and other personal care products such as lip balm made right in College Park. 4423 Lehigh Rd #172, College Park, (301) 982-7505

Hope Honey Farm: The beekeepers offer handmade soaps, lip balms and honey made in Hyattsville, available at Franklins and Whole Foods in Riverdale Park and online here.

Mystic Water Soap: Based in Riverdale Park, the local outfit offers a variety of essential oils, handmade soaps, and other natural body care products, which you can purchase online at Mystic Water Soap or, for men’s products, at Mystic 4 Men.

General Shopping

Arrow Bicycle: The Hyattsville shop sells bikes and all kinds of bicycling gear. 5108 Baltimore Ave. 301-531-9250.

Buoy Collective: The Hyattsville shop offers modern, vintage and designer menswear with an important environmental message about the effects the fashion industry. 5608 Baltimore Ave. 240-204-4497

Franklins General Store: The Hyattsville general store has everything from bottles of wine to toys for all ages. It remains open and is great for that fun gift that you didn’t know you were looking for. 5123 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville 301-927-2740

Red Onion Records: The Hyattsville record shop is great for that hard-to-find gift for a music lover in your life. 4208 Gallatin St., Hyattsville 202-780-7735

sMALL Surprises: The Mall at Prince George’s is offering offering handpicked gift boxes from its stores, including a Fun Pack and Awesome Pack for kids and the Cozy Collection for grownups. Available online here.

Town Center Market: Whether it’s a bottle of wine or a bottle of fine Irish whiskey, Town Center Market has you set. 4705 Queensbury Rd., Riverdale Park 301-277-9271

Wills Decorating: The long-running interior design shop, which recently moved into Hyattsville’s TESST building, has everything you need to spruce up your home for another few months of lockdown. 5122 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville 301-937-6100

Specialty Food

Relish Market: Located at the Savor Food Hall, the Brentwood shop sells locally produced and made dried peppers, spices, hot sauces, and other relishes made from produce grown at New Brooklyn Farms. 3809 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood

Shortcake Bakery: You can purchase 100 percent natural and homemade baked goods at this boutique Hyattsville bakery. 4700 Rhode Island Ave, Hyattsville, (301) 779-2836

Sugar Vault Desserts & Bakery: At this shop you can purchase homemade cupcakes, mini cheesecakes, brownies and other delectable deserts. 5606 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville, (240) 487-6440

Tiered and Petite: The Hyattsville cake shop is one-top shopping for gourmet desserts for when you want to give something sweet. 4344 Farragut St., Hyattsville 240-467-3977

Coffee 

Vigilante Coffee: With two locations on the Route 1 corridor, it offers locally roasted coffee beans. You can also pick up a Vigilante T-shirt or some brewing gear at both locations. 4327 Gallatin St, Hyattsville, (301) 200-3110 and 8200 Baltimore Ave, College Park, (301) 220-1016

Zeke’s Coffee: The Woodridge roastery, which specializes in organic, fair trade, and sustainable Arabica beans, has a special “12 Days of Coffee” holiday promotion, a gift box and a “Coffee Club” delivery option. 2300 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, D.C. (202) 733-2646

Craft Alcohol

Franklins Restaurant, Brewery and General Store: This popular brewery offers a variety of beers brewed in-house that you can be purchased in a take-home growler. 5123 Baltimore Ave. Hyattsville, (301) 927-2740

Denizens Brewing Co.: You can purchase a growler of Buena Onda Mexican-style Vienna lager from its new Riverdale Park production house among other craft beers made on site. 4550 Van Buren St., Riverdale Park, (240) 582-6817

Maryland Meadworks: For an old-timey holiday vibe, nothing can top a growler of the Hyattsville meadery’s sweet, spicy or dry offerings. They also use wildflower honey from Hope Honey Farm and lemon thyme from New Brooklyn Farms. 4700 Rhode Island Ave., Hyattsville, (301) 955-9644

Sangfroid Distilling: The Hyattsville distillery is currently selling Dutch-style gin, Grimes Golden apple brandy, Maryland rye whiskey and some pear brandy made on site. 5130 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville

Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.:
The Hyattsville brewery offers a growler of pumpkin spice-flavored wheat ale along along with other craft beers including a coffee stoutmade with Vigilante coffee. 4824 Rhode Island Ave, Hyattsville, (240) 782-0152

Music and Books

Blue Plains: An indie rock band with roots in Hyattsville has their music available for purchase here.

Eric Maring: This College Park-based musician recently released two albums, one which is aimed at children. Both are available to purchase on his website.

Mary Amato: This Hyattsville-based award-winning children’s and young adult book author has written several books, all of which are available for purchase on Amazon.

Monica Hesse: A University Park-based author who has written several books, including most recently “They Went Left,” all of which are available on Amazon.

Nick Pysenson: A University Park resident is author of “Spying on Whales: The Past, Present and Future of the World’s Largest Animals,” an account of his own research, including time spent at the Smithsonian’s warehouses in Prince George’s County.

Paint Branch Creek: Homegrown American and folk band out of College Park sells its album online here.

Patti Kim: A University Park-based author has written several books, including “I’m Ok,” which are available to purchase on Amazon.

Wolf Bahren: The pen name of University Park resident Kristi Bahrenburg Janzen, Bahren’s latest is “Source of Deceit,” a thriller about a journalist.

Curtis Ramsey-Lucas: The University Park resident edited “#INTHISTOGETHER,” a collection of essays about “ministry in times of crisis.”

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