Today I was in a part of town I never have before.
I saw a store JUST for badminton.
There used to be a store in my town called “Just Socks” that sold, just socks
If there’s still one around somewhere, should open up a competitor across the street that deals only in cheap counterfeits of the brands they sell and call it Unjust Socks.
90’s throwback. Of note - Stacks of Slax and the Bolt Bloke.
I have seen lots of niche stores, but what usually gets me is that they’re in very premium locations. How is that empty Custom Umbrella Emporium still open while the packed coffee shop next door can’t afford their lease?
Tap for spoiler
Money laundering, probably
Mixed tape store. This was like 12 years ago, long after streaming was a thing. A buddy of mine went in and asked if they sold CDs and the guy legit said, “No. Just mixed tapes.” Pretty sure it was a front for something.
I had to go to a store that only sells custom made stirrups as my kid needed some for their horse. I was absolutely overwhelmed about how many differences there are about them. Kid was happy.
There’s a small town I drive through frequently that, for many years, had a Christmas shop. It was always open, usually empty. It closed down last year.
Disc Golf Mart in Columbus, Ohio.
Oh that reminds me of a spot in Connecticut I think. It was a headshop down stairs and discgolf shop upstairs. With a sometimes skate shop in a room next to the discgolf stuff.
Batteries + Bulbs.
They sold nothing but batteries and lightbulbs.
Probably Pop Mart. A three-story shop filled with nothing but these odd little collectible toys of cartoon characters. It was absolutely mobbed.
In Turkey we have shops that only sell pickles!
It’s not super specific, and makes sense for where I saw it, but I’ll never forget the Wisconsin tourist trap I drove past as a kid that has a big sign out front advertising “Cameras, Cheese and Guns”.
Cycling clothing. No bikes, no helmets, just more lycra than a gimp convention.
I have been in a shop only for set equipment for cooking book pictures
Me too. In Japan.
There’s a “craft”-art shop in the same cave I work in that exclusively sells racism.
… there’s a cave with shops?
Name and shame man
Rubber stamp store. Just shelf after shelf of rubber stamps and rubber stamp accessories.
Childhood me gasped. We loved stamps!!
The royal we?
Me and my twin. I just use we a lot cause of that.
