Boston General Store — Attraction in Brookline

Wow. I love this place. Here is why you will too:

When you walk in there is a lot of products to look at. It is easy to skim everything and miss everything all at the same time. I would recommend slowing down and really taking in the details of what is in the store. They have something for everyone, check out what I bought in the last photo.

Really awesome art supply section. If you are looking to try new mediums and tools they have it here. Check out the Japanese paper!

Super kind staff. I had a great conversation with the staff and they were actually engaged with the conversation we were having. Nice to walk into a place you have never been and connect with people.

Wide selection of cooking an utility knives! And that's just cool.

Worth stopping in, I bet you will walk out with some sort of treat for yourself. If you plan to return they have a rewards program too.

Check out my photos to get a sense...

Very interesting and unique selection of home goods, garden tools, writing tools, sewing tools and all sorts of wonderful things. Very well curated. From memory, there are things from Japan, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Portugal and many more. The staff are also impressively well-versed on the products they carry and explaining how they work. A great place to find a unique gift or something special for yourself. Many shops like this are ludicrously over-priced, but the Boston General Store is actually pretty reasonable which is what makes me a...

Very interesting store with unique items. A hair too precious but kudos to whoever does the mechanizing. The store keeper's however were a nightmare, completely self absorbed and constantly talking about how they weren’t going to get any work done. It was depressing even listening to their rants on where to eat out each day and laugh they didn’t have to do any work, working for this particular store because “almost no one ever comes in.” Left a very bad...