Little White Church Antiques — Attraction in Rockaway Beach

This is.. really NOT an antique store. only about 10% of the stuff in here was used/antique/etc. Mainly new, mass produced type items. False advertising. Disappointed we made time to go here but not to The Little Crow, because that place explicitly stated it had both "vintage and new" and we assumed this place was all used/second hand. We wanted to buy things second hand for sustainability purposes.

They did have a lot of very scented products. Like soap and lotion etc that seemed maybe local or small business made.

We did end up finding a few cute items we got here. An old tiny model/toy grocery cart (actually old), a tin shaped like an old style coca cola dispenser vending machine (seemingly an antique? It has rust), and a dried flower in a glass vial with a cork stopper (not antique, but relatively sustainable materials).

Shop keeper was not...

My first impression of this shop was unfortunately disappointment. I travel and shop antiques around a decent chunk of Oregon so I may just be spoiled by hotspots like Astoria. Regardless, I was hoping for a more antiques focused shopping experience when I singled this place out for a visit. Instead, this is a gift shop that has a small amount of vintage amongst overwhelmingly new, drop-shipped product and local crafts/sundries. Jams, some textile crafts, that sort of thing. Great for picking up a little gift for a wide variety of occasions/individuals but calling it an antiques store is disingenuous. Prices are middle of the...

It was my first trip to Oregon with my girlfriend and we were just kinda stumbling through the streets of Rockaway and we went through this antique/hobby/different brighter things and trinkets and we spent so long I though wed never leave but we talked to the owner and told her it was our first time here and yada yada tourist stuff at the end we got these little jars to fill with sand and ocean water it's a cute humble place defiently visit...