Albuquerque

The Candy Lady

A popular candy shop with lots of homemade fudge, chocolates, caramels, and other sweets, though it has also gained notice for providing the blue-colored hard candy that served as the meth prop in the locally-set Breaking Bad television series. You can buy a bag of a faithful recreation of the prop, which is now one of the shop's most popular products.

Mon 11AM–5PM, Tue Wed noon–5PM, Thu 11AM–5PM, Fri Sat 11AM–6PM, Sun noon–5PM

Old Town Emporium

A very large gift shop with all the typical tourist kitsch, which certainly has its charm.

Mon–Sat 9AM–8PM, Sun 9AM–6PM

Albuquerque Photographer's Gallery

A juried photography co-op of award-winning photographers, representing a wide variety of styles and techniques.

Mon–Sat 11AM–5:30PM, Sun noon–5PM

Amapola Gallery

Co-op of 40 contemporary artists selling a wide variety of southwestern arts and crafts.

Daily 10AM–5PM

Mama's Minerals

A wonderful store with an extensive collection of minerals, geologic specimens, gems, beads, supplies for the geologist, information about local geology, and more. Anyone even slightly interested in geology could spend a lot of time here.

Mon–Fri 9AM–7PM, Sat 10AM–6PM, Sun 11AM–5PM

Old Town

If you're looking for all the "New Mexican" shops, this is probably the next best thing to Santa Fe. Granted, some of it is tacky souvenir stuff, but there are also plenty of quality gift shops with authentic Native American and Southwestern art. You can also find plenty of antiques, art galleries, jewelry, pottery, weavings, clothing stores, and other specialty shops.

Masks Y Mas

An art gallery and store cram packed with Day of the Dead folk art.

Mon–Thu 11AM–6PM, Fri Sat 11AM-7PM, Sun noon–5PM

Nob Hill

A trendy district known for its neon reminiscent of the Route 66 days, Nob Hill is easily one of the best places in the city to window shop. The Nob Hill Business Center, at Central & Carlisle, has some great little shops as well as the La Montanita Food Co-Op (see Grocery stores under "Eat" below).

ABQ Uptown

An outdoor mall with more high-end retail stores, such as Apple Computer, Talbots, Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma.

Bien Mur Indian Market Center

Owned by the Sandia Pueblo, this huge market has loads of Native American jewelry, pottery, rugs, paintings and folk art. Most of the stuff here comes directly from the artist to the market.

Mon–Sat 9:30AM–5:30PM, Sun 11AM–5:30PM

Cottonwood Mall

A typical indoor mall, the surrounding area contains most typical 'big box' retailers.

Mon–Sat 10AM–9PM, Sun 11AM–6PM

Gertrude Zachary Jewelry Showroom

A locally-owned jewelry chain in Albuquerque with plenty of antiques and Southwestern jewelry.

Mon–Sat 9:30AM–6PM, Sun 10AM–5PM

Jackalope

A local chain of stores (there is also a location in Santa Fe) that sells folk art, pottery, rugs, and furniture from around the world. There is really a lot of fantastic stuff here, and a lot to browse through.

Daily 9AM–6PM

Patrician Design

A retail boutique with art, jewelry, and some nifty around-the-home accessories.

Mon–Fri 8AM–6PM

Coronado Center

A typical indoor suburban mall, anchored by Macy's, JCPenney, Mervyn's and Sears. Most of the major 'big box' retailers are also in the general area, in both directions along I-40.

Downtown

While downtown has plenty of bars and restaurants, the shopping scene is a bit lacking. However, there are a few interesting places:

Tanner Chaney Gallery

A long-standing business selling native arts and crafts.

Mon–Sat 10AM–5:30PM, Sun noon–5:30PM

The Herb Store

Stock up on all your herb supplies and herbal remedies here.

Mon–Sat 10AM–6PM, Sun noon–5PM

The Man's Hat Shop

Has a huge selection of Western hats.

Tue–Fri 9:30AM–5:30PM, Sat 9:30AM–5PM

Artisan Art Supplies

3017 Monte Vista Boulevard Northeast

Open now · closes 5:30 pm

Books on the Bosque

6261 Riverside Plaza Lane Northwest

Open now · closes 7 pm

Bookworks

4022 Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest

Open now · closes 6 pm

Downtown Growers Market

8th and Central

Closed · opens 8 am Saturday

Rail Yards Market

777 1st Street Southwest

Closed · opens 10 am Sunday

Stone Mountain Bead Gallery

4008 Central Avenue Southeast

Open now · closes 6 pm

DG's Deli

1418 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Avenue Northeast

Closed · opens 9 am tomorrow

New Mexico Tea Company

1131 Mountain Road Northwest

Open now · closes 6 pm

Nob Hill Music

3419 Central Avenue Northeast

Closed · opens noon tomorrow

Salt and Board

115 Harvard Drive Southeast

Closed · opens noon tomorrow

Sawmill Market

1909 Bellamah Avenue Northwest

Open now · closes 9 pm