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    Top 10 Specialty Stores in Columbus in 2017

    When you’re looking for a unique gift item or obscure find, you can’t just go to Target or Walmart. Locals know that there’s a selection of specialty shops that will help you find something a little more special. This year, our readers and editors picked Big Fun as the number one destination for that type of shopping experience.

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    Big Fun expanded to Columbus by way of Cleveland back in 2013 and has become one of the most unique Short North stores, filled with new and vintage toys, games, collectables, novelties and gift items. If the contemporary mall store experience is clean lines and minimalist design, then Big Fun is the polar opposite with cramped aisles and high shelves stocked to the brim with cool things you didn’t even know existed.

    For more information, visit www.bigfuncolumbus.com.

    The Top 10 Speciality Stores in Columbus of 2017:

    1. Big Fun
    2. North Market
    3. Wholly Craft
    4. Igloo Letterpress
    5. STUMP
    6. The Hills Market
    7. On Paper
    8. Celebrate Local
    9. Gramercy Books
    10. Global Gifts

    Flashback: Best Specialty Store of 2016 — Robert Mason
    Flashback: Best Specialty Store of 2015 — Simply Vague

    Flashback: Best Specialty Store of 2014 — Wholly Craft
    Flashback: Best Specialty Store of 2013 — Celebrate Local
    Flashback: Best Specialty Store of 2012 — Wholly Craft
    Flashback: Best Specialty Store of 2011 — Wholly Craft

    Note: Our “Best of 2017″ lists are published as the combined results of our annual Reader Nomination Survey and Editor’s Choice picks.

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