Shopping in Door County
Art galleries and working studios, independent boutiques and bookshops, antiques, and the specialty markets worth a stop — filter by town and type to find yours. Kept current as shops open, close, and change with the season.
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Baileys 57
A gas station with Door County's largest walk-in beer cave and a deli counter worth a stop on its own: Boar's Head sandw…
Bay Trading Company
Architectural salvage on Highway 42 in Egg Harbor — stained-glass windows, fireplace mantels, and the kind of old-buildi…
Bea's Ho-Made Products
A roadside stand that began in 1961 when Linda Landin sold cherries off a picnic table, now hand-packing more than 100 k…
Blue Dolphin House
A gallery in a garden at the north end of Ephraim: follow the perennial path to an 1860s log studio, with work from 100-…
Cappaert Contemporary Gallery
The contemporary corner of Egg Harbor's art scene, set in an 1873 log cabin above the bay. Owner Ginnie Cappaert shows h…
Charlie's Smokehouse
Smoked whitefish eaten on the dock at the tip of the peninsula: the county's best cheap lunch.
Clay Bay Pottery & Gallery
David and Jeanne Aurelius have thrown pots in Ellison Bay since 1976, and they still make the functional stoneware and t…
Cornucopia
An independent kitchen shop on Sturgeon Bay's Third Avenue — the place to find the gadget, pan, or gift you didn't know…
Country Ovens / Cherry De-Lite
Founded by Mike and Kathy Johnson, who started drying Door County Montmorency tart cherries at home in a garage-sale deh…
Door County Candy
Terry Ullman has been making fudge and chocolates in downtown Sturgeon Bay since 1996. Reach for the sea salt caramel fu…
Door County Confectionery (Ephraim)
A candy and fudge shop that traces back to the original Door County Confectionery, which opened in Fish Creek in 1972. I…
Door County Confectionery (Fish Creek)
The original Door County Confectionery opened in Fish Creek in 1972 and still hand-crafts its fudge and chocolates more…
Door County Confectionery (Sister Bay)
Handmade chocolates and fudge, made in Door County for more than half a century. This Sister Bay sweet shop is one of fo…
Door County Confectionery (Sturgeon Bay)
A downtown Sturgeon Bay chocolate and fudge shop, one of four Door County Confectionery locations that have made candy o…
Door County Creamery
Get the goat cheese gelato (trust us) and a picnic box for the beach across the street.
Ecology
Across from the Sister Bay marina, an eco-minded outfitter that's been linking people with nature since 1972 — clothing…
Edgewood Orchard Galleries
The county's grande dame of galleries, family-run since 1969 in a restored 1918 fruit barn off Peninsula Players Road. M…
Fine Line Designs Gallery
Ninety-plus artists under one roof on Highway 42, plus a two-acre sculpture garden you can walk — bronze, stone, metal,…
Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm
A working lavender farm with a shop and cafe. Worth a stop if your visit lines up with the midsummer bloom.
Grandma Tommy's Country Store
A seasonal roadside stop at the Highway 42/57 fork on the way up the peninsula, stocked with Door County cherry everythi…
Greens N Grains Natural Food Market & Café
Northern Door County's full-service natural food market, a vegetarian café folded into an organic grocery in downtown Eg…
Hands On Art Studio
Come make something. On a farmstead off Peninsula Players Road you can throw a pot, fuse glass, cut mosaic, paint canvas…
Harbor Custard & Provisions
The custard is the reason to stop: made fresh in-house every day, with vanilla and chocolate always on and a rotating ca…
Harbor Fish Market & Grille
A seafood restaurant and market on Highway 57 in Baileys Harbor, known for a lobster boil alongside walleye and other la…
Hardy Gallery
The graffiti is the first thing you notice — generations of sailors and visitors have signed the weathered walls of this…
Henriksen Fisheries
A working whitefish fishery first, retail counter second. Charlie Henriksen has sold boneless whitefish fillets and fish…
Hyline Orchard
The old-school U-pick: rows of Montmorency trees, pails, a scale, and not much else. Picking, undiluted.
Island Popcorn Barn
Grab a bag of Lenny's Kettle Corn, hand-stirred with a wooden paddle in a giant kettle and the top seller at this family…
Koepsel's Meadow Lane Antiques
The county's most serious antiques stop, on the Koepsel's farm-market grounds south of Baileys Harbor: original-surface…
Lautenbach's Orchard Country Winery & Market
The most convenient real-deal cherry stop: tastings, a solid market, and U-pick rows in late July without driving to the…
Main Street Market
Egg Harbor's full-service grocery, locally owned since 1987 and the place to provision a cottage kitchen. Grab a roasted…
Novel Bay Booksellers
The south end's marquee independent bookstore — a women-owned, tightly curated shop on Sturgeon Bay's Third Avenue, stro…
Olde Orchard Antique Mall
A multi-vendor antique mall on Highway 42 in Egg Harbor, decades into its run — the browse-the-booths kind of place wher…
On Deck Clothing Company
A homegrown Door County apparel staple since the mid-1980s, with the flagship on Fish Creek's Main Street and shops in S…
Pioneer Store
Built in 1900 and still the heart of Ellison Bay, this general store fronted local fishermen and farmers on credit long…
Plum Bottom Gallery
Chad Luberger's pottery studio grew into one of the county's best craft galleries — 20 acres on Plum Bottom Road showing…
Popelka Trenchard Glass
A working hot-glass shop, not just a gallery — Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie Trenchard have made and shown glass here in…
Renard's Cheese & Melt Bistro
The Renard family has made cheese for four generations, and the Melt Bistro is the factory's own kitchen. Order the load…
Romantiques
At the top of the Sister Bay hill, a curated mix of antiques and vintage alongside jewelry, art, and a few finds you did…
Seaquist Orchards Farm Market
Cherries are the whole operation here. If you're only buying one pie in Door County, this is the place.
Shades of the Past
A genuine estate-antiques shop on Highway 42 in Egg Harbor — silver, cut crystal, china, and glassware filling a bright-…
Summer Camp Antiques & Gifts
Vintage with a north-woods, lake-cabin lean, up in Ellison Bay — nautical pieces, cabin furniture, and nostalgic finds m…
The Cherry Hut
A roadside cherry stand on Highway 42 that traces back to Ray's Cherry Hut in the 1950s and reopened under new owners in…
The Peninsula Bookman
Peter Sloma's new, used, and rare bookshop in Fish Creek — 20,000-some titles with a deep bench of Door County, Great La…
The Vault Door County
Set inside a former Nicolet Bank branch in downtown Ellison Bay, where the original safe and teller stations still stand…
TR Pottery
Tony and Renée Gebauer's working studio and gallery off Kita Road in Fish Creek, where Tony throws every piece by hand —…
Uncle Tom's Candy
Small-batch candy made from century-old family recipes since 1973, set inside the historic 1918 Newport schoolhouse on t…
Washington Island Art & Nature Center
The island's arts-and-nature hub, pairing rotating exhibits with nature trails and summer programming — an easy, worthwh…
Wood Orchard Market
A big roadside farm market on Highway 42 north of Egg Harbor, stocked largely from the Wood family's own 200-plus acres…
Woodwalk Gallery
A renovated dairy barn on ten acres south of Egg Harbor, showing 75-plus makers in painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass,…
Our ranked picks
All best-of lists →The Best Antiques in Door County
Koepsel's Meadow Lane near Baileys Harbor is our top pick — serious original-surface furniture, Great Lakes decoys, and folk art. Bay Trading in Egg Harbor is the place for architectural salvage, Shades of the Past has genuine estate silver and crystal, and the Olde Orchard mall is the easy multi-vendor browse. Most are seasonal, roughly May through October, so call ahead.
The Best Art Galleries in Door County
Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek is our top pick — a 150-artist fine-art gallery and sculpture garden that has been family-run since 1969. Plum Bottom near Egg Harbor is the other heavyweight, Popelka Trenchard Glass in Sturgeon Bay lets you watch glass being blown, and the graffiti-covered Hardy Gallery in Ephraim is the best free stop. Most run late spring through fall, so check seasons before a special trip.
The Best Shops & Boutiques in Door County
On Deck Clothing is our top all-around pick — a homegrown apparel staple with shops in Fish Creek, Sister Bay, and Sturgeon Bay. Novel Bay Booksellers is the county's best bookstore, Ecology in Sister Bay is the eco-outfitter to beat, and Fragrant Isle's lavender farm and shop on Washington Island is the most only-in-Door-County stop. For antiques and galleries, see the notes at the end.