Liberty Street Mercantile on Harrisonburg’s West Gay Street is a dream for booklovers, coffee maniacs, wine drinkers, and boutique browsers seeking a cozy shopping experience, rain or shine. Set in a charming renovated 1939 warehouse, the space houses Blakemore’s Flowers, Parentheses Books, children’s store Asdelia Mae Boutique, Chestnut Ridge Coffee Roasters, and home goods boutique Living Room Collective, alongside rotating pop-ups and kiosks that add to the marketplace’s bright, community-driven environment.
Shoppers can drift from shelves of trending book releases to artfully arranged bouquets, then natural beauty products at with Simplicity, then over to the attached Rootstock Wine Bar & Provision for a leisurely sip. “I was really particular about what went in,” says Kirsten Moore, owner of the complex and the adjacent Magpie Diner. “It has this universal appeal. The old building pulls people in. And at Christmas, people walk in and say, ‘It’s like a Hallmark movie in here.’”
This article originally appeared in the Best of Virginia 2025 issue.
