Several local stores achieve Virginia Living’s Best Shopping Status

By Linda Cicoira

Eastern Virginia’s “Best Shopping” winners for 2021 were listed Thursday, in Virginia Living Magazine, and included several Eastern Shore businesses. Four Cape Charles shops and a mall in Painter were among those.

In the Consignment Shop category, Periwinkles Consignment Boutique, of Mason Avenue, in Cape Charles, was chosen as #1. The shop offers “upscale women’s clothing, accessories, and local artisan items in an eclectic boutique environment. A love of fashion, thrifting, and recycling unwanted items inspired the owner to open the award-winning boutique, providing customers with unique finds for a fraction of retail prices,” the magazine stated.

Peach Street Books, on Mason Avenue, in Cape Charles, was named as the first-place winner in the Book Store category. “In the historic buildings of a 1930s, Pure Oil Station and 1950s three-bay garage, Peach Street Books holds more than 10,000 gently used books and 500 new titles, (and) a coffee shop featuring Eastern Shore Coastal Roasting Co. coffee.

Cape Charles Historic District got third place in a Downtown Shopping category. In the antiques category, the Blue Crow Antique Mall, of Painter, was the third-place winner. Moonrise Jewelry, of Cape Charles, was third in the Fine Jewelry Store category. Seagrass Floral & Apothecary, of Cape Charles, was third in the Florist Shop category.

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