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A smoker’s paradise since 1897, this store now sells around 100 cigar brands, 15,000 pipes, and countless smoking accessories. It also contains a small tobacco museum.

On the strip commonly known as “Jeweler’s Row” this one-stop-shop is a friendly place to source gold, pearls, watches, diamonds, and gems at relatively low prices.

This small strip in the Loop boasts a large number of jewelers that sell everything from discount diamonds to top-of-the-range gems. The Jeweler’s Center at the beautiful 1912 Mallers Building packs about 50 wholesale and retail jewelers and appraisers into 13 floors.

This huge mall is chock-full of treasures from vintage purses to kitschy dinnerware and Art Deco glass. Prices are typically negotiable.

Tucked away in a limestone rowhouse, the gift shop at this children’s arts program sells the students’ amazing creations, such as one-of-kind painted furniture and vibrant mosaics.

Devoted shoe hounds flock to this Lincoln Park store for its hot styles at discounted prices. The floors and walls are stacked high with boxes for handy self-serve try-on access.

Some 450 stores make this stretch of North Michigan Avenue one of the world’s retail meccas. Besides sophisticated designer boutiques, there are malls (each with high-end department stores); and big-name chain and flagship stores (see Magnificent Mile).

Chicago’s oldest and best-known department store is most famous for its elaborate Christmas displays, dazzling Tiffany dome, and iconic clock. Nearly 100 years after opening, this flagship store continues to offer top styles for home and body (see State Street).

No longer a Bull, but he’s still a star. Buy Jordan’s merchandise at United Center’s Fandemonium store.

High style on sale at a fraction of the original prices lure bargain hunters to this charming little sister of the upscale and pricey Nordstrom.