Shopping

 

 

 

Downtown Fort Smith offers a good old-fashioned shopping experience with friendly merchants in a a quaint atmosphere.  Retailers throughout the community pride themselves on individualized, personal service.  Shoppers will find art, beautiful house wares, stylish shoes, bookstores, trendy consignment boutiques, cowboy attire and a variety of charming cafés up and down Garrison Avenue and throughout downtown.

Fort Smith also features an exciting new shopping area called "The Pavilion" near Phoenix Avenue and I-540 with upscale national chain shopping.  If that's not enough, shopping at Central Mall  is just fifteen minutes from downtown.  The region's largest shopping center offers department stores, jewelry and unique gifts.

 

Belle Starr Antiques
479-226-3131 
beth@bellestarrantiques.com
21 North 4th Street
(Only 1 block off downtown Fort Smith's historic Garrison Avenue, turn right onto 4th Street by the Hamburger Barn. The shop sits on the corner of 4th and A Street.)
Open Tuesday - Saturday 10:30-5:00 and by appointment
Belle Starr Antiques features 7,200 sqare feet of booths with a variety of primitives, antique furniture and collectibles, glassware, and vintage clothing and jewelery. The shop showcases a few local artists as well, such as a local jewelery maker who refurbishes vintage jewelery, a local soap/candle maker, and a local photographer who specializes in depictions of Arkansas. 

479-783-8022
An Arkansas shopping institution, the Now & Then Shoppe's inventory is tucked away into various rooms, hallways and staircases of two big sprawling houses connected at the center. Find both new gifts and old antiques, all arranged in cozy elegance for every space, personality and budget.

Located on Rogers Avenue, a short distance from Central Mall and historic downtown Fort Smith, this shopping center has such stores and boutiques as Talbot's, Blessed Baby, Momo's Gourmet Foods & Gifts, Belle, Saied Music and Kopper-Kettle Candies (famous for their handmade Arkansas chocolates!) and others, as well as several restaurants.