1. Bean & Cod
City: Falmouth, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 548-8840
Address: 140 Main St.
Description: This is a combination gourmet deli and gift store. Attractive and appetizing gifts are everywhere: Houseware items, such as glasses, trays, place mats, and lamps, adorn the walls and displays; intriguing gourmet food baskets, custom-filled with cheese, crackers, teas, coffees, and regional products adorn the sandwich deli counter, where you can choose from a menu of salads, sandwiches, and baked goods.The Bean & Cod will ship wherever you want. It’s open daily all year. The store also carries cookbooks, food mills, and other cooking equipment.
2. The Black Dog General Store
City: Falmouth, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 495-6000, (800) 626-1991
Address: 214 Main St.
Description: In 2003 this Martha’s Vineyard cottage industry (see our Martha’s Vineyard chapter) established a presence on the mainland (here in Falmouth, out in Provincetown, and, most recently, in Chatham). This store, modeled after the Vineyard Haven mother-ship emporium, features all the Black Dog apparel and accessories you—and your dog—will ever need.
3. Howlingbird Studio
City: Falmouth, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 540-3787
Address: 91 Palmer Ave.
Description: This silk-screening studio, which hand prints on canvas bags, long- and short-sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats, is popular with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists and tourists alike. The animal and organism-themed prints tend toward the scientific rather than cutesy—a nice change of pace. Howlingbird is open daily year-round, with shorter hours in winter. Its retail shop on Water Street in Woods Hole is open May through Christmas.
4. Soft As A Grape
City: Falmouth, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 457-7480
Address: 251 Main St.
Description: This well-established business carries T-shirts, shorts, and other casual apparel, including floral limited-edition designs in dresses, hats, tees, and sweaters. The store, which also carries accessories, is open daily year-round. You’ll find other Soft as a Grape shops in Mashpee, Hyannis, Chatham, and Edgartown.
5. Aurora Borealis Antiques
City: Falmouth, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 548-8280
Address: 194 Lakeview Ave.
Description: Here you’ll find a quality line of Staffordshire, Orientalia, prints, furniture, nautical pieces, lamps, silver, and glass, along with ephemera and books. The shop is open by appointment and for antique shows.
6. Jan Collins Selman Fine Art
City: Falmouth, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 457-5533
Address: 317 Main St.
Description: Jan Collins Selman is an award-winning artist best known for her pastels and oils of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Here you can purchase her work in oil, pastel, monotype, woodcuts, etchings, and prints, as well as the work of many other award-winning artists. The gallery also displays lovely works in ceramics, sculpture, photography, etching, and printmaking. The gallery is open year-round.