The Shop: Spoonbill & Sugartown Williamsburg, Brooklyn: 218 Bedford Ave Deep in the hive of Brooklyn’s buzziest neighborhood, Spoonbill & Sugartown seems to hearken back to a chiller, funkier Williamsburg. The selection of this store is sublime. As a forever music nerd, I was captivated by the music section towards the entrance, drawn in by books on Brian Eno and Genesis P-Orridge and subsequently chastened by their price tags. I repeated this experience with each section of the store: racks of ferocious feminist zines, arresting art books, sensational stationary and a phenomenal fiction system. I have been to many bookstores but this is perhaps the only one where I thought “damn, I would buy literally all of these books.” Hell, if I had enough money, I would buy this whole store and turn it into my apartment-- who needs a kitchen when you have books? Unfortunately, Bedford ave rent ain’t cheap and neither are the books at this spot, prompting me to be judicious in my selection.
#24: Spoonbill & Sugartown
#24: Spoonbill & Sugartown
#24: Spoonbill & Sugartown
The Shop: Spoonbill & Sugartown Williamsburg, Brooklyn: 218 Bedford Ave Deep in the hive of Brooklyn’s buzziest neighborhood, Spoonbill & Sugartown seems to hearken back to a chiller, funkier Williamsburg. The selection of this store is sublime. As a forever music nerd, I was captivated by the music section towards the entrance, drawn in by books on Brian Eno and Genesis P-Orridge and subsequently chastened by their price tags. I repeated this experience with each section of the store: racks of ferocious feminist zines, arresting art books, sensational stationary and a phenomenal fiction system. I have been to many bookstores but this is perhaps the only one where I thought “damn, I would buy literally all of these books.” Hell, if I had enough money, I would buy this whole store and turn it into my apartment-- who needs a kitchen when you have books? Unfortunately, Bedford ave rent ain’t cheap and neither are the books at this spot, prompting me to be judicious in my selection.