How to Use the Utah Vintage Guide
How to Use the Utah Vintage Guide
Utah has a lot more good secondhand shopping than most people realize.
Vintage clothing stores, antique malls, consignment boutiques, secondhand furniture dealers, bookstores, record shops and independent curators are spread across Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Park City, Moab, St. George and smaller towns throughout the state. The problem is not a lack of places to shop. The problem is finding them—and figuring out which stops actually fit what you are looking for.
That is why I created the Utah Vintage Guide.
The guide brings the Utah vintage and secondhand stores I have mapped into one searchable place. You can start with a shorter list of my personal favorites, browse the complete statewide guide, search by city or business name and use filters to narrow the list by location or the type of shopping you want to do.
Here is how to use it.
Start With Kristen’s Top 15 or Open the Complete Guide
If you want a shorter list, begin with Kristen’s Top 15 Stores - mostly in the Salt Lake Valley.
These are the stores I have pulled forward for shoppers who want a more manageable starting point. The list includes businesses I return to, recommend often or believe offer something especially worthwhile to Utah’s vintage and secondhand community.
My Top 15 is not meant to be a definitive ranking of every store in Utah. Think of it as the version I would give a friend who asked, “I only have one day. Where should I start?”
If you want to explore beyond those featured stops, switch to the complete guide. That opens the full collection of vintage, thrift, antique, consignment, book, record and secondhand destinations I have mapped across Utah.
New places are added as I find them, and the underlying Google My Map is reviewed and updated manually each month.
Search for a Store, City or Type of Find
Use the search bar when you already have an idea of what you want.
You can search for:
A specific business name
A city or town
Vintage clothing
Antiques
Consignment
Home décor
Furniture
Books
Records
Plus-size vintage
LGBTQ-friendly businesses
Other terms included in a store’s description or tags
You do not need to know the exact business name. Try broader searches such as “Ogden,” “records,” “furniture” or “plus size” and see what the guide brings forward.
If your search becomes too narrow, delete the search term or clear your filters to return to the complete list.
Filter by Geographic Location
The location filter is the easiest way to plan a vintage shopping day without accidentally building an itinerary that sends you all over Utah.
Stores are sorted according to their actual city and geographic area—not simply the section where they happened to appear on the original map. Choose the part of Utah you want to explore, and the guide will pull forward the relevant businesses in that area.
This is especially useful if you are:
Visiting Salt Lake City without much extra time
Planning a Saturday in Ogden
Building a Provo or Utah County shopping route
Looking for secondhand stops near Park City
Visiting Moab or St. George
Planning a longer Utah road trip
Searching for stores in smaller communities between destinations
Utah is larger than it looks when you are staring at a map, so always check the actual city and address before adding a store to your route.
Choose the Kind of Shopping You Want to Do
Not every secondhand store offers the same experience, and that is part of the fun.
Use the category filters to narrow the guide based on what you want to find. Depending on the businesses currently included, you may see categories for vintage clothing, antiques, consignment, furniture, home décor, books, records, outdoor gear and other types of secondhand shopping.
Books and records have their own categories because someone planning an afternoon of record shopping is not necessarily looking for the same thing as someone hunting for a 1970s dress or a vintage credenza.
The guide also includes more specific tags where I have enough reliable information to use them. These may include Plus Size Vintage and LGBTQ Friendly.
Those labels are intentional. I do not want to make assumptions about a business simply because of its aesthetic or social media presence. I use specific identity, accessibility and collection tags when I have reliable information from the business, firsthand experience or credible public feedback.
Read the Store Cards
Every business has its own card with practical information to help you decide whether it belongs on your route.
A card may include:
The business’s current name
Its city or geographic area
A short description
Shopping categories and collection tags
A link to its website or primary online presence
A button for opening the location in Google Maps
For my featured recommendations, you will also find more individualized notes about why I think the store is worth your time.
The descriptions are meant to help you distinguish between different kinds of stops. A tightly edited vintage boutique, a sprawling antique mall, a design-forward home store and an affordable thrift shop can all be great—but they are great for different reasons.
Use the Complete Google Map
If you prefer seeing everything geographically, open the complete Google My Map.
The map is especially useful when you want to:
See which stores are close together
Find shops near your hotel or another destination
Plan a road trip
Explore stores outside the Wasatch Front
Spot worthwhile detours along your route
The searchable guide will help you understand what each business offers. The map will help you understand where everything is.
I recommend using both when you are planning a full shopping day.
Check Before Making a Special Drive
This guide is carefully maintained, but independent retail changes quickly.
Stores move. Hours change. Vendors rotate. A business may close for an event, market, buying trip or family emergency. Vintage inventory also changes constantly, which is exactly what makes shopping secondhand interesting.
Before making a special drive:
Visit the business’s linked website or social account.
Confirm its current address.
Check its posted hours.
Look for temporary closures or event announcements.
Contact the store directly if you are searching for something very specific.
The guide helps you discover and plan, but individual businesses remain the best source for their current hours, inventory and accessibility information.
Build a Better Vintage Shopping Route
Once you have a shortlist, open each destination in Google Maps and arrange the stores by neighborhood or city.
Try not to plan more stops than you can realistically enjoy. Antique malls and larger vintage stores can easily take an hour or more, while a smaller boutique may be a quicker visit.
A good shopping day usually includes:
One or two priority stores
A few nearby bonus stops
Time for coffee or lunch
Room in the schedule for an unexpected find
A final stop you will not mind skipping if the day runs long
You can also give the guide to your favorite AI assistant and ask it to help organize your route. Try this prompt:
Use the Utah Vintage Guide at https://guide.kissingwhiskeyvintage.com to plan my vintage shopping day. Ask me what city I will be in, what I am shopping for, my budget, how much time I have, my size range and whether I have a car. Then create a practical route using stores from the guide.
The guide supplies the curated list. AI can help with organization, but it does not decide which businesses belong here.
How Stores Are Selected
The Utah Vintage Guide is built around a Google My Map that I created and update manually every month.
Store selections and featured spots are not determined by an algorithm. I choose what belongs here based on quality finds, thoughtful curation, inclusivity, sustainability, community values and whether a place is genuinely worth the stop.
I have been buying vintage in Utah for more than 11 years and have operated Vintage Drift SLC since 2019. This guide is one way I can continue sharing that knowledge, supporting independent businesses and helping more people participate in Utah’s vintage community—even without a storefront of my own right now.
The goal is not to keep the good places secret.
The goal is to help you wander less and find better.
Ready to Start Shopping?
Open Utah’s Good (Secondhand) Stuff, choose Kristen’s 15 or browse the complete guide, and start building your route.
If you discover a new favorite, support the business directly and tell them how you found them. If you know of a Utah vintage, thrift, antique, consignment, book or record store that should be considered for the map, submit it through Kissing Whiskey Vintage.
Good vintage shopping should not be a secret.
No gatekeeping found here.
XOXO
Kristen, Kissing Whiskey Vintage
