The Best Local Last-Minute Gifts

We’ve reached the final hour before the holidays. Do you still need a gift for someone in your life? We’ve got you covered with the best local picks for last-minute gifts.

🎧 Related listening: We had Deseret News columnist Meg Walter on our City Cast Salt Lake podcast to share her suggestions. I’ve included some of her ideas below!

Mochi Kids

Located on 9th & 9th. While this is technically a store for kids, they have gifts for the kid-at-heart, too. They also added a sick homeware section that I lust over every time I visit.

• For the pet owner: colorful food bowls.
• For the millennial foodie: an aesthetic bottle of olive oil.
• For the friend who’s always dehydrated: a beautiful glass water bottle.
• ⭐ Meg’s rec for your fantastical kid: “How To Draw Magical Things” and a bath bomb maker.

My Little Belleville

Located on the top floor of Trolley Square, this curated women’s clothing store was opened by SLC-based illustrator Michelle Christensen, a great local alternative to Anthropologie.

• For the gardener: the cutest gardening gloves.
• For the Francophile: a “Le Chat” tote or a croissant candle.
• ⭐ Meg’s rec for your Kawaii kid: DIY Japanese snow globes or a custom charm necklace.

Record Shops

We have some stellar record shops in Salt Lake for the music lover in your life. Here are a few of ‘em:

• Fountain Records
• Diabolical Records
• Graywhale
• Randy’s Records (A special shoutout to Randy Stinson, the iconic founder of Randy’s Records, who died last week at 83.)

Online Gifts

No time to make it to a store? Purchase your loved one something wonderful online.

• If their love language is quality time: Do a class or workshop together. May I suggest making sourdough?
• ⭐ Meg’s rec for the person who loves experiences: the Get Out Pass, which gives you free admission to over 100 attractions, like Lagoon and Craft Lake City’s DIY festival.
• ⭐ City Cast Salt Lake podcast host Ali Vallarta’s rec for the plant killer: a plant consultation with Little Gay Garden.