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Lake Steam Baths

Denver residents have been getting in hot water at Lake Steam Baths for nearly a century. When the business started in 1927, it catered to what was then a predominantly Jewish population; today everyone from hipsters to Russian émigrés come through the doors for massage therapy, an exfoliating scrub, foot-bath detox, a dip in the whirlpool or a sense-searing visit to the hot room. As development begins to flood this stretch of Colfax, Lake Steam Baths remains an island of wi-fi-free relaxation.

Best Store on the 16th Street Mall

Target

Kenneth Hamblin III

Bulls-eye! For decades, we were teased by the promise of a Target store coming to downtown Denver any day. After a very, very long wait, the chain finally hit the spot in 2018, when a Target opened right on the 16th Street Mall. This is a special urban Target — smaller than the suburban stores, but still boasting a pharmacy as well as a respectable supply of housewares, clothing, paper goods, souvenirs and more snack items than you could ever need. It's a great place to stock up during lunch, and an excellent spot for wasting time if you're waiting for a deep-dish pie from Giordano's, which opened right next door last summer.

Readers' Choice: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

Best Store in Cherry Creek

The Hermitage Bookshop

Adam Steininger

Want to turn back the pages on Denver development? Return to a time before multi-story projects started popping up in Cherry Creek and Amazon could (unironically) open a bookstore there? Step back in time at the Hermitage Bookshop, grab a seat and start perusing the past. Established over 45 years ago, this charming shop is filled with hard-to-find volumes (which the friendly staff will help you locate), literary first editions, guides devoted to hunting and fishing, and Western Americana, including maps that document just how far we've come...for good or bad.

Readers' Choice: Orvis

Best Flea Market

Horseshoe Craft and Flea Market

Danielle Lirette

Amy and Doug Yetman began honing their skills in the flea-market biz with the Horseshoe Craft and Flea Market, which first popped up in a Berkeley neighborhood parking lot in 2010. As other hip flea markets came and went, they managed to stay people-friendly and stick to their original mission of being the place for "lucky finds," picking up numerous Best of Denver awards in the process. Now they're preparing for their tenth season, continuing to stretch in both size and location, and this year will involve the biggest change of all: a move to Mile High Stadium's spacious Lot G, where the first market of 2019 will open over Mother's Day weekend with 200 vendors over two days. Go and get lucky!

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Readers' Choice: Mile High Flea Market

Best Thrift Store

Mile High Thrift

Tucked behind storefronts along South Sheridan Boulevard is a veritable gold mine of secondhand clothing, shoes, furniture and decor. Mile High Thrift is a bare-bones spot; there are no dressing rooms, and sales are cash-only. But the clothing — organized by style and then by color — is a good mix of newer trends and vintage items, restocked often enough that it doesn't seem picked over. The shoe section is neat, with deep racks, and the furniture appears curated rather than just thrown off the back of someone's truck. Get there early, grab a shopping cart and start hunting.

Readers' Choice: Arc Thrift Store

Best Resale Deals

Rags Consignments Warehouse

Rags wheels and deals in gently used better and designer brands at its Boulder and Cherry Creek North locations, but what happens to the perfectly good fashions that hang on the racks too long at those upscale resale shops? They get a second chance. Everything in the roomy Rags Consignment Warehouse is marked down by 20 percent, making for easy pickin's on a budget.

Best Neighborhood Resale Shop

Sandy's Closet

Sandy's Closet swears by quality, stocking its racks with barely worn, better-brand clothing at prices that look attractive whether you're looking to dress up or down. The inventory includes jewelry, accessories, bags, shoes and a cheaper-than-cheap one-dollar bin for impulse buyers. Ease your conscience as you fill up a sack or two with the knowledge that proceeds from sales benefit special-needs and intellectually disabled children.

Best Hipster Ladies' Wear

Bazar

Self-proclaimed merchant Katie Jones wanted to put a modern, global face on Bazar, her LoHi boutique whose name refers to the international bazaars where local, one-of-a-kind goods are sold on the street. The look that Bazar purveys follows the same course: It's easy, hip and classic, but a little bit exotic, too, with well-made and ecologically sound apparel ranging from basic denim to leopard-skin booties. Tone up your look.

Best Freak Wear

Pair O' Dimes Festival Fashion Boutique

Jammers gotta jam, and their jammy fans need proper boho/tribal gowns and duds for all the noodle-dancing and such. And then there's the Burner crowd, which requires its own avant-garde brand of festival wear. Now there's a place to find both. Owner Jesse "Jucifer" Taenzer, who's been hanging out at Cervantes' since he was fifteen, works with mostly local designer/artists, so everything on the racks at Pair O' Dimes is handmade, unique and off the charts. Hankering to channel your inner Stevie Nicks at Red Rocks or dance on the desert in a many-colored pagan costume? Whatever. Pair O' Dimes has you covered.

Best Bohemian Mini-Mall

The Collective at Midnight Rambler

Nonconformist? Vintage boutique Midnight Rambler has opened up its East Colfax space to other like-minded businesses, resulting in an entrepreneurial shack-up with a lot to offer to folks like you living the boho lifestyle. The Collective within includes home decor by Bungalow Design, clothes for kids by Lilly & Rae, jewelry by Hiouchi and, for fresh ambience, bouquet design by Rooted Floral, making it the perfect place to shop when you want to add items to your free-spirited closet and living space.

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