Gadgets

I love going to kitchen stores and this one doesn’t disappoint! They carry the practical things like box graters, bowls, cutting boards, etc. and they carry the fun gadget-​y stuff. Their staff is very helpful and knowledgeable.

I love this store! It’s name has changed to KitchenWitch, but it’s still the same amazing toyland for foodies! Some of the items can be pricey, but we’re talking about high-​quality merchandise here, not stuff that’s going to break two days after you buy it.
They have everything from comical salt and pepper shakers to teapots, sake sets, aprons, sushi sets, mini-​cupcake makers, bento boxes and the new soda stream system! A perfect place to go for a gift for anyone, KitchenWitch is a JP gem!
The owner is incredibly knowledgeable and SO fun to talk to. She won’t put merchandise in the store that she doesn’t think is good quality and that’s the truth. I’m on the hunt for just the right canister set and she told me that she could stock a lot more of them, but that a lot of them aren’t good quality and she refuses to sell stuff she doesn’t stand behind. She also said she’d keep an eye out for me and took down my number. She’s definitely someone who will make sure you find what you’re looking for, even if she doesn’t have it right there to sell you.
Be sure to go in with an eye for detail– the store is jam packed with fun little treasures and if you rush through the store, you’ll miss a lot!

In three words: small, unique, pricey.
With no big box or retail chains in sight in JP (which is refreshing), it’s really nice to have a store like this available.
They offer everything (even accessories for the kitchen sink!) you could need for your kitchen, cabinet, fridge and curio.
It’s great fun to come in here and punch around when you’ve got some time to kill — the [old] name really suits — there are so many «gadgets» to play with. You’ll find things you never knew existed — or better yet — you never knew you needed!
The space is cramped and loaded with product, so I wouldn’t recommend bringing children, pets, or clumsy shoppers in tow. No room for a stroller — absolutely not.
The service has been welcoming and friendly for the most part. On occasion, I do get that «holier than thou attitude» that seems to grace most store fronts on Center Street. Still not sure what it is… maybe I need to wear more funky hats from Salmagundi?
Needless to say, I’ve been a few times both for myself and shopping for gifts. It’s a good experience every time.
A little pricey, but these aren’t things you’re going to find at Wal-​Mart or Crate and Barrel.

This teeny tiny store is full of awesomeness.
Where else can you find a leopard print broom and emergency cake pedestal? (It is a place to come for many baking emergencies).
And the staff is incredibly helpful and friendly. Case in point — I needed a star cookie cutter one evening (only a star would do). I called Gadgets, who had the star, but, unfortunately would not be open long enough for me to make it. SO — they offered to leave it for me behind the counter at neighboring JP Licks, as long as I pay later. Nice! Not only do I get the cookie cutter, I get an excuse to go eat ice cream!
It’s a wonderful place for gifts, as you can’t visit without finding something that would be wonderful in the kitchen for someone. And, for such a teeny place, the prices are very competitive. Love it.

it is a toy store for foodies. I really love the place and the staff.

No place do I like browsing more than Gadgets. The store is about the size of my (tiny) apartment and takes as long to browse through as Ikea because everything there is AWESOME.
I’m not the kind of person that finds the need for crazy kitchen appliances, so for me its the joy of finding really unique kitchen necessities. Like pot holders that look like lobster claws, a soy sauce container that looks like a paper crane, the darn’d cutest salt ‘n’ pepper shakers that are two love-​birds magnetized to cuddle up next to each other.
The workers are also super helpful, fun people. Next time you’re waiting an hour for brunch at the Centre Street Café, have your friend hold your spot and go inside — you’ll be happy you did!

Lots of good stuff in a small space. Prices are reasonable and they really do have EVERYTHING you could ever imagine. I got a water bottle there which comes in handy and my friend bought a ladybug kitchen timer!
Only downside was that I kept on getting paranoid that my large messenger bad would knock over everything! No worries, I came out with my purchase without starting an avalanche of gadgets to fall on all the other customers inside. YAY, kudos for me!

So, this place stands as one of the best reasons why you should shop locally.
They have high quality stuff
They cram a lot in that small space
They are very friendly and helpful
PLUS, if they don’t have it — they will get it for you.
Here’s what sealed the deal for me. A relative called one morning and announced they were in town and would be at my door in 15 minutes. While that was fantastic news, I thought I had a few more days to get them a gift for their birthday. I got on the cell phone, spoke with the clerk and explained the situation as I put on shoes and walked up the street. I told them what I wanted, and they held it for me. When I arrived (they are a 5 minute walk away) — there was my gift — neatly wrapped and bagged free of charge (I hadn’t asked) and ready to go. They saved the day!
Save yourself a 1hr+ trip to a larger chain just to save a buck– isn’t your time worth than that? And take your time while you are there — with all that stuff in a small space — you’re sure to find another little helpful kitchen tool.

Teetering towers of gadgetry cover every inch of this little shop. There is a wide variety of over-​priced knickknacks, as the name would imply, but there are also plenty of really useful products of excellent quality like Le Creuset cookware and Wusthof knives.
I got a sifter for $ 5 in the sale section because the metal was a little beat up. I found it charming. If I weren’t closely monitoring my budget at the moment, I could have gone crazy buying juicers, springform pans, and melon ballers galore!
Perfect for finding interesting and useful gifts in a range of prices and qualities.

I can’t cook. Let’s just get that out there right now. I can’t cook and I know it. I set fire to a microwave once trying to heat water for tea.
But when I go into Gadgets, I immediately start fantasizing about whipping together a 4 course meal for 20. I start looking at those little paper thingies you see in every cartoon of a turkey and wondering how I can use them when I don’t eat meat. I look at the rainbow of colors and sizes of casserole dishes and start making a mental grocery list.
I’ve been very very good when I go in here, and have avoided buying any of the above (or the penguin cocktail shaker), but they do have a really fantastic selection of baking apparatus. (For whatever reason, I can bake…) They also have lots of tea accessories, which is a HUGE plus in my book. I managed to find a teaball there small enough to fit in my thermos, yay!
On top of all of this, if you’re looking for something really obscure that you can’t find wedged behind the garlic presses and next to the rice steamers, ask. When buying a lot more cookie cutters than one could ever need one day, I mentioned to the owner that I’ve been on a quest for a Massachusetts shaped one. He pulled out the catalog he orders from and flipped through to see if it was available and promised to keep an eye out for one.
Now I just need to learn how to cook so I can really spend some time in here.

I love this cute lil shop every time i go in here, i want to buy everything :)
it has everything you need for your kitchen and bathroom
if you ever cant think of something to buy for someone go in here!
it has perfect things for your mom, moving into your new place, wedding gifts, christmas gift ideas, your cool neighbors etc.

Of course there are 20 reviews for Gadgets. You gal-​dern JP hipsters!!!
So, I dig this place. It’s got all you need for you to be the eye-​raisingest kitchen show-​off in your circle of friends! Ba-​ghu!!!
No, their shit is quality, though. Good shit, not cheap, but it’s not crap either, though. I’m no GD chef, but I can usually tell what doesn’t suck. I’m not sure of the logic in the previous sentence, but I stand behind it 100% as the right thing to have written at the time in which it was written based on the facts as they were presented at the time. I GOT US INTO A KITCHEN WE NEVER NEEDED TO ENTER!!!
Anyway, I’ve been in Gadgets a couple of times and I remember the staff (a.k.a. cashier) being helpful, but the last time I was there, the chick who helped me was genuinely cool and helpful and an all around good person, if I can make such broad sweeping character judgments based on a single meeting (a.k.a. the internet bridal industry, ?). Yeah, but anyway, she was cool and helped me find cool, quality gifts for my wife for her birthday (note to reader: wife not found on internet, but rather hippie camping festival in Delaware, actually not much different than the internet really).
So, yeah, I don’t frequent places like this often, but if the mood strikes me (a.k.a. my wife asks me to get a kitchen utensil), I’ll probably be back.

It’s ok for the occasional buy of a cute, but un-​needed gadget. The store is packed to the ceiling and you may make some surprising discoveries.
In addition to the aforementioned, usually over-​priced knick-​knacks, they also carry some pretty decent, usable and affordable stuff like travel mugs, coffee makers, sponges, and the like…
Plus, they carry LeCreuset pots and pans!

Growing up on Martha Stewart and the Food Network, I’ve come to really adore kitchen gadgets and appreciate quality bakeware. There’s quite a bit crammed into this store, so aisles are a leetle tight. There can be that lurking feeling you’re going to knock over an entire shelf, shattering hundreds of dollars worth of Le Creuset ceramics, but it’s easy to bury that sense of doom when you can coo at magnetic kissing animal salt and pepper shakers.

Love this store. It has everything and then some! Items are packed into this place toe to ceiling. A nice shop for lovers of anything kitchen related.
This is where I get my knives sharpened. Something like a buck fifty a piece! yeah baby.

Go Go Gadget A R M S
Gadgets has come through for some great small gifts but I just don’t need any of the the stuff in here. One day I will have enough money to soup up my kitchen.
Once you climb the rope of perfect overpriced pans and breakfast grills and crawl through the tunnel of cloth lunch bags the staff is really helpful and knowledgable. The Gadget worker I befriended quit the job at Gadgets only to come back! And you can talk baking with the owner who could probably kick your ass with a rolling pin.
Gadgets I go goo-​goo over: Those French brightly colored bendy spatulas and utensils with the long wooden handles, Orange Line home-​made wooden train magnets, recycled organic coffee filters, plastic snail-​shaped postage stamp dispensers, 4 inch ceramic cow creamers, plastic hen shaped egg separaters and homemade soap filled with toy shaped soap.
Gadgets I gag over: $ 5 Herb tiny Sachets, and $ 8 tiny olive oil vases.
What a waste of money and packaging.
Gadgets also has guess-your-gadget’s-purpose– win– a-​prize contests and hide-​and-​seek, and will gift wrap.
If you do have money or are in the market for home goods
You c o u l d go to Blood Bath and Beyond but doesn’t it wind your ticker to support the locals at Gadgets?

If you can overcome the claustrophobia that this culinary shop evokes, you can appreciate the expansive variety of unique tools and great gift items.
The one aspect of the store that counterbalances the clutter, though, is the typically laidback, hands-​off customer service. The sales clerks generally let you roam free to explore the cheese graters and aprons and ice cream scoops — OH MY. They’re there to answer questions, but never to interfere with your conquest or to give you the whole unsolicited rap about waffle irons (ahem, Williams-​Sonoma).
I have found many wonderful housewarming gifts in Gadgets and though the days are gone when they used to wrap things up in brown stamped bags and curling ribbon for free (I guess the overhead got a little over their heads), you’re bound to find something here that even the People Who Have Everything do not yet have.

I am a sucker for any kind of kitchen gadget, and like the name suggests… they have ‘em!
It’s a VERY small but packed store with everything!
anything cool/​usefull/​needed/​unnessesary/​fun/​interesting/​etc. they have it.
Prices are reasonable and you’ll always walk out of there with something purchased!
My kitchen drawers are stuffed so I’m not «allowed» to go back for a while.

I dig gadgets, and this store is fun because it is chock full of colorful gadgets up to the ceiling and the aisles are maybe 2 feet wide. It is difficult to hold a coherent conversation because your eyeballs are on overdrive. Fun. But I don’t think I have ever bought anything because the problem with kitchen gadgets is then you have to cram them into drawers in your kitchen when you get home. However, I did notice that they have the super big 12 cup size french press though, and lots of super awesome kitchen stuff in every size and color for the iron chef in you.

Love the store but with so much STUFF it’s virtually UNSAFE To shop here.