Quimper Mercantile

I have lived in PT for 2 years and come here often. I want to love it but the toxic/​plastic smell is getting so awful I don’t want to shop there anymore. :(I know it’s because of the off-​brand crocs and other plastic-​y shoes they sell but still-it’s pretty bad and it’s been like that for 2 years.
Other then that they have a friendly staff and a huge selection, especially the fantastic kitchen selection in the back. My daughter loves the kids section and she often finds things she needs more often than I do-she’s 11.

This is one of those places, when I come to Port Townsend, I can’t miss. All of my family can go in and we all find our own little section.
Big selection or should I say variety of things. Probably the best art supply options, but nothing like a michaels. Also has great outdoor and sporting clothes section.
My only criticism is their card selection is horrible. It’s overly corny and chichi (or however you spell it).

Quimper saves the day! This is a great place to blow off some time if you are too early for the Port Townsend Ferry as we were; its just down the street from the ferry and a great place to shop for one-​stop touristy things to take home: toys, candies, foodstuff, slippers, touristy junk, crappy T shirts, booze, clothing, camping gear, etc and yes, even a drift wood horse sculpture!
Anything you want you’ll probably find it here; although there was something I needed and couldn’t find it so I wandered out to the other stores and was intrigued that there was a marijuana «shop» of sorts right next to Quimper. A rather nice drunk man came hobbling up on his walker to engage me in conversation and I only could remark at how super-​friendly everyone was in Port Townsend.

Very nice staff! Friendly and helpful! Bought my husband some jeans while vacationing there a couple of weekends ago, and the prices for Carhartt’s were quite good! Bought some other odds and end things while there as well. Cute mercantile with a nice selection of items.

What an amazing local store! Every time I come in, there is something new. Employees are helpful and friendly. Prices are great! Quality of products is top notch! Not just tourist souvenirs, great everyday products!

Surprisingly competitive prices. I found brand name para chord for 50% of what I’d paid historically shopping Amazon. A must visit for the adventurer types.

A fun little outdoorsy store with some local crafts, good outdoor gear, etc. A replacement for Swain’s they’re not, but in the long run the community will probably benefit from the place. I personally think they need a few more price-​points for clothing (in other words, balance the expensive outdoorsy brands with a few cheap one’s too, so those without lots of money can shop there instead of driving to WalMart). Quimper Mercantile provide an excellent service for the community and travelers. ;-)

Quimper Mercantile is a community owned business. Located right next to the ferry terminal in downtown Port Townsend, this general store has some of everything. Clothing, toys, sporting goods, snacks, souvenirs, you name it… and clean restrooms, too!

This place is fun. They have EVERYTHING here! I love it. It seems like a tourist trap, but you go in there and it’s kind of like a Big 5/​REI/​toy store and then some. Fun anyway :) Check it out.

This isn’t an elegant, clever review.
Sorry…but then again, Quimper Mercantile isn’t an elegant, clever store.
Its a plain, homespun community sponsored place which has opened its doors to the public during the past week. Quimper Mercantile occupies a large store front on Water Street left vacant by the departure of Swains.
Swains had been the place to go for almost anything; when Swain’s doors suddently closed, there was a gigantic hole left in this community. Where to buy heavy socks? Where to buy bluejeans, jack knives, fishing gear. Where to go for shoes, boots, raincoats, frying pans?
Ah, but you don’t know Port Townsend if you think the community was going to cry in its beer over the loss of its general store. Folks got together, set up the paperwork, sold shares in the up-​and-​coming business. Talked it up among their friends… and…
Tah Duh! Its here!
I visited the new store today. Made my first purchase. (Asked and answered: Two pairs of wooly socks, three packages of climbing carabiners which I plan to use to clip heavy-​duty canvas to a chainlink fence as a windbreak.)
I also noted half a dozen other items which would prove useful as we set up the house for another Northwest winter… I’ll purchase these things in the next couple of days.
Quimper Mercantile is going to be a success in this community. Because it mixes practicality with good value and artfulness. Its just what the community needs… but then again, why shouldn’t it be?
Quimper Mercantile is about Port Townsend. For Port Townsend. And of Port Townsend. Its a real working store.
And maybe that means its a bit elegant and clever after all.