Patch Picks: Our Favorite Local Boutiques

After yet another winter storm this week in Minnetonka, we know you're tired of the endless shoveling and digging.  In fact, Patch thinks you deserve a little something for all of your hard work.

We can't send you to the tropics, but why not think spring by checking out a local boutique?  Here are five in and around Minnetonka that we think are worth checking out.  Go ahead, you deserve it!

General Store of Minnetonka

• The General Store of Minnetonka carries gifts and goods like cabin decor, folk art, Minnesota souvenirs, kitchen gadgets, clothing, nostalgic toys and potpourri. It has a cafe featuring homemade soups, salads and sandwiches in-store. Read a full store profile here.

Hot Mama

• This high-end boutique, with locations in Eden Prairie, Edina and Wayzata, offers good quality clothes and fancy jeans, all easy to wear and versatile enough to go from a board meeting, to a baseball game, to a date night with the hubby. While prices are on the upper end, the boutique features helpful and knowledgeable staff as well as toys and snacks to keep the kids happy while you shop.

Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Boutique

• At this retail boutique, you can purchase donated upscale furniture, accessories, and designer women's clothing. The Hope Chest for Breast Cancer boutiques were founded in 2001, and so far they have raised more than $1,000,000 for more than 2,000 breast cancer patients and their families in the Twin Cities area.  

Bay Salon & Boutique

• The boutique at Bay Salon offers one-of-a-kind finds from local and national designers. Here you can purchase unique jewelry, handbags, scarves. And as a bonus, the boutique gift wraps all your purchases!

Bellaluna Boutique

• Bellaluna boutique is filled with unique and wonderful items, “to feed your spirit, mind and body.” Here you’ll find wind chimes, jewelry made by local artists, bath and body products, salt lamps, crystals, books, handbags, and some of the finest incense and smudge products in the area.