Northern Kentucky has a blend of local businesses, shops and experiences that make for good last-minute holiday gift ideas.
Here are some specific gift ideas you can easily find around the area:
Vintage finds and antiques
Route 27 Antique Mall (Alexandria): Route 27 Antique Mall is located in Alexandria’s Village Green Shopping Center. The mall has vendors selling antiques, vintage or collectibles, including furniture, jewelry, clothes and toys.
Route 27 Antique Mall is located at 6927 E Alexandria Pike
Serendipity For the Home (Alexandria): Roughly 80% of the store’s inventory is furniture, home décor and collectibles, and 20% is local vendor products like fudge, jams and jellies.
Serendipity is located at 8345 E Main St, Alexandria
Half & Half Antiques General Store (Latonia): A privately owned 6,000 square foot showroom filled with antiques, collectibles and just cool stuff organized and priced to sell.
Half & Half Antiques General Store is located at 3630 Decoursey Ave. in Latonia
Rabbit Hash General Store (Rabbit Hash): The Rabbit Hash General Store is a tourist attraction that features historic antiques and collectibles.
Rabbit Hash General Store is located at10021 Lower River Road
Local art, crafts, boutique
Creative House of Art & Design (Covington): Many shoppers love whimsy gifts like earrings, grab-and-go art kits, adult coloring books, and various home goods.
Turn this into an experience-based gift with one of the shop’s classes.
Creative House of Art & Design is located at 609 Main St. in Covington.
Purple Paisley Artisan Shop (Covington): A curated, handcrafted local art gallery. This venue showcases over 75 artists from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Shop for everything from paintings, pottery, glassworks and more.
Purple Paisley Artisan Shop is located at 715 Scott Blvd. in Covington
Handzy Shop + Studio (Covington): Is a boutique featuring clothing (including extended sizes), accessories and greeting cards, plus gifts.
Handzy Shop + Studio is located at 421 W 6th St, in Covington
Painted Tree (Crestview Hills): An Etsy marketplace and Pinterest catalog come to life; Painted Tree is a retail shop specializing in gifts, home decor, and boutique clothing from different vendors.
Painted Tree is located at 2751 Dixie Highway, Crestview Hills
Toy stores, video games
Learning Express Toys & Gifts (Crestview Hills): An independent franchise store offering everything from books, dolls, LEGO, Squishmallows and more.
Learning Express Toys & Gifts is located at 2812 Town Center Blvd. Crestview Hills
Nostalgic Video Games (Florence): find games for popular brands like Nintendo, Playstation2, Xbox360, Wii, Nintendo Switch and more.
Nostalgic Video Games is located at 8449 US-42 suite L in Florence
Bourbon, beer and wine
Hofbräuhaus (Newport): If you’re looking for a local food gift, the Hofbräuhaus in Newport has a 1589 Growler Club membership- an annual membership bier club.
The membership includes:
- 64 oz. “Drink Tank” growler that has a lifetime warranty.
- You will receive monthly growler fills. The growler fills are prepaid with your membership fee, and you get one per month during your membership period. In addition to the one free fill per month, you will also get $3 off any additional fills during that month.
- Growlers are only to-go purchases; they cannot be consumed on premises.
Hofbräuhaus is located at200 3rd St, Newport
New Riff Distilling (Newport): Known for its small-batch bourbons, New Riff offers bourbon whiskey and gin, as well as distillery tours. Their products make a great local gift, and you can purchase bottles directly from the distillery or shop for their food, barware, glassware, and more here.
Make this an experience-based gift with a distillery tour.
New Riff Distilling is located at 24 Distillery Way, Newport
Boone County Distilling Co. (Independence): Authentic hand-crafted Kentucky Bourbons created in Northern Kentucky one barrel at a time.
Shop the distillery’s small batch bourbon, Founder’s Reserve Bourbon, or Gentleman’s Cut Bourbon. The distilling company also sells glasses, a decanter set, ornaments, barrel heads and more.
Make this an experience-based gift with a distillery tour.
Boone County Distilling Co. is located at 10601 Toebben Drive in Independence
StoneBrook Winery (Melbourne): StoneBrook Winery is a small farm family winery located in Camp Springs. The winery is family-owned and operated. StoneBrook has been tending to its estate vineyards since 2000 and producing varieties of Kentucky wine since 2005.
StoneBrook Winery is located at 6570 Vineyard Lane in Melbourne
Coffee, local Café Gifts
Roebling Books & Coffee (Covington, Newport, Dayton): Coffee lovers will appreciate Roebling Coffee’s local blends. You can grab a bag of freshly ground beans, a cool coffee mug, or a book from the bookstore.
Roebling Books & Coffee is located at 306 Greenup St. in Covington, 601 Overton St. in Newport and 301 6th Ave. in Dayton.
Carabello Coffee (Newport): A local roaster that offers not only coffee but also locally designed mugs and apparel.
Make this an experiential gift with a latte art class or a beginners brew like a pro at home class.
Carabello Coffee is located at 107 E 9th St. in Newport