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Gasp! Shopping in the Greater Lansing Area
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General
Retail Centers:
- Eastwood
Town Center (3001 Preyde Blvd, Lansing)
Outdoor style mall with many shopping and dining options (dining is
pricier, though not super expensive).
- Meridian
Mall in Okemos (1982 W. Grand River Ave, Okemos)
Indoor mall with shopping and foodcourt.
- Lansing
Mall (5330 West Saginaw Highway, Lansing)
Indoor mall with shopping and foodcourt.
- Frandor
Shopping Center (416 Frandor Avenue, Lansing)
An outdoor-style mall with Kroger grocery, Bed Bath & Beyond, Craft
stores, Comp USA, Staples, and a plethora of smaller chain and local
retailers & restaurants. Also in Frandor is Video to Go, one of
the best video rental stores in the area (and one of the last non-chain
rental establishments in the region).
- South
Lansing
This area has many of the larger shopping establishments and a rash
of hardware/home stores (i.e., Lowes, Menards, Home Depot). Target,
Meijer, Sam's Club, and a number of chain and local restaurants are
in this area.
- Okemos
(besides Meridian Mall)
In and around Okemos there are a number of retailers, regional, local,
and national. Meijer, Best Buy, Officemax, Home Depot, Target, Walmart,
and Pier One are all here. There are also a number of chain and local
restaurants in Okemos, including the always yummy Traveler's Club International
Restaurant and Tuba Museum (with over 120 beers available).
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Used Goods
(i.e., Where to score used furniture and the like)
- State
News Classifieds
Students are always getting rid of furniture, and the State News is a great place to look!
- Dicker & Deal (710 E Kalamazoo St # 1, Lansing
AND 1701 S Cedar St, Lansing)
Some pretty rough fellows work at this place, but they're all nice once you get them talking. Dicker & Deal is a sort of consignment shop for furniture, beds, major appliances, bicycles - you name it! It's worth stopping by just to check it out.
- allMSU.com
Online community with classifieds which can help with scoring good used items.
- MSU Surplus
- (1344 South Harrison, East Lansing)
Surplus as tons of cheap desks, file cabinets, mattresses and other university furniture and equiptment. MSU's Recycling is next door so combine trips!
- Antiques Mega Mall(15487 S. US Highway 27, Lansing
- North of Town)
Has nicer items and the occasional excellent deal.
- The Newspaper
Yeah, like everywhere in North America, yard sales and garage sales can be an awesome way to pick up a cheap deal on furniture or other items.
- Goodwill (6936
S. Cedar St., Lansing)
The rumor is that this Goodwill does not have great clothes, but that may have changed of late.
- Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store (1020 S Washington
Ave, Lansing) - 517.484.5395
Local thrift store.
- Volunteers of America
(430 N Larch, Lansing)
Thrift store with pet equipment, small appliances, school supplies, sporting goods, toys. Smaller than Lansing's Salvation Army Thrift Store.
- Salvation Army
(5206 W. Saginaw, Lansing)
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Books(Academic
and Not-so-Academic)
- Spartan
Bookstore (International Center, South
Campus) - Student Bookstore
- The
College Store (4790 S. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing) - Student
Bookstore
- Ned's
Bookstore (135 E. Grand River, East Lansing) - Student
Bookstore
- Student
Bookstore (421 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing) - Student
Bookstore
- Curious
Book Shop (307 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing) - Used Bookstore
- Community
Newscenter (Frandor Shopping Center, Lansing) - Periodicals
& Newspapers
- Barnes
& Noble (333 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing) - Major
National Book & Music Retailer
- Schuler
Books (Eastwood Towne Center, Lansing AND Meridian Mall, Okemos)
- Regional Book & Music Retailer
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Groceries & Food
- Goodrich's Shoprite
(Trowbridge Plaza, 940 Trowbridge Road, East Lansing)
This is a great grocery store with a good variety of brands & international foods and a fabulous wine and beer selection. Their meat department is one of the friendliest and best in town, and can provide cuts to specification.
- Meijer Superstores
(Okemos, East Lansing, and South Lansing)
This regional chain superstore is still family owned, and stocks Michigan produce whenever possible. A "great one-stop shop" and, for out-of-staters, quite an experience. Watch out for "Meijer syndrome" though - it's easy to get lost in over-stimulation.
- Kroger
Food Stores (Frandor Shopping Center, South Lansing, Okemos)
A solid grocery store.
- L&L Food Stores
(East Lansing, Okemos/Haslett/Lansing)
Another solid grocery store.
- Horrocks Farm Market (7420 West Saginaw Highway,
Lansing)
Produce, meats, cheeses, and greenhouse
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Health Foods & Farmer's Market
- Better Health Store (Frandor Shopping Center,305
N Clippert St, Lansing)
A good selection of health foods, organic goods, and natural foods and supplements. Also within the store is the Better Health Cafe, which has good coffee and food as well.
- Foods for Living (2655 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing)
Health foods, organics, and natural produce, much of which is Michigan Grown.
- Allen Street
Farmer's Market (Adjacent to 1619 E. Kalamazoo St.)
A relatively new, and small but growing, farmer's market growing in popularity. For info see the Allen Neighborhood Center's website.
- East
Lansing Farmers Market (Division Street parking ramp, East
Lansing)
For more information, please contact: Ami Field, (517) 337-1731, ext. 365
- Lansing
City Market (333 North Cedar, Lansing)
A bit run down, with some non local stuff but some good baklava in the little shop area. Open year round.
- Community
Garden Plots
A variety of plot types are available in many locations throughout the Lansing area.
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Music
- Flat, Black,
and Circular (aka: FBC - 541 E. Grand River, East Lansing)
- CDs & Vinyl
- Marshall Music
(Just North of Frandor, 3240 E. Saginaw, Lansing,) - CDs & Instruments
- CD Warehouse (228 Abbott Rd, East Lansing) - New
and Used CDs
- Wazoo Records (619 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing)
- New and Used CDs
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