East Hollywood a shopping mecca for vintage and one-of-a-kind

Sqirl, a small cafe, features Jessica Koslow’s seasonal breakfast and lunch dishes that showcase her famous jams. Architect Barbara Bestor is designing Sqirl Away next door, a provisions shop with beer and wine, scheduled to open by early summer.

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Inside the snug Sqirl cafe on North Virgil Avenue.

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Ceramic pots by Light + Ladder hang in the window of Twig & Twine on North Virgil Avenue.

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Fresh bouquets are made at Twig & Twine.

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Midcentury Modern furniture can be found at Motley on Fountain Avenue. Owner Joshua Keyes restores everything himself in his Long Beach workshop.

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A spider-leg brass table is displayed next to resin-flaked side tables at Motley on Fountain Avenue.

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“Sea Fire,” a 2006 painting by Drew Wood, is among the objects at Motley.

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Italian-designed sunglasses are on display at Eyetailor on Melrose Avenue in the shopping district known as Hel-Mel.

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A cyclist works on his bike at the old Orange 20 Bikes shop on Heliotrope Drive. The store recently moved half a block away, to 4314 Melrose Ave.

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A Melrose Avenue sidewalk is brightened by a mural by Los Angeles graffiti artist Cache.

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The bar at the Faculty on Heliotrope Drive makes a nice shopping break.

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A pedestrian walks past Eric Berg’s Early California Antiques on Melrose Avenue. Berg is noted for his expertise in Spanish Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts, Monterey- and Mission-style furniture and accessories.

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