Best of Philly

Civil Stock General Store

Whitney Bennett’s year-old general store feels like it’s always been there, welcoming you in to pick up functional but fun goods — a folding shovel, a brass fox-head letter opener, Victorian stocking-leg tweezers. She’s got the must-haves, too (tampons, shelf-stable groceries). Bennett — who sourced the wood furnishings, switched out the lighting to make it more rustic, and exposed a brick wall — says she wants it to feel like a mercantile of the 1800s. We say, well done.

1912 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148; civilstock.com