Best Gift Shop: Hillside Gifts

Hillside Gifts’ owners Lyndall and Ron Otto. Photo
Hillside Gifts’ owners Lyndall and Ron Otto. Photo

Hillside Gifts’ owners Lyndall and Ron Otto. Photo

For 25 years, Redondo Beach couple Ron and Lyndall Otto operated Hillside Pharmacy in Manhattan Beach, inside which they kept a growing collection of gift items, from children’s books to birthday cards. In August of 2011, the couple sold the pharmacy to Walgreen and opened Hillside Gifts. It takes the Best of the Beach title for the first time this year. “You could come here and find something for anybody,” Lyndall Otto says. “We try to be very eclectic but with products we appreciate.” With dozens of card lines, some 300 children’s book titles and countless knickknacks from teapots to artsy calendars to European soaps, Hillside’s curation of gifts is ever evolving, Otto says, with more contributions from local independent artists. The selections are imbued with Otto’s keen tastes, making the shop well worth a browse. Prices range from $5 to $250. — EK

120 S Sepulveda Blvd, Manhattan Beach. 310-374-8444. hillside90266.com

Runner up: Beach N Creations. 1305 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach. 310-316-8600. beachncreations.com

 

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