Bloom Street Books is the kind of place where you come in for one paperback and stay for an hour. Owner Priya Shah opened the shop in 2021 with a simple idea: put local voices front and center.
Local first
A full wall of the store is dedicated to North Carolina authors, and the shop hosts a reading or signing almost every week. Saturday morning story time regularly draws more toddlers than the reading nook can hold.
Come say hi
Grab a juice from us, then head over and settle into one of their armchairs. Priya always has a recommendation ready.
