London Soho

Soho’s eternal trendiness has made it one of the world’s top shopping destinations. The record stores of D’Arblay and Berwick Street will please any music fan. Denmark Street, on the eastern fringe of Soho, has been dubbed London’s “Tin Pan Alley” thanks to its many musical instrument and equipment shops, while Charing Cross Road remains London’s bookshop center.

Gerry’s, 74 Old Compton St. Piccadilly Circus or Leicester Sq. Staggering selection of beer and hard liquor in all sizes, from miniatures to magnums. With 80 different tequilas, 170 vodkas, a revolving bottle display, and an incendiary Italian absinthe that’s 89.9% alcohol by volume (½-liter £40), you can get drunk just looking. Open M-Th and Sa 9am-6:30pm, F 9am-7:30pm

Books

Blackwell’s, 100 Charing Cross Rd. (☎ 020 7292 5100; www.blackwell.co.uk), Tottenham Court Rd. or Leicester Sq. Get blissfully lost in the London flagship store of Oxford’s top academic bookshop ...more

Music

Black Market, 25 D’Arblay St. (☎ 020 7437 0478; www.bm-soho.com), Oxford Circus. Metal-clad walls and massive speakers dominate the all-vinyl dance emporium, along with turntables ready for amateur ...more

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