Golden Gait Mercantile

Super fun place to shop for fun toys and gifts, specialty food, kitchen, and house wares. Huge fun variety, plus historic exhibitions of food and housewares. Fun place to visit, great place for gift shopping and candy.

What a fun store. Not only do they have tons of things for my childhood in the 70s but they even have some museum displays. I found games and candy that I haven’t seen since I was a little. They also have some really unique and beautiful glass. It was tempting to buy out the whole store, but we behaved ourselves and came up with a few great things I could spend hours looking around in there, if nothing else.

Great place! Whatever you're looking for, they have it. Hats, jams, candy, games and puzzles, kitchen gadgets... the list goes on and on. Be sure to go upstairs for the fun toys and historic displays.

I always have a wonderful time exploring this store & I have never left empty handed. Hats, kitchen gadgets, toys, amazing candies. We were just there yesterday and I want to go back today! The little museum upstairs is charming too. But seriously if you can go in this store and not find someone that delights you... you need to examine your life choices.

Loved this Victorian-era town, complete with everything, especially an old mercantile with many many old school items! Definitely worth a stop!

One of Humboldt’s treasures. I lost track of time and accidentally stayed past closing, but the owner was so gracious to me. Love this shop!

Very cute store. Lots of variety, great for gifts or all the home-things.

Very nice store wish we would have had more time to look through the entire store

Staff was friendly and helpful. They have a great selection of hats and kids toys. Prices were good and we found some great things to purchase.

Amazing selection of handmade goods, local foods and gifts. I spent an hour in there and came out with several goodies to bring home.

Love the town of Ferndale, and I love this store. It's the epitome of Victorian with a modern twist.

This little shop is adorable. So many neat and original items!! If you want to find a pretty gift for someone here's a good place!

A moderately priced piece of Americana, located in downtown Ferndale. Lots and lots of reproduction items that will take you back to your childhood. Think lite brites and other kitsch from the '70s, a lot of which I hadn't seen since then.

Also has a variety of antique glassware, VERY reasonably priced.

Totally worth a stop, we actually came back on the last day in town for our Honeymoon to purchase some of the aforementioned glass.

This store has a really cool vibe with products and toys from a wide spectrum of eras. They carry a lot of off brand food products, like a kettle corn, that I haven't seen in larger stores for years! It's the perfect little store situated in the beautiful little Victorian town of Ferndale.

Always an AMAZING experience!! Warm and friendly staff, any nostalgic item you could ever want. Games, toys and candy that remind me of being a little girl. What's not to love!! ❤❤❤

I love this little shop. It has something for everyone. We often go in here to find gifts for our loved ones. Even if we walk in without any idea, we usually walk out with a lovely gift. I love all their unique kitchen gadgets. They also have a great selection of local goods, whether it is Soap or Coffee they have a local brand. Since the pandemic started I’ve used their website to order care packages and speedy local delivery! Local delivery was free, easy and contactless. Thanks for rolling with times.

Amazing place. Bring some time to explore! Even non shoppers come out with a full bag an hour later! Very unique and varied merchandise and always friendly people. Also great for gifts. Never miss this when in Ferndale.

This is one of my family's favorite stores.
Lots of locally made products and unique products from over the seas.
Hats, t-shirts, old fashioned candies[from my childhood and yours]
Upstairs is like stepping back in time.
Wonderful antiques. Enjoy the general store, the milliner-hat maker, children's toy store, shoe maker and the oriental trading store.
So much fun to look at.
Friendly and reasonably priced.

Whenever I'm up in northern California I make it a point to come to the store. They have lots of different items that make great gifts as well as things you would want in your house. Don't forget to go upstairs and check out the hats and other goods upstairs. One thing that I love here is this goat milk lotion. I've decided to get some extras this time around as gifts for some family members. The people here are super friendly. They also started shipping orders out so you can contact them to order goods and there's a flat shipping rate.

We visited this shop right at closing time. The shop owner was super sweet and let us shop. She made great recommendations. Then we realized we had seen her on tv! She was so kind and we love everything we found in her store from scones, candy, toys, and souvenir hoodies! There's a dressing that I'll be reordering online it's delicious. Make sure you visit this stop and load up on goodies!