Local Life · Shopping
Big Bear's shopping is centered on The Village — a walkable, alpine-styled downtown of independent boutiques, galleries and sweet shops — backed by everyday grocery and hardware for full-time living.
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Retail here is boutique, not big-box. For a specialty run you'll head down the hill, but day-to-day needs and gift-worthy browsing are covered right in town.
The Village in downtown Big Bear Lake is the heart of shopping. Village Drive is lined with mountain fashion, an art gallery, wine and sweet shops and the well-known Upstairs Mall, while Pine Knot Avenue adds home goods, mountain-inspired jewelry and souvenir stores. It's compact and walkable — park once and stroll.
For groceries, hardware, pharmacy and the everyday basics of living up here, Big Bear has full-service stores along Big Bear Boulevard serving both Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City. It's enough to live comfortably full-time without constant trips down the mountain.
For big-box retail, major malls and specialty shopping, most residents make an occasional run to San Bernardino or Redlands, roughly an hour down Highway 330 or 18. Many locals batch these trips with other errands.
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