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Cockrell Mercantile

Cockrell Mercantile

★★★★☆ 4.3 (19) • $$

Rhonda S. "I've driven by this thousands of times. I saw them on a recent Zip Trip Fox 4. So we drove out there expecting a few boutique shops. I did know that it's owned by a past employee of Pryde's old Westport, which I love. Building one is exactly Pryde's old Westport minus the pies. Building 2 is full of Fiestawear. Building 3, Pryde's. Building 4, not sure. Building 5, boutique items but not much. More cooking supplies. I think the large building is an event space. No where to eat. ( not even coffee, pies or pastry). Keep that in mind if you come out here. Literally unless you want see somewhere for a trip, you can go to Pryde's. They do sell a small amount of Vera Bradley, and a few clothing items. I saw a small amount of hand made soap, which I was going to buy. But I wasn't that impressed."

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Rhett H.

★★★★★

Jan 2, 2010


Funny thing happened about 115 years ago. There was this family in a small farming village called Cockrell, and they started a convenience store for the self-sufficient community. Through civil wars, changes in ownership, and highway building, this place remains, it's some of the best kitchen/housewares shopping you can find, rivaling even Pryde's of Westport (who were previous owners until around 2006, see http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/1999/09/27/newscolumn3.html).What you really have here is a group of houses from a town long-gone (read all about it here: http://cockrellmercantile.com/ht_docs/Cockrell.html), that have been reconditioned for shopping of all sorts. I hear couples register here for their wedding and stuff. Anyhow, if it's in your kitchen, and you _can't_ find it here, you must live in a one-room house. I mean it is like a frankensteinian Williams-Sonoma/Bed Bath and Beyond/Olde-tyme-village-place. The prices are not outrageous, but they do sell some well-to-do cookware. Also, if you are inquisitive, you might find the old original scale used by the first grocery store. It still works. But if anyone can figure out the measurements they use (besides the ounces markings), please let me know. It's keeping me up at night.In nice weather I guess you can lounge around outside and walk around the place, like you're back on the old homestead, reliving days gone by. Take an afternoon and leave your watch in the car; it is a nice venue for re-remembering how things might have been.

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