Yelp Hartford Shop Small Bus Crawl

On Saturday, November 28th, aka Shop Small Business Saturday, I had the opportunity to join the Hartford Yelp Community as they celebrated Small Business Saturday in a fun way. Not only did they rent a big yellow school bus to transport us to three local businesses - but those three businesses also featured some fabulous popup holiday mini-markets at each of the locations!

They called this fun event the Shop Small Bus Crawl!

We started in Hartford for our first stop at Hartford Prints!

Hartford Prints! hartfordprints.com 

With pop ups and complimentary bites and bevs from some amazing places!

Rat Bear Handmade https://www.etsy.com/people/GnarStudios
Mo + Pea etsy.com/shop/moandpea
Salt Shoppe salt-shoppe.com
Hartford Denim Company hartforddenimcompany.com
Brunch bites from Hartford Baking Company http://hartfordbaking.com/
Cupcakes from NoRa Cupcake www.noracupcake.com/
Bloody Marys from RIPE & Ballast Point Spirits drinkripe.com & ballastpoint.com
Bites from Bear's BBQ bearsbbq.com

These pulled pork covered churros from Bear's Barbecue were AMAZING!

Then we boarded the bus and set off to the grand opening of Cinder + Salt in Middletown CT

Cinder + Salt - the grand opening! cinderandsalt.com

And even more fun marketplaces inside!

The Inedibles ....
Glitter & Bold facebook.com/glitterandbold
Poor & Pretty facebook.com/poorandpretty
Cupcakes from NoRa Cupcake www.noracupcake.com/
Prosecco from 90+ Cellars ninetypluscellars.com
Coffee from Zen Roasters zenroasters.com

Then we boarded the bus for our final stop in New Haven to visit Vintanthromodern. (Geez...how do you pronounce that??  LOL!)

Vintanthromodern vintanthromodern.com


And they were featuring some creative craft and vendors --- and more food from some interesting places!

Kate Stephen Jewelry katestephenjewelry.com
Northeast Nutmeg facebook.com/Northeast-Nutmeg
Gathered & Sown facebook.com/gatheredsown
DIY Gift wrapping station
Along with more great food and drink from:
Wine from 90+ Cellars ninetypluscellars.com
Cupcakes from NoRa Cupcake www.noracupcake.com/
Bites from Oak Haven Table & Bar oakhaventableandbar.com

We had such fun on this Yelp event 

and it was our pleasure to support some great local Connecticut businesses!

Remember to "ShopSmall" and support local business as much as you can!

Thanks to all the wonderful shops and vendors who sponsored our group 

and special thank you to Emily from Yelp for being such a warm and welcoming host!

For more pictures from the Shop Small Bus Crawl 

visit the Home Place facebook page HERE

and while you're there - don't forget to "like" us!