Zandbroz Variety

What a great eclectic place – you are bound to find something for a gift for someone. Carefully chosen selection of books, jewelry, housewares, and lots of random stuff. Certainly more gifts for women than men there, but that’s fine.

I was interviewing for a job in Fargo, so of course I had to check out the bookstores. There’s a Barnes and Noble down in South Fargo, but Zandbroz is the cute independent store in downtown, and I vastly preferred it to B&N.
It has a nice selection of books, including some signed editions. They also have a little bit of everything when it comes to gifts — pottery, bookmarks, postcards, greeting cards, scarves, etc. It’s a bit pricey (I spent $ 1.50 for a postcard), but I can’t imagine that any other place in Fargo has some of the things that Zandbroz Variety has. The whole store has a quirky vibe to it.
It’s also fairly easy to miss from the street; I think I passed it twice before I figured out where it was. Just look for the big FARGO light beside the building.
If I end up moving to Fargo, I could definitely see myself spending many hours here.

Another wonderful Fargo small business! One has to stop in and visit this store; and if you’re a local you’ll want to frequent it often. It’s the ONLY place I go now to buy greeting cards. Their selection of original and creative cards beats the socks off of big box store’s selections! They’re touching, cheeky, and hilarious.
Other than cards, they also have a wide selection of other gifts and collectables. A good number of books for being a local book seller and not a «Barnes and Noble» type store. They do have a big selection of local authors and local topic books to chose from. Other items include stationary, journals, accessories, bags, and housewares. All of which are unique and things that you can’t really find in other stores.
So, take a walk to the northern edge of downtown Broadway and visit Zandbroz … either for the first time or the 100^th time! You won’t regret it!

One of the best things of The Dakotas. More than a variety store — books, clothing, games, toys, jewelry and a multitude of ephemera. Unique pens and stationary. Author and music events in Dakota Soda.

If you need a card, gift, home décor, or book for anyone at any age or stage in their life, well Zandbroz is the place to go! They have great selections ranging in price and authenticity and you will surely spend plenty of time mulling around the store and admiring their goods.

The best books music and home goods. Everything about the store is incredible. The unique décor items and book selection is really awe inspiring. If they don’t have something in stock they will order it for you. My niece loves the toy section, just like everything else about Zandbroz it is like nothing else in Fargo

I love Zandbroz! If you are looking for items for your own home or gift ideas, Zandbroz has a wonderfull assortment of items to choose from! Between vases and home nick-​nacks to fun kitchen utensils, because every kitchen needs a guitar shaped spatula!
The assortment of cards is funny and creative, along with papers to choose for for wrapping or decorating. Personnaly, my favorite are is the jewelry counter. A wide selection of jewelry locally and nationally made, with an assortment of price ranges as well.
Looking for a nostalgic toy for the kids? Zandbroz is the place to go! You can still find metal wind up toys even! The book selection is great, with a nice array on local artists and interests.

Haven’t been here in more than a couple of years and I am VERY glad it still exists. I love the things they have, from the knick knacks to the book selection to the music selection of the «what the heck is this» selection.
The only thing that brought Zandbroz down from its 5^th star in my eyes is the loss of the 1950’s drug store soda fountain in back. I count myself lucky to have been able to bring all three of my children there in their youth to have a seltzer/​soda pop and a truly old-​fashioned malted, as well as to enable my mother to have a Chocolate Coke (ugh!) 50 years after her last one in her youth. I only wish we could continue to enjoy that cool delciousness and all the memories they would now evoke.

Probably a 4.5. Cute store with a lot of variety of stuff. Can be pricey for Fargo but a very cute store none-​the-​less. It is hit or miss on what you find but usually quite fun to go through anyway!

This is a great little gift shop in downtown Fargo! So cute. They have lots of beautiful handmade cards and stationary, gifts, jewelry and a selection of books. I was somewhat surprised to find a lot of scandinavian art and architecture books. But I mean, I guess it is Fargo…

Oy! Cute stuff, but what a cranky staff. Two skinny girls with scowls act like you’re diseased if you ask them anything. If they get the «manager» (owner?) involved, he just swishes around in too-​tight denim, thinking he’s some fashion icon. No thanks.

I wanted to buy everything here!
Such cute items. Gifts, household decorations, books, toys, candles, seasonings. Just tons of stuff.

I’ll take one of everything, and they have damn near everything. The book selection runs from the weird to the rare and in the back room they’re even rarer. you’ll think you’ve hit a time warp from the 60’s. In the kitchen area I found a picnic table bench cover. Everything is just beautiful. I got very overwhelmed. I picked up some much needed pure maple syrup from Maine. They carry up to date products and brands, yet it all feels so nostalgic. Nothing is useless junk. Here you have everything you need, and don’t need, and don’t care, you’ll want it anyway.

They have a great selection of books including books my authors from MN and ND. I shop here if I am looking for a gift for a friend or family member.
The only thing I don’t like about Zandbroz is that they will only give you in store credit if you have to return something.

Had to order an out of print book for my mother as a gift when I moved to Fargo a while back. The folks at Zandbroz were really helpful and extremely nice in helping me get what I wanted when I ordered in timely fashion.
This is a fun little throw back store full of great finds. It reminds me of an old drugstore/​bookstore in my home town that’s been closed for years. Glad to have this little place to remind me of home from time to time.
While, yes this is a great «bookstore» I really consider it to be more of a variety store, like they say, instead. Books, sadly, aren’t a bread and butter sort of business for brick and mortar stores now days and thankfully Zandbroz understands that and offers more than hard to find books. Think «gift shoppe with an edge».
Also, this is the only place I can find my current perfume in stock without having to order it online. So happy to give my money to a local shop than a faceless entity online.
So yeah it’s a pricey place, but well worth the investment in shopping here to keep places like this thriving and humming in small towns like Fargo.

When I’m traveling, I look for a few things in a town that are the keys to making it seem livable to me. One is Thai food; another is a movie theater showing independent/​foreign/​art releases. The other is a high quality independent bookstore. When my husband and I walked into Zandbroz, we knew that criteria had been met.
This shop has an excellent collection of books to meet the needs of the general reader, but an even better collection of books that you aren’t as likely to find at your local Barnes & Noble, and aren’t as likely to browse upon on Amazon. They have beautiful art books, a big section on local history, and shelves and shelves to appeal to those of us who buy into the Eggers/McSweeney’s aesthetic and that cadre of writers.
The other half of the store is a beautifully curated collection of gifts, cards, papergoods, and cute kitchen goods, every bit as good as any similar shop I’ve been into in just about any part of the country. The friendly, funny guy who rang us up sweetened the deal.
I know if I lived in Fargo I’d be here at least every week or two to pick up bits and pieces for myself and for gifts for friends and family, and definitely wouldn’t buy books anywhere else.

This is a great little independent bookstore downtown. I like it for postcards, birthday cards, and great coffee table books. There are interesting toys for kids (and grown-​up kids) and some housewares things. I’ve never seen anyone in the back section with the soda fountain. I have always wondered what happens back there!
If you’re looking to kill a couple hours downtown, this place will occupy your interests. It’s a great place to find small, unique gifts and cards.

Cute little niche store tucked on the north end of Broadway, the heart of downtown Fargo.
They have a lot of cool stuff little stuff — a very artsy place. Their books and vintage toy collection are great and they have wonderful unique gifts that won’t break the bank but offer a sense of being original and creative. They even carry a lot of local and regional products that can be harder to find sometimes (art, jewelry, honey, jams, ceramics, etc.)
The old fashion malt shop in the back (Dakota Soda?) is pretty good too. The sandwiches are not that great, but for a quick treat it definitely makes the cut.
One of the semi-​hidden treasures in the area (since everyone seems to flock to the mall and not old downtown).

I literally spend hours in here each time i make a trip to fargo. I love that you can get anything from postcards to books, to fun and original kids toys, local jewelry and clothing accessories, beauty products, funky dishes and pillows, lovely paper for wrapping gifts, and novelties, among other things!
plan to browse for a good little long time, and really get a grasp on the merch from the local artists. And if you get hungry because you have been browsing so long, stop in the back @ Dakota Soda for a yummy bite to eat, and an old fashioned soda!

Zandbroz is a store that I really should spend more time in, but at the same time, I’ve found I usually only make it there to get gifts for others. Part of the store contains books, and I must say, the book selection here is very good; a wide range of genres, at least as wide as any chain bookstore (although the actual amount is fewer, I concede). The giftshop part of the store is tougher to describe, but there is just so much that one really has to go there to get a look. Also, at the back of the store is a coffee shop (which also specializes in soups, sandwiches, and ice cream). Altogether, this is one of the places that makes me realize that Fargo can actually be a fun place.