MTMontana field entry
Rockin' Rudy's
Missoula, MT
A Missoula ‘hipster department store’ where records and new music share a maze with toys, books, crafts, shirts, bath products, candles, incense, kitchen goods, crystals, divination decks, plants, hot sauce, huckleberry treats and whatever else Rudy’s decided belonged together.
Rockin' Rudy's behaves less like a record shop with gifts than an alternative department store whose departments seem to have been selected by curiosity rather than conventional retail logic.
Field notes
Why it belongs
Record store, clothing shop, toy-and-game store, bookstore, paper-and-craft shop, home-goods store, bath and body shop, crystal and divination shop, plant retailer, specialty-food stop and Montana gift store.
Records remain central, but the main Blaine Street store crosses enough unrelated departments to function as an alternative department store rather than a conventional music shop.
Rockin' Rudy's has operated in Missoula since 1982 and now describes its Blaine Street flagship as the Original Hipster Department Store. Music remains central, but current aisles range through clothing, toys, games, books, journals, crafts, candles, incense, kitchen goods, bath and body products, crystals, divination decks, plants, Montana-made merchandise, coffee, tea, hot sauce and huckleberry goods. Rockin' Rudy's also operates separate Missoula businesses, including Record Heaven and Rockin' Rudy's Attic; those locations and their inventory remain separate from this profile.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- Music and records
- Original Hipster Department Store identity
- Apparel
- Toys
- Games and puzzles
- Books
- Journals and cards
- Crafts
- Candles and incense
- Home goods
- Bath and body products
- Crystals and rocks
- Divination decks
- Plants
- Montana merchandise
- Specialty food and treats