Matchmaker Bookshop
About
Matchmaker Bookshop opened on Second Street on September 13, 2025, after owner Lauren Cardick left a corporate job, took a booksellers’ course and bought a two-story house a block from Central Avenue to fill with shelves. The name is the pitch: staff match readers with books, across about 8,500 titles in fiction, nonfiction and a children’s section, plus gifts and shop merchandise. Events started fast: a Ruth Spiro storytime on Independent Bookstore Day in April 2026 and a packed May 2026 evening with the author and director of Remarkably Bright Creatures.
What to know
- Opened September 13, 2025 by owner Lauren Cardick.
- About 8,500 titles across fiction, nonfiction and children’s books, plus gifts.
- Housed in a two-story former Wild Birds Unlimited store near Central Avenue.
- Hosts author events; a May 2026 Remarkably Bright Creatures evening drew a full house.
- Orders can be placed online for pickup or shipping.
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