There are a growing number of shops in Gori where tourists can find Georgian crafts and gifts for prices that are cheaper than in Tbilisi. The Stalin Museum offers a limited number of kitschy souvenirs in their main lobby. Small shops are also popping up in the city center. One good bet is the underground pedestrian tunnel below Stalin Square. Shop No. 14 in the underground offers a variety of handmade Georgian crafts made by local street children at a Gori-based NGO.
Icons and other religious paraphernalia can be purchased at the shop beside the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin. These can make for interesting gifts. Shops along Chavchavadze Street running perpendicular to Stalin Avenue sell Georgian jewelry and icons as well.
Grocery Store ''Sameba''
A recently renovated grocery store, good for water, soda, pastries, and khachapuri
Grocery Store ''Populi''
Recently opened, this store is the first regional branch of a Tbilisi-based chain of grocery stores. Its selection is huge, and the service and facilities are up to Western standards.
''Russian Shop''
Water, soda, phone cards, toiletries, breakfast foods, frozen goods, and a decent selection of imported food and drinks.
Grocery Store ''Evropa''
One of the best-stocked grocery stores in the city center, currently undergoing an expansion. It has phone cards, water, soda, sweets, toiletries, cleaning supplies, pre-made meals for lunch on-the-go. The grocery store's website is (http://www.dafne.ge/html/...).
Central Bazaar
The place to go to buy goods, albeit with a lot of local flavor. Food, fresh produce, stationary, electronics/adaptors, clothes, shoes, etc.