Best of Boston

2025 Best Toy Store

The Happy Journey Toys

Could this quintessential old-timey toy shop, with its trinket-filled windowfront that looks like 1940s Times Square, exist in any neighborhood other than Beacon Hill? We think not. While the outside may be old-fashioned, the interior is anything but: Color-coordinated shelves are stocked with a wide selection of amusements both classic and new (solar-powered crab robots, anyone?).

73 Charles St., Boston, 617-936-3917, thehappyjourneytoys.com