New and used music, movies and video games

Noteworthy for: Like the famous Amoeba Music Store in Hollywood and the cool shop where John Cusak's character in 'High Fidelity' worked, Zia's feels like the last bastion of independent music stores.

In the land of giant department stores like Target and Walmart, Zia is keeping it real. Easily the city's biggest and best independent music store, it caters to everyone from armchair music lovers to the more intense connoisseur looking for hard-to-find tunes. And since they buy and sell used CDs, vinyl, DVDs and video games, their prices are quite affordable.

Along with music, Zia also carries old-school pop culture relics like retro candy, pin-up girl magnets, vintage t-shirts and music-related books.