Support Your Favorite Small Business With a Patch Shout-Out

You might be the type who finds sleeping on a freezing sidewalk to hold a place for the best Black Friday deals exciting, or perhaps you've already started working out your mouse-clicking finger for Cyber Monday. If neither scenario appeals to you, there is an alternative — Small Business Saturday.

, which American Express conceived to help spotlight the efforts of local small businesses, comes at the beginning of the big holiday shopping sprint — this Saturday — and encourages shoppers not to bypass Main Street for the mega-mall.

Sewickley Patch would love to hear which small businesses you can't live without in the Sewickley area. Tell us in the comments which independently-owned business is a must for shoppers on Small Business Saturday and why.

Your shout-out could help a sector of our economy that has created 65 percent of the net new jobs over the past 17 years.

So when you must shop for a new outfit, have your hair and nails done just right, discover that perfect newly released novel or have a craving for an amazing sandwich, where do you go time and time again?