Palimpsest (stylize it “Pal•imp•sest”) is so much more than a store. The studio offers books ($7-$25), zines, and select consignment items. Founders Micheal Hooker and Mitzi Jo Gordon are no strangers to lit-minded Tampeños (having run the Lector book and wine bar and Bluebird Books Bus, respectively) and launched Palimpsest to honor their combined passion for nontraditional spaces (the word itself references a writing surface that bears traces of its earlier form). —Ray Roa