Where Will You Shop on Small Business Saturday?

Saturday is the second annual Small Business Saturday, an event organized by American Express that tries to get as many Americans as possible to shop at their local small businesses.

The credit card issuer promotes a nationwide "day dedicated to supporting small businesses on one of the busiest shopping weekends," it explains online. "We’re asking millions of Americans to 'shop small' at their favorite local stores and help fuel the economy. When we all shop small, it will be huge."

The greater North Hollywood area has some of the most unique small businesses in the world and we have done stories on quite a few of them. Here are 10 business profiles that may help you figure where to spend your dollars.

The shop specializes in selling and fixing new and used scooters, but recently opened a new venture, selling 2011 Royal Enfield motorcycles, which is how the shop came to selling the bike to Leno and delivering it to his shop.

Before Hollywood Video or Blockbuster Video had set up shop, Eddie Brandt was renting videotapes. In the late 70s, his store was the first in Los Angeles to offer video rentals.

The on the corner of Cahuenga Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard in North Hollywood prides itself on its expansive selection of print relics of the past.

Many theater patrons for Yo Ho Ho! A Pirate's Christmas at the NoHo Arts Center will have no idea how far the theater has come over the last decade.

, once a neighborhood fixture, closed its doors last year during a renovation. Last month, it reopened its shop on Magnolia Boulevard, steps away from another vintage store: .

A formerly cramped, stuffy and allergy-inducing sewing machine store has been transformed to a bright and airy NYC loft-style vintage and antiques shop.

Hayat's Kitchen is a true hidden gem of North Hollywood. You have to walk down a corridor in the back corner of a strip mall in order to find it, so it's essentially invisible from the street and hidden from view.

Soul food is traditionally cooked with taste and flavor as the only objectives, but mindful of health concerns, the couple refer to their restaurant fare as “Conscious Comfort Food.”

I walked into and found a nice woman, Lisa, and her dog behind the counter.

The store, which opened on Lankershim a year ago, has recently expanded its space for psychic readers.