Williams-Sonoma is a large chain specializing in everything imaginable for the home. But it wasn't that way in the mid-1950s, when the Sonoma-based founder, Chuck Williams, opened his small shop dedicated to bringing the best restaurant-quality cookware to customers. The store's inventory soon expanded, and now this massively stocked Beverly Hills location is one of more than 250 Williams-Sonoma stores from coast to coast. High-end is the most accurate description of everything this place has to offer. The store's most popular items include a stainless steel French whisk, a reversible meat tenderizer, diner stools and beeswax candles. For more information about the products offered, visit the Williams-Sonoma website.