Great idea! Though I'd probably ignore suggested prices, as I altered the worth of a galleon from what JKR said it was... >.>


Soliloquy Stone

Stonemason's who create wizarding busts/statues/gravestones capable of minor movement (think readjusting their poses, not walking) and speaking a few phrases (less than is capable of a portrait)

Interior of shop is all done in stone, with various busts and statue examples sitting everywhere and talking. Favorite joke is for them all to be still when a customer comes in, then move at once to try and scare them into an early death (bonus on double gravestones!)

Standard gravestone with basic enchantments against weather = reasonably priced, similar to muggle world with conversion factor.
Fancy gravestone with carving OR bust of deceased = expensive. VERY expensive if you want it capable of speaking several phrases.
Statue depends on size, level of complexity, how many phrases you need it to speak, etc.

Bailey Stone & Sons (The elder Baily is around 100, two of his three sons work there as well, and three granddaughters)

They proudly offer stone from anywhere in the world, with magical stone types such as Goblin-grade Granite and Marzipan Marble going for more.

 

I raise you this. The wiki, as usual, adds everything from the movies to computer games, without separating it. LEGO Harry Potter, indeed :s

At least they learned how to footnote, I suppose.

The lexicon has a map too, but I recall having had issues with it. I'm not sure Ollivander's should be at the far end from the Leaky Cauldron entrance, for instance. I made my own map once, but I can't find it anymore. I'd rather like searching through the books to collect all information, though, so I might post something yet.


Anyway, here's my restaurant-themed additions:

• An upscale restaurant, since TLC is a pub, called "The Golden Cross", in the old manor of Charing House, formerly belonging to Lord Stoddard Withers, the breeder of flying horses. The Eleanor cross, from which it has its name, is not actually lost, but stands in the court; it was hidden there during the Civil War before the Parliament could destroy it.
  
  Prices are in Galleons*, and it's known for it's Diricawl dishes. Aside from the tables, it has a hall than can be rented for larger occasions. Behind it are extended gardens.
  
  The building would be constructed of light yellow sandstone in the style of English baroque, having been re-modelled in the late 17th century, and is situated at the end of Diagon Alley, near Twifit's & Tattings. Further details on request.
  
  
• The far end of Knockturn alley -- The Dancing Dragon on the left, a rather rundown bar, possibly Chinese, and a large gambling parlour on the right, for which I don't yet have a name, because I've not used it yet There wouldn't be a direct entrance from Knockturn Alley, though, rather, you'd directly apparate there -- provided you knew where it is. Inside, it's much like a casino ... I guess.
  
  
• Merlin's Club, the wizard's gentlemen's club. Featues all the clichés you want, including a non-descript entrance, a porter, a faded red runner, and members-only entrance, though guests are permitted. The founder was a charms master, so apart from ordinary tables, you can also dine on a beach, among the stars, or in other exotic locations. The room will change the appearance according to the table you have chosen; rumours of similiarities to the Room of Requirement persist, but haven't been (and couldn't be) ever investigated.

*Without going into the exchange-rate debate again, you're already well on your way for a "consistent sytem of prices" if you remember that change is Sickles, and small change Knuts, and Galleons are bills -- and that thus, most everyday items (drinks, food, Knightbus fare ...) will be listed in Sickles. So just don't go slapping Galleon-prices all over (and especially not 284,236,175,994 Galleons in Harry's vault), and you're better than 90% of FF by default.

Edit:

Yes, that was exactly what I meant.

 

So because I needed it, I started searching through the books. Relevant stuff:

Entering through TLC entrance and walking up the street gives you shops in this order: Cauldrons - Apothecary - Eeylops Owls - Broomsticks (Quality Quidditch Supplies?) (PS) Either one of those could be directly opposite from each other as well, but the general order is clear.

After that it's a little unclearer:

That could be a summary or a continuation -- "barrels of bat spleens and eels’ eyes" sounds much like an apothecary, which they already passed, but maybe there are two (see below).

Furthermore, Madam Malkins can be seen from the steps of Gringotts, and if Harry and Hagrid don't move randomly back and forth, there has to be some sort of order in these shops: Stationary - Flourish & Blotts - Cauldrons - Wizarding Equipment? (scales, telescope) - Apothecary - Eeylops - Ollivander's.

To me, this sounds as though they walked from Gringotts back the way they came, all the way down to the Apothecary, and afterwards back up the street, past Eeylops and to Ollivander's, which I would put on the opposite end of the street, beyond Gringotts. And either Cauldrons, Wizarding Equipment and Apothecary are all directly next/opposite to each other, or Harry was looking for a cauldron at the Wizarding Equipment shop, because from the first time they enter, we know that the Cauldrons came before or were opposite of the Apothecary.

FWIW, Pottermore has Cauldrons on the left as you enter, Wizarding Equipment directly next to it, and Eeylops on the right, across from the latter, while the Apothecary, presumably, is opposite of the cauldrons -- if you want to clump them together that way, I supposed it just about makes sense, but you might prefer them a little apart.


Now, in CS, Harry ends up on Knockturn Alley. At the corner of Knockturn/Diagon is an Apothecary:

Again, Pottermore has indeed the junction directly next to the Apothecary at the beginning of the street. And you can see Gringotts -- standing already on Diagon Alley, or still in the mouth of Knockturn? That's sadly not completely clear, although I tend to the former. And Gringotts is "in the distance". The Apothecary at the TLC end of Diagon Alley certainly would be quite distant from Gringotts -- so much so, that I originally felt like adding a secondary Apothecary, perhaps at the mouth of, but still in Knockturn Alley. And it would be that one that is referenced in the first PS quote, though if it were to be taken completely literally, it would require another robes shop before the Wizarding Equpiment one (perhaps Twifits & Tattings?). That's sketchy, though.

Anyway, they walk "down the street" to Gringotts, where they meet the Weasley coming "up the street". Help me out here -- assuming this is not artistic license, it implies they are coming from the opposite direction, right? And if you walk "down" from the Apothecary, and it is indeed the one at the TLC entrance, then that is the "top" of the street, which brings headaches and a rather surprising solution later on.

Moving on, we learn that there is another order "up" the Alley going Ice-cream (Fortecue's, presumably) - Quality Quidditch - Stationary (right next to QQ) - Gambol & Japes - Junk Shop (CS). That contradicts nothing we know.


In PoA, there's little about any orders, except possibly this:

TLC - Flourish & Blotts - Madam Malkins - "and" --> Fortescue's, and depending on whether Harry had already gotten his look at the Firebolt or was still on the way, Fortescues should be near Quality Quidditch.


In GoF and OotP, they don't visit Diagon Alley, but in HBP it gets interesting.

That's Madam Malkins - Apothecary - Eyelops, and definitely on route to to WWW, because Mrs. Weasley says so.

And the numbers go upwards.

To put it flatly: This demands they walk towards the TLC end of the Alley, because Madam Malkins is clearly further away from there than Apothecary and Eeylops. And it demands that, indeed, the TLC entrance is at the top of the road ("up" the road, with the high numbers), and that WWW is one of the very first building from there, if not first outright (number 93). There is no other way I can see to make it work elsewise.

And what I now really want to know is: what is at the beginning of Diagon Alley?



TL;DR: combining PS, CS and PoA, I get

TLC - Cauldrons/Apothecary/Eeylops/Wizarding Equipment - Flourish & Blotts/(Junk Shop - Gambol & Japes) - Stationary - Quality Quidditch - Madam Malkins/Fortescues/Gringotts - Ollivander's

/ donates possibly no clear order, but closeness.

HBP clearly gives us Madam Malkins - Apothecary/Eeylops - WWW, and rising numbers. Unless Rowling forgot her order (which I suppose is possible enough), they had to head towards TLC from Madam Malkins. Though if WWW really is at that end, and standing out as it does, one might wonder why no one commented when they entered Diagon Alley through TLC.

As a side note, walking from WWW towards it, Knockturn Alley is on the left, which puts the (an) Apothecary on the left side (as opposed to Pottermore), assuming the above conclusion.

And that's about it. Thoughts?