13 shops · 7 districts
The Record & Book Edit.
Thirteen shops for bookshops and record stores worth an afternoon, across 7 parts of SF: Ferry Building, Hayes Valley, Fillmore St, North Beach and more. Picked from the 259 shops we list, one location each.
- 1Books · Ferry BuildingBook PassageIndependent bookstore on the Bay side of the building, facing the ferry docks.
- 2Books · Hayes ValleyIsotope ComicsComics shop a block off Hayes on Fell St for graphic novels and comic books, one of the few bookstore-type shops in the neighborhood.
- 3Books · Fillmore StBrowser BooksIndependent bookstore on the block near Sacramento St, one of the few independent bookstores in Pacific Heights.
- 4Books · North BeachCity Lights Booksellers & PublishersBookstore and publisher co-founded in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, first publisher of Howl, with new and used fiction, poetry and politics.
- 5Records & music · North Beach101 RecordsRecord shop on the 1400 block of Grant Avenue, part of a small cluster of vinyl stores within a few doors of each other.
- 6Records & music · North BeachCantina RecordsVinyl record shop across the street from 101 Records on Grant Avenue, so the two are easy to dig through on one trip.
- 7Books · Valencia StOpen EditionsArt bookshop and design store at 19th St stocking art books, prints, objects, stationery, apparel, home goods and art supplies, with a gallery-like layout.
- 8Records & music · HaightAmoeba MusicLarge independent record store at the Golden Gate Park end of Haight, selling new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, DVDs, posters and zines, with free in-store shows.
- 9Books · HaightThe BooksmithIndependent bookstore with a strong table of local authors and a busy calendar of literary readings and events.
- 10Books · JapantownKinokuniya BookstoreThe first Kinokuniya in the US, open here since 1969.
- 11Books · Valencia StNeedles & PensSmall shop and art gallery in the southern blocks of Valencia selling zines, fanzines, artist books and art books, along with jewelry.
- 12Galleries · JapantownTokaido ArtsArt gallery on the second level of the Kinokuniya Building, listed in the Japantown merchants directory.
- 13Records & music · North BeachOut of Sight RecordsRecord shop tucked away on Bannam Place, a short side street in the Grant Avenue area, listed in the North Beach vintage directory.
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