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Arts + CultureBest of the Bay 2024: Shopping Winners

Best of the Bay 2024: Shopping Winners

READERS' POLL: Best Bookstore, Best Bike Shop, Best Store Staff, Best Cannabis Dispensary, Best Shoe Store, more

48 Hills is proud to host the 50th edition of the Bay Guardian/48 Hills Best of the Bay! Congratulations to all the winners of this years Readers’ Poll, and thank you to the thousands of readers who voted this year. See more winners’ categories here. And join us to celebrate on Saturday, October 5, at our 11th Anniversary 48 Hills Gala!

BEST OVERALL STORE
BIORDI ART IMPORTS
www.biordi.com
Runners Up: Bernal Cutlery, Fleetwood

BEST STORE STAFF
MEDICINE FOR NIGHTMARES
www.medicinefornightmares.com
Runners Up: Chocolate Covered, The Green Cross

BEST BOOKSTORE
GREEN APPLE BOOKS
www.greenapplebooks.com
Runners Up: Dog Eared Books, City Lights

BEST COMIC BOOK STORE
COMIX EXPERIENCE
www.comixexperience.com
Runners Up: Silver Sprocket, Mission Comics

BEST RECORD STORE
AMOEBA SF
www.amoeba.com
Runners Up: Tunnel Records, Vinyl Dreams

BEST GROCERY STORE
RAINBOW GROCERY COOPERATIVE
www.rainbow.coop
Runners Up: Gus’s Community Market, Other Avenues

BEST CANNABIS DISPENSARY
THE GREEN CROSS
www.thegreencross.org
Runners Up: Purple Star, Mission Cannabis

BEST WOMENS’ CLOTHING STORE
AMBIANCE
www.ambiancesf.com
Runners Up: Nooworks, Two Birds

From Sui Generis’ 2018 window display, entitled ‘Leather & Lace’

BEST MENS’ CLOTHING STORE
SUI GENERIS
www.suigenerisconsignment.com
Runners Up: Al’s Attire, Rolo

BEST STORE FOR KIDS
TANTRUM
www.shoptantrum.com
Runners Up: Fiddlesticks, Mr. Mopps’ Toy Shop

BEST FLEA MARKET
ALAMEDA POINT ANTIQUES FAIR
www.alamedapointantiquesfaire.com
Runners Up: Alemany Flea Market, TreasureFest

BEST VINTAGE STORE
RELIC VINTAGE
www.relicvintagesf.com
Runners Up: Valencia Vintage,

BEST THRIFT STORE
COMMUNITY THRIFT
www.communitythriftsf.org
Runners Up: Out of the Closet, Held Over

BEST SHOE STORE
ON THE RUN
www.ontherunshoes.com
Runners Up: Nice Kicks, Bulo

BEST HARDWARE STORE
COLE HARDWARE
www.colehardware.com
Runners Up: Cliff’s Variety, Center Hardware

BEST BIKE SHOP
SCENIC ROUTES
www.scenicroutessf.com
Runners Up: Valencia Cyclery, Box Dog Bikes

BEST PET GOODS STORE
JEFFREY’S 
www.jeffreyspets.com
Runners Up: Bernal Beast, Noe Valley Pet Company

BEST GIFT SHOP
Rare Device
www.raredevice.net
Runners Up: When Modern Was, Therapy

BEST PLACE TO BUY EYEWEAR
VEO OPTICS
www.veooptics.com
Runners Up: Optical Underground, Eye Gotcha

BEST SWEETS SHOP
CHOCOLATE COVERED
www.chocolatecoveredsf.com
Runners Up: Dandelion, The Candy Store

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit here. We also invite you to join the conversation on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

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