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Best of the Bay 2021: 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 46th edition of the Bay Guardian 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 Wednesday, October 20, at our 8th Anniversary Fall Fling!

BEST OVERALL STORE
BIORDI ART IMPORTS
www.biordi.com
Runners Up: When Modern Was, Cliff’s Variety

BEST STORE STAFF
FOG CITY NEWS
www.fogcitynews.com
Runners Up: When Modern Was, The Green Cross

BEST BOOKSTORE
GREEN APPLE BOOKS
www.greenapplebooks.com
Runners Up: Bird and Beckett, The Booksmith

BEST COMIC BOOK STORE
ISOTOPE COMICS
www.isotopecomics.com
Runners Up: Mission Comics, Comix Experience

BEST RECORD STORE
AMOEBA SF
www.amoeba.com
Runners Up: 1-2-3-4 Go!, Tunnel Records

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

BEST CANNABIS DISPENSARY
THE GREEN CROSS
www.thegreencross.org
Runners Up: Urbana, The Apothecarium

BEST WOMENS’ CLOTHING STORE
NOOWORKS
www.nooworks.com
Runners Up: M.A.C., Ambiance

BEST MENS’ CLOTHING STORE
SUI GENERIS
www.suigenerisconsignment.com
Runners Up: Tilted Brim, Cable Car Clothiers

BEST STORE FOR KIDS
CHLOE’S CLOSET
www.chloescloset.com
Runners Up: Woot Bear, Tantrum

BEST FLEA MARKET
ALEMANY
100 Alemany Blvd., SF.
Runners Up: Alameda, Treasure Island

BEST VINTAGE STORE
RELIC VINTAGE
www.relicvintagesf.com
Runners Up: Held Over, Vacation

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

BEST SHOE STORE
ON THE RUN
www.ontherunshoes.com
Runners Up: Dream Team SF, Bulo

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

BEST BIKE SHOP
VALENCIA CYCLERY
www.valenciacyclery.com
Runners Up: American Cyclery, Missing Link

BEST PET GOODS STORE
JEFFREY’S
www.jeffreyspets.com
Runners Up: Bernal Beast, Pawtrero

BEST GIFT SHOP
WINK
www.winksf.com
Runners Up: One Half, post.script.

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

BEST SWEETS SHOP
TIE
CHOCOLATE COVERED
www.chocolatecoveredsf.com
FOG CITY NEWS
www.fogcitynews.com
Runners Up: Recchiuti Confections, XOX Truffles

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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