Gift List #2: Where to shop for the holidaysTo help with the holiday hullaballoo, the SFBG staff is revealing -- at last! -- its secret shopping secrets, to perhaps give you some gift inspiration. In this installment: Entertainment and Sponsorship Manager Dulcinea Gonzalez's retro-flavored giving pleasures. Previously, Marke B. shared his faves.
Check out more suggestions in our ginormous 2008 Holiday Guide -- and enter our contest to win $500 in gift certificates if you spend $100 locally. Wowza.
Suds for Santa: City Beer Store
The Other Shop
This is a great go-to store for quirky, vintage, fun stuff whether you are looking for a kitschy painting, funky '60s vase, mid-century lamp or used vinyl.
327 Divisadero, SF. (415) 621-5424
Mickey's Monkey
Here's a the perfect place to hunt down '60s and '70s style dressers, tables, and chairs for non-collector prices. Plus, they have fun little gifty odds and ends like deer antlers, owl art, and more all sure to impress your friends.
218 Pierce, SF. (415) 864-0693
Rooky's Records
If your guy or gal is into old 45's this place is the vinyl holy land! Tell the owner Dick what you're into .... the Madison, the Monkey, the Twist -- it's all there. Ask Dick about his own CD compilations of the oldies too -- they're packaged super cute and make for great parent gifts.
448 Haight, SF. (415) 864-7526, www.rookyricardosrecords.com
Issues
Just across the Bay is a great little hole in the wall run by two of the sweetest folks in town. The shop is totally doggie and baby friendly. They have a great collection of magazines, zines, hipster books and audiophile records, plus the best button/badge collection I have seen in along time. Definitely worth a visit.
20 Glen Ave, Oakl. (510) 652-5700, www.issuesshop.com
The Spanish Table
Here's another East Bay fave for the gourmet in your life. If you're jonesing for a trip to Spain, Spanish Table is the next best thing. This is a great place to pick up amazing Spanish cookware and specialty ingredients -- Serrano ham, chorizo, morcilla, squid ink. Plus, cavas, amazing Spanish reds, and a great selection of Latin cook books.
1814 San Pablo Avenue, Berk. (510) 548-1383, www.spanishtable.com
City Beer Store
A must-stop for that loveable beer snob in your life. Here you'll discover a great selection of hard-to-find beers, and lots of Belgian Trappist-style stuff. The best thing about the whole experience is that you can quaff some suds while you shop! How cool is that?
1168 Folsom, SF. (415) 503-1033, www.citybeerstore.com
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