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Alley Cat Books
(Now Closed)Bookstore
Mission District, San Francisco
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Come in because you're meandering. Leave knowing that you've improved your life by hitting up one of the best bookstores in SF. The pulp, the cards, the magazines, and the square dancing in the back.
annie 🧸June 19, 2013Don't miss the art books and records nestled in the back area, which at times doubles as an impromptu space for music and poetry reading.
PeterMay 25, 2015Love it here! Great and huge mix of used and new books. Found exactly what I was looking for - although had trouble finding Twain at the bottom of the huge book-shelf.
squeaselOctober 8, 2014Excellent selection and recommendations. Hard to leave without arm-strain from carrying all the must-have books you find here.
Ernesto VoltaggioNovember 17, 2016You can spend hours there, great place and a lot of used design books at good prices
static_signalJanuary 28, 2014Fantastic selection of Dalkey Archive, Melville House, NYRB, and other small presses, plus really warm + knowledgable booksellers.
Lindsay EyinkDecember 19, 2014The sister store of Dog Ear on Valencia. Well curated, nice staff, easy to spend hours in here.
Kian LaviJanuary 13, 2019Dogeared's little sister. Love their focus on Latinx/POC-Written books, zines and a great sci-fi collection
Beautiful bookstore in the mission. Too easy to spent a ton of money here...
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