Shopping in East Bay
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Rockridge
Rockridge is a popular shopping district. The lively, upscale neighborhood is centered on College Ave, which runs from Broadway all the way to the UC Berkeley Campus. College Ave is lined with clothing boutiques, good bookstores, a vintage record shop, several pubs and cafés, and quite a few upscale restaurants - maybe the largest concentration in the Bay Area. You could easily spend a satisfying afternoon or evening browsing, eating and drinking here.
Exiting BART at the Rockridge station puts you in the thick of things.
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Shopping Strips
Shopping Strips offers everything for the urban hippie, from handmade sidewalk-vendor jewelry to head-shop paraphernalia. Most appealing are, irrefutably, its terrific book and music stores.
Another strip of shops is along College Ave in the Elmwood District.
On 4th St, north of University Ave, you'll find upscale clothing, kitchen supply, book and gift stores.
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Down Home Music
North of Berkeley in El Cerrito is this world-class store for roots, blues, folk, Latin and world music. It's affiliated with the Arhoolie record label, which has been issuing landmark recordings since the early 1960s.
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Amoeba Music
If you're a music junkie you might plan on spending a few hours at the original Berkeley branch of Amoeba Music, packed with massive quantities of new and used CDs, DVDs, tapes and records (yes, lots of vinyl).
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Moe’s
Founded at the height of the beatnik era, this bookstore provides four packed floors of new and used books.
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Black Oak Books
A fine store in North Berkeley with new and used selections and a full calendar of author appearances.
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University Press Books
This option stocks works by UC Berkeley professors and from other academic and museum publishers.
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North Face
A well-respected Berkeley-based brand of outdoor gear a few blocks west of San Pablo Ave.
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Rasputin
Nearby Rasputin is another large store full of new and used music releases.
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