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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
With the closure of the main Cody's in Berkeley and A Clean Well-Lighted Place in the City it hasn't been a good year for Bay Area landmark stores.
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I had heard about Cody's my first week back and learned last week about A Clean Well Lighted (not my favorite), staff was too snooty for my taste but they hosted wonderful events. I understand that Books Inc. may open in that spot.
NA speaks of Acorn being too nice, well clean it was. My favorite spots were two stores I loved in San Jose growing up, Perry's which is where my love of the search was. Crusty old owner and so many books on the shelves, nothing ever got re-priced, so I could and did walk out after a few hours digging with 15-20 books at $2 each. Give me a rainy day and Perry's and I was a happy girl. If we have a stormy rainy day, my itch to hunt in a used book store is almost an unbearable temptation.
The other store was truly a hole in the wall and dark enough NA would have loved it. It was on 2nd Street and I cannot for the life of me remember the name, but you could hardly see in there and box upon box piled in front of the shelves and books shelved behind the books. Then an upstairs that was so narrow and dark, you were sure to come close to falling and landing on the floor below. Great store, never did find much in there, but it was heaven to hunt in.
Acres of Books is on my list next time I'm down in the area.