***WARNING: SOME ITEMS/PLACES IN THIS ARTICLE ARE NSFB (NOT SAFE FOR BUDGETS)***
I’m listing a very cool list of secondhand shops and San Francisco vintage stops, from great thrift shops for affordable clothing, vintage shops with curated exclusive racks, to local bookshops. Areas throughout the city with multiple thrift shops of all variety include Haight St, Polk St, and Grant Ave.
Instead of the usual text descriptions of each store, I’m going to keep it clean and rate them according to two simple scores: 1-10 vibe, 1-10 affordability (1 being cheap, 10 being “$2000 for a shirt???”). A subjective method for the subjective world of fashion.
San Francisco Vintage Clothing
Vacation Vintage North Beach (NSFB)
1499 Grant Ave
Vibe: 9, Price: 8 🙁
WORK (NSFB)
1445 Grant Ave
Vibe: 7, Price: 9 :((((
Held Over on Haight
1543 Haight St
Vibe: 10, Price: 5 (“from cheap to chic”)
Out of the closet
Picture: 1498 Polk St (chain with multiple locations)
Vibe: 6, Price: 4 🙂
Community Thrift
623 Valencia St
Vibe: 10, Price: 3 (LOCAL FAVORITE)
San Francisco Vintage Books
Green Apple
506 Clement St
Vibe: 10, Price: 3
Russian Hill
2162 Polk St
Vibe: 10, Price: 4
