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Stacey's opened in 1923 as a medical bookseller. Today, their flagship store, conveniently located on Market Street, boasts an inventory of more than 150,000 titles. With a full calendar of free midday author...
citysearch.com - expert review - 11/21/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been shopping at Stacey's bookstore since the 1990's. I love the different levels in the store. This was always a source for textbooks in undergraduate and post-graduate. Resourceful business,…
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Right across the street from my work. Friendly staff who are helpful.
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
on the second floor- the best reading spot is here sit down. scoot your chair closest to the window overlooking market, and yessss. streetcars, traffic, skyscraper loveliness. to be seen, but not…
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Gotta agree with a lot of the other posters here - Stacey's clerks have major attitude. Usually this is the result of being underpaid and feeling underappreciated, but they're union, so they can't be…
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's Booksellers on Market Street will always be my favorite place to buy books. It may not be as big as Borders or other generic book stores, and it may not have a cappucino maker -- but the…
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's is a Booksense / now IndieBound member, which means they belong to a network of independent booksellers across the U.S. that work together to preserve the local bookstore experience. We've…
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, so I want to support physical bookstores since (a) they are a dying breed and (b) I can go and read their travel books on my lunch break which helps to supplement my online vacation planning.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore is one of my favorite places to drop in while downtown. They have a large selection of books, magazines, great travel section, fun gifts, and a surprisingly decent card assortment…
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is where I used to get my books at lunchtime before I discovered that I can get them for a much cheaper price on Amazon.com. The thing that also stops me from coming here is that it gets soooo…
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I liked this place a lot a few years ago - I still stop in occasionally for magazines or a tech book but they've made so many small, incremental changes that I can't point to one major thing and say…
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. For some reason, I always get turned onto the most interesting things in this bookstore. A lot of the books in my collection at home - from Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott to The…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Manomanoman I got so many books here. Books on Kundalini yoga, greek orthodox astology and tantric gnosticsm and neo-pagan norsism. Now I can found the one true superreligion. God bless crazy…
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I used to like Stacey's. It's one of the last of the local bookstores with any real selection. But i think it's a place who's time has come and gone. Two bad Stacey's experiences in a row:
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i'm so glad that this place closes early and keeps weird hours because its like crack. their selection of books is strange and weird, but i love the children's section, the bargain section as well as…
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you're working in the FiDi and you're looking for interesting birthday/holiday cards- and you're beginning to think Papyrus is like Starbucks (consistent but the same old)- try Stacey's..they have…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When you are in the area, this is a great bookstore to check out. Utterly fantastic selection of international as well as U.S. magazines. Wonderful stock of books. Great author reading series mid-day…
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
just a great bookstore ... one of the few last ones ... they are owned by a big company (brodart) ... just so you know!
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I always like getting my books in a real bookstore, one that's not part of a megalochain. I like being able to pop over there during lunch hour or go to a free reading. They always seem to have the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There are bigger bookshops I could go to. There are bookshops that are more convenient.
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't bought a single book here, so can't help you there....the other reviews are very useful in that department though. What I devote the 5 stars to is the fact that they had Deepak Chopra come…
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's comforting to see a book store that's still vibrant without cappuccino stations and the name 'Borders' stamped on everything in sight. Stacey's is part of local history and remains an excellent…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If I could turn back time and truly be what I wanted to be- I would have been a writer of great novels. Due to my lack of motivation and grasp of the English language, I now just relegate my writings…
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This a wonderful bookstore. I have the discount card. I've browsed, read, and shopped on all four levels. Street level is spacious and high-ceilinged. Business, technology, law, mathematics, history,…
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm glad that Stacey's still exists. A former roommate of mine worked there, and he said it was always tottering towards destruction. I used to like this bookstore a lot before I lived here. Somehow,…
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's was out of copies of a book and ordered it for me. It took three days and they called me to say it had arrived. Love that customer service. Consistently nice employees, excellent magazine,…
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went to Stacey's for the first time yesterday and it is now my FAVORITE BOOKSTORE in the city. (I'm usually a Borders kind of gal but Staceys takes the cake with their UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNT…
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Finally stopped by for first time yesterday despite having worked in the area for over half a year. I'd be mourning the loss of Cody's in SF (yes, I understand that was years! ago) and never thought…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It was a dark and stormy lunch hour...I was looking for comic relief or reference material or journal-y type items. Seriously, I can find anything and everything here. Reading material, textbooks,…
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Since it's my birthday today, I thought about celebrating in true yelp fashion by starting 113 LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! threads. Instead, I'll settle for this review which will be ALL ABOUT…
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I luuuuuuuurve it!
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have a confession: I have a passing fixation with Stanley Elkin, meaning there are many days when I'll forget he exists, followed by bursts where I need to pick up a novel from him. Bursts bordering…
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
There are books I read There are books I do not read
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
To be able to find a large, top quality bookstore in the middle of Financial-District is truly remarkable. And for that alone I'm giving Stacey's 4 stars. Plus, how can you not like a bookstore…
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
they have a wide selection of books, magazines, and gifts, and i don't mind browsing or buying every once in a while, but the staff are more on the indifferent side. i don't visit the store regularly…
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
By default, it seems I graduated from hanging out in libraries in grade school to hanging out in bookstores and coffee shops in college. And I can't honestly say that I have been to a lot of different…
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hands down my favorite bookstore in San Francisco, and located right near my office, which provides a nice synchronicity- I make money upstairs, then come downstairs to Stacey's and spend it. Along…
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Jam packed to the gills with goodness. Plenty of Moleskine books, probably an equally diverse selection as FlaxArt.
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've spent quite a few lunch hours here looking for books or reading in the chairs they have on the second floor. The location is perfect for those days when I finish a book during my morning BART…
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They should charge me for spending my lunch break here so often. The mag selection is pretty good. The kiddie book section is cool. The homeless-looking dude with cigar is always there and I'm glad…
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I found what I was looking for pretty quickly at Stacey's Booksellers. I walked in the front door and asked the guy at the register to help me find "Broke Stuart's Guide to San Francisco" (It's…
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love me a good bookstore. The location of Stacey's is perfect as well as its size. Too often, the best bookstores are tiny, crowded, and stinky, but this one is clean, tidy, and comfortable.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Two reviews here point out the, er, unpleasant staff. It's true.
yelp.com - user review - 11/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's is great for those MUNI & BART riders who hate spending too much time in the financial district - it's only about fifty feet from the Montgomery station so, for the most part, you can avoid…
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
great place to hang out and read and browse. book selection is excellent, with a bargain section, and about 3 levels. can also order online and pickup. prices aren't great, but the selection and…
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
After the recent closure of Cody's on Powell st, I found myself in a world empty of journals worthy on my rantings, collections of random stuff, monologues and scenes. Lola on Grant ave had a great…
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Workday Respite: I love to visit this bookstore at lunch on stressful workdays--a bonus that the travel section is right up front. The store is expansive and the staff love literature, as they should.…
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite place for a mental break at lunch during the day. Tons of magazines too - mainstream and otherwise. Very helpful staff too - a far better experience overall than a big chain.
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Borders Express and Waldenbooks notwithstanding, I've never met a bookstore I didn't like. Stacey's is no exception. Friendly staff, a good selection of magazines and periodicals, some really cute…
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I come from a family of overachievers. Most of them have advanced degrees which makes me look like a complete slacker. Since most of them don't know their way around the city, I am the designated…
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When it comes to book shopping, sometimes you feel like you're forced to either choose between the bright, shiny, soulless megachains or the dusty, dingy (but endearing) used book indies. I like…
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This was my FiDi sanctuary back in the day. I spent so much time in here on my lunchbreaks looking at all the new surfing mags and daydreaming about my next trip...Thanks for letting me return to my…
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For a financial-district bookstore they maintain a remarkably good selection and wide range of stuff. (The obligatory mainstream junk is well balanced by a lot of intelligent, and sometimes radical…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They don't have an extensive magazine selection, but they sure do stock up on the edgier journalism like Monocle. This is a place I would go for professional and technical books. Stacey's makes a…
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love Stacey's. It's convenient, a block from my office. I love their "customer favorites" and "staff recommendations" sections. everytime i walk in there, i walk out with a new book that i would…
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Since I started working in the FD a few weeks ago I haven't had time to go to Barnes & Noble, so when I spotted Stacey's from my office I was anxious to check it out. What a great surprise! Four…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I must agree with Robby T. below about snarky and snippy employees. In my quest to find a San Francisco Moleskine IN San Francisco, I decided to try Stacy's as per the suggestion from some Yelpers. I…
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My go-to place, both business and personal. Stacey's is a great place to pick up a last-minute gift: they've got bags with tissue and greeting cards too! A great selection of journals and doodads and…
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Generally, I think Stacey's is a good bookstore. They need to work on the downstairs. It's sparse and a mess. Where are the books on nutrition?
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite bookstore in San Francisco. It's not as famous as City Lights Bookstore. It's not as hip and youthful as Cody's Books. It's not as packed with Mission district artists as Adobe…
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm in a book club. I'm a lazy ass.
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's. I love you. I love your selections, your interior design, your innate bookstore-ness, your everything. If I could change one thing, it would be your hours. I wish you were open later!
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
my all time favorite bookstore. i started coming here when i went to academy of art many years ago.
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Long ago, I used to shop at a dreamy indie tech bookstore called San Diego Technical Books. They always had a gigantic selection of discounted technical books. Then I moved away to LA and the sole…
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When you say, "It's the only bookstore downtown" some people will say "What about Alexander's?". These people do not read enough. They may not need notebooks and poetry and a cheap paperback for the…
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Goddamn it, why do I step inside a bookstore? It's dooming my credit card. So I stepped into Stacey's with the intention of doing some light browsing in the new fiction section. Deed accomplished in…
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I hardly ever buy books; I just know I can borrow them or get them cheaply somewhere. Stacey's is a great bookstore. It's a nice place right on Market for when you're in that neighborhood. It's really…
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty good bookstore. I'm always crushed when the one thing I'm looking for isn't here, but is at the Border's down the street.
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
when my work gets me down, stacey's is where i go to weep........and get lost in books and magazines. they have a wonderful selection and for the most part, the staff is helpful. so the next time…
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
No doubt, Stacey's is a great environment for casual page turning or THE FiDi spot for a quick literary gift. But why does every other Stacey's employee conduct themselves like they just took a bite…
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's is a bit too big and flavorless to match up to the great bookstores of San Francisco, specifically the Mission. But for what it lacks in character it makes up for with a nice space to kill…
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this bookstore! It's close to work and right next to McDonald's! In other words, it's PERFECT! The staff is so friendly and they always have the book that I want, unlike another bookstore that…
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i am glad their is another bookstore at downtown san francisco. you could actually let yourself browse through a vast range of books of every topic imaginable. also, the vast collection of magazines…
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's is the bomb. Step inside, and along your right, you'll see the new fiction and non-fiction books. These are the books people are talking about and if you read those, you'll be in the know.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've always found something to read at Stacey's. Also, I've almost always been able to find the book I was looking for whether it was for a class, or personal. The nice thing about this store is that…
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I love to read. I never go to bookstores. Whats the point? I want to read books not look at the covers... And in general, i read so many i'd bankrupt myself plus clutter my house if i bought the…
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
pretty cool bookstore. I like a good bookstore with lots of levels. I can usually find what I need here. I also check out the other bookstores nearby like Cody's and Alexander's. i do like the sci…
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I work a few blocks from Stacey's and I find myself dying to come in here- either for the books or the silence. I really enjoy reading the employee reviews of books since I only have an hour, and…
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite bookstores in SF (after green apple and city lights). Since it is close to downtown, it is more of a professional bookstore with a good selection of finance and foreign affairs.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I work a few blocks from Stacy's and often spend my lunch exploring their store especially the travel section. Great, helpful staff and for a small store (if comparing to Borders, etc) they got a…
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I work near here and use it as an occasional daytime refuge - comfy chairs on the top floor by the Market Street windows. Great selection, knowledgeable not geeky staff. Competitve prices. Regular…
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Before you buy that newly published paperback edition head down to the basement and check out the bargain section. You are likely to find the same title in hardback for much less. The staff here can…
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Their discount basement is sick. I love it! Textbooks can be a tad pricey..
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I used to browse this store regularly when I taught at the SFSU Downtown Center. Recently I went over there to find a specific technical book, thinking naturally they would have it. The computer…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Stacey's has a great location in the heart of the Fidi. It' a three story store with lots of room and the staff are helpful. The selection is just OK, there has been more then one time where I went in…
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Largest selection of O'Reilly books I've seen--all organized into one section. What more does a computer nerd need?
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2006
