Bay Street is composed of condos/apartments on top and retail on the bottom level. Pre-pandemic, there were a lot more clothing and accessories retailers as well as restaurants open. But Bay Street was facing a rash of closures before the pandemic hit and it’s only exacerbated the closures more quickly and with more finality. There is an Apple store that has security, but is always the target of theft. There’s a 2 story Barnes and Noble bookstore that is open. The AMC theatre has not opened yet (per Alameda County). There isn’t a ton of shopping here anymore, hence the 3 star rating. There is construction going on to create an eatery area and general construction near one of the entrances to parking. There is street level parking. There is also a paid parking garage. I’ve seen food trucks parked and serving in front of the former Old Navy location. Bay Street has nice seating outside of the Barnes and Noble and I’ve been able to unmask to eat and drink. I like to walk to and around Bay Street, but don’t really shop here much since I really only buy groceries and have cut out incidental stuff since the pandemic hit. Pre-pandemic, Bay Street would have holiday events, weekend events geared towards families, and community building events like blood drives. The blood drives have continued, but I hope they’ll restart all of the Bay Street events when it is...
Read moreThis goes for AERIE store:
My wife wanted to buy some items on a promotion for a total cost of $22. The store Clerk #1 told her that they were sold out on some of the colors she wanted, but she could purchase them online and get them shipped home for free.
When another store clerk (Clerk #2) offered to go and check on the back of the store to see if they had the items, the first clerk #1 abruptly told her not to do it and told us to purchase the items online.
On our way back home, we pulled up the website of Aerie only to find that all the items were listed as available on the Bay Street store, and that online purchases only had free shipping for orders larger than $50.
We called the store talked to the Store Manager and, after explaining the whole situation to him, he handed to phone over to another clerk (Clerk #3) as he told us he had other clients to attend. After listening to the story, Clerk #3 was only able to articulate "mm sorry, there's no free shipping.'
It was pretty disappointing that no one in the store seemed to care about the business (except for Clerk #2). Clerk #2, if you're reading this, get the hell out of there and try to surround yourself with people that inspire you or you'll soon become like one of them! Two stars for Clerk #2!! Zero stars for Clerk #1, Store Manager,...
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