Artisan Place — Local services in Castro Valley

The store looked liked it possibly had some cute items, but I didn’t make it further in than five feet or so. I have never been greeted so rudely in a store as I was here this morning. As someone who has worked in retail my entire life, I was shocked. I arrived at 11:12 and the sign said they opened at 11. The “closed” sign was still up, but the door was unlocked and slightly open, so I went in to ask if they were open, and the woman who works there loudly said “OH I GUESS WERE OPEN AND PEOPLE CANT READ”. I was like “I can read and it says your open at 11 and the door was open as well”. At that point she started arguing with...

I finally visited this place after almost a decade of living close by. Wonderful store with all handmade goods and lovely antiques. Purchased some beautiful gifts for family. Janine was one of the jewelry and candle makers manning the store and gave me a great tour of all her handmade items as well as indulged my love of antique jewelry opening several cabinets for me to try on pieces. This store has it all from knits, embroidery on towels, jam, jewelry, aprons, and handmade soaps and tea. Fabulous shopping...

A great consignment store. Since it's Christmas time there's a good amount of Christmas products. I really enjoyed the stamp collection in the back middle of the store. The biggest issue I had was trying to explore the store. The aisles are only wide enough for one person. And there didn't seem to be enforcement of store capacity. There was a verbal reminder to socially distance, but...