Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative — Local services in San Francisco

Adobe Books is a longstanding SF hub for artists, vagabonds, and the curious. With over 25 years in the Mission, they've fostered a diverse community of collaborators and supporters who stood with the establishment when they were on the verge of being obliterated from map.

Though I miss their original spot on 16th Street, the new location is much easier to navigate. Lingering encouraged, so grab a seat and read, make new friends,...

Great store, amazing selection and super helpful staff. I mean it. I'm used to walking into small bookstores just to be ignored by pretentious horn-rimmed intellectuals, but the staff here were not only extremely nice and knowledgeable, but worked very hard to help me find what I was looking for. I would have come in just for the conversation we had about the books...

They have a wonderful selection of books and lots of art going on all the time. It’s all community center actually — for arts and music. There’s regular concerts and other events. It’s actually largely run by volunteers now which is a measure of how much of a strong community they have and how much people love it.

26+ years of...