Standard 5 & 10 Ace and Stan's Kitchen — Local services in San Francisco

Stan's is great. He's got just about everything you might need from a neighborhood upscale kitchen supply shop (if that was actually a thing now...) So, we're quite fortunate to have Stan' s in our neighborhood..

Stan is extremely pleasant, perfectly helpful when help is sought, and genuinely pleased to have you in his store, I believe... well I get that feeling anyhow. I have to simmer down a bit before entering, bc literally bull in china shop.

I focus on breathing and not making any sudden moves. I stay silent bc speaking for me involves conducting a symphony orchestra with my hands, and that's when I'm not drawing imaginary X~Y plots in the air to graph the variable in question vs time or distance or cost; inevitably it's almost always an exponential plot (and not on Log(x) paper) so you know, that means accelerating long sweeping upward flaps of my hands at full wingspan (6ft ish) and like, there's a lot of ceramic and glass on multilevel displays in there... You're almost up to your neck in it, indeed mini labyrinth of walls composed of fancy glass vessels, loaded with potential energy... a direct result of being pulled to their respective altitudes against the gradient field of earth's gravity, living only for an opportunity to play the falling game, and who can blame them when 32 feet per second per second is the going rate these days?!

Just so you know- Stan's was for some reason auto corrected to 'Satan's" and I'm lucky I caught that bc I never re-read or proof read anything I write. So there was almost that. The two entities could not be further apart, in my brief but hunchy judgement. Meaning. Stan is a nice guy. Runs a clean shop. Really organized. Has thoughtful selection and lots of practical items.

Shop here first before heading to Williams Sonoma or Bed Bath Boredom esp prior to such far flung locales as the warehouse district, which incidentally, is now zombie apocalypse in real life. Minefield of detritus and human waste.... nevermind. I don't like to end a positive review leaving a bad taste in the readers mouth. (Really it should be bad smell in readers olfactory, because the large majority of what we think we experience via "taste" is actually smell. (You can test this out by holding your nose as you eat flavorful food and just getting real honest with yourself about how interesting it really tastes now))

I do love ending by closing out an embedded parenthetical...

I walked into ACE wearing a mask around my face and thought to myself, ’This is the place with a whole lot of grace where I can buy things post haste.’ I was greeted cheerfully at the front door of the store by a gracious cashier named Tony. I wanted to buy some novelties so he showed me to the right sections of the store with a smile and gave elaborate descriptions of each and every item I was looking for in a smooth, slick manner. He clearly knows his stuff and answered all questions that I had about pricing and overall product value with such exquisite expertise that it appeared to me as though this cool, clean-cut, courageous cat was more like the proprietor of the retail outlet! When he took my money at the register, he asked me if I found everything I was looking for, helped me figure out how to work the debit card procedure, and handed me my receipt with utmost enthusiasm. Right away, it appeared to me that Tony really loves his job, is a real people person, and is a true ace when it comes to knowing ACE’s inventory inside and out, top to bottom, in all departments. Tony thanked me in a friendly manner for my business following the transaction at the register, and I walked away with a smile on my face and my intended purchase proudly in hand. I will definitely be returning to ACE whenever I need to obtain one or more of ACE’s everyday inventory offerings, in hopes of having Tony be my cashier at least once (or twice) more. Just like the card itself: Tony holds the authentic Heart of ACE. I will certainly spread the good word about him and ACE’s wonder and...

Possibly the best Ace in town (but I haven’t been to all of them yet.) The staff are always helpful and I love browsing the large selection. Extremely well stocked selection of greeting cards. Jewish holidays? They have the greeting card for it. The place to go for seasonal decorations, stationary, crafting projects and toys. Wool detergent!

And of course the hardware and tools section.. it’s worth a visit. You are highly likely to find something that you forgot you need..

The only item I am missing is : darning /...