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The Bindery

4.7 (14 reviews)
Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Denise C.

I love The Booksmith on Haight and I really like their annex The Bindery. I came here today for a Dave Eggers reading event. He has a new children's book. It was really wonderful. The Bindery is really hip and I love the book selection. I have no idea how they manage to maintain two bookstores on Haight, but I guess business is good. Here's to The Bindery!

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Lauren A.

What a cool bookstore! They have a great selection of books, gifts, and a project that organizes books by date instead of by author. It also looks like they have a bar sometimes and they're owned by The Booksmith. Definitely stop by!

Te R.

A new bookstore in the neighborhood. Who knows that we still build more bookstores! They are an expansion from the Booksmith down the street. It's soft opening right now. There's going to be a coffee shop inside. And there are already movie nights going on with beer and wine and popcorn for purchase. The books here are sorted chronologically so it's perfect for browsing and discovering literature that you might have missed from your humanity education. I look forward to hanging out here more when it's hard opened.

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Ashley S.

I actually really enjoyed this store! They have a lot of different books and have a good vibe going. They even have a bar in the back: small but still a bar. It's really cute to lounge and read in if you wanted to. Super good vibes. Very relaxed. I really like it. I wish I had it in MD!

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Super cool place. Bar in the back. The lady in the front with tattoos is suppppper rude though. Felt extremely unwelcome.

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