Mission, San Francisco · shop
The last bookstore standing on what was once Valencia Street's literary mile, Dog Eared has outlasted every one of its former neighbors since opening in 1992. Anarchist zines share shelves with Beat literature, noir paperbacks, Michelle Tea poetry, and Nina Simone CDs in a collection that's delightfully eclectic. The shoebox-sized shop still writes receipts by hand, usually with a shop dog somewhere nearby.