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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Canons don't sink ships, Pirates with canons sink ships!" If this quote does not make you chuckle or say YARRR, perhaps this isn't the store for you. For the other 99% of you out there, this is one...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was completely flaberghasted that a place like this existed. I loved the fish theatre, with all the little articles like "what does water do on the weekends?"It's like walking into an art exhibit /...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like the store, but the Peg Leg Oil was leaking when I picked it up and it got all over my good leg. What a waste.
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My friend and I sat and watched the aquarium for 10 minutes. Then we got up and saw the sign that said "Please don't judge the fish."Love love love this place. One of the coolest finds in all of San...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was walking down Valencia, not sure what to do next when I decided to check the location of a pirate store I'd heard about from a friend. Yes, you heard that right--a pirate store.Allegedly run by...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Everything about this shop is super win. Unlike any other pirate crap shop I've been inside in any coastal town, this place has flavor. And I don't mean the obligatory "Blackbeard-ish flag with the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Who doesn't love the pirate store?! I love the backstory, and walking in here is so hilarious and fun! You must go!!!
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pure genius. The tourists will never figure it out ;)Tip: All workshops require a (refundable) $25 deposit to hold the student's place.
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK, it turns out the pirate store is really just a front to get around some zoning laws and to teach kids literacy. WTF! It's like a madrassa for McSweeney's people. Actually, I don't think that's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pirate jokes are too easy and unfunny. Unless said jokes are at 826 Valencia.
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't care how Mission Hipster and Stuffwhitepeoplelikedotcom it is of me to like Dave Eggers. I love him. LOVE HIM. Aside from being an amazing author and an amazing man, he goes through great...
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pirates! Poems! Good deeds! Argh!!!Look behind the counter for back issues of McSweeneys and other publications if you're not in the market for mermaid repellant or a hook for a hand.
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best place to buy your striped pirate socks. They are very high quality and you get to open a bunch of chests and trap doors to find stuff. And they have lots of hard to find booty.
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What is not to like? It is a cool writing center, they sell eye patches and pirate outfits and have strange surprises in the store. Try opening the drawers in the wall and see what is inside - you...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Arrrrrrr!
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A couple of weeks ago a couple of telegraph hill parrots migrated their way onto my balcony and decided to make it their new home (rents are cheap where I live... You can get an entire balcony for...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I don't get it.What am I missing?It's...uh...a pirate supply store but it's way more authentic (?) than I would have guessed. Half museum, half store? I don't know. I love that SF has this kind of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pirate garb seller and a tutoring center all in one! Dude.. sign me up!In preparation for the Elite East Bay sunset schooner event, I paid a visit here to hunt down some proper shipmate attire and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you've ever gotten ROTD on Yelp, you know that giddy feeling of exuberance and flight that can only be brought on by the unexpected, fleeting honor. Though the recognition and glory are gone in a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the coolest store ever! I wasn't sure what it was at first but found out it is a place for kids to learn. There are cool little trap doors in the floor, drawers of neat stuff, but you have...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Out of all the independent pirate supply stores in the city, this one is definitely the coolest.
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place for the fact that there is so much to look at and play with inside AND it's a tutoring center. Went to the Valencia corridor for a stroll on a date and we ended up here. Great place...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This was years ago but, I suck at writitng and getting my thoughts out on paper. I have 826 to thank for helping me with my personal statement for college applications. I got into schools I never...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I miss my buddy CarlRock on 826!
yelp.com - user review - 02/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ahoy Matey! A real, live, pirate shop! Woo Hoo! En route to go to the Ninja Supply Store I took my daughter by to show her all the fun, imaginative, and cool shit they have in this place. The concept...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Seriously, an amazing place, for an awesome cause. I unfortunately used volunteering there as a cover for more nefarious acts (Kidding).I'm telling you, just pretend to work with kids, and people just...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Genius.Why?A non profit center for kids to get tutouring, help, advice, and all the good education stuff you would expect from a solid non profit.Need help in school? GO HERE. Period. Go now.Not...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm so conflicted about my feelings on this place. While the kid in me finds it an amazing playground of nautical treasures, the globally-aware adult in me wonders how a shop devoted to piracy can...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Next time you need a peg leg, a glass eye, or an eyepatch, check out this pirate supply store. They also sell citrus-flavored Vitamin C tablets (in a corked bottle labeled "Scurvy Begone").Even if...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
go get mopped.
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This stretch of Valencia houses some of the greatest boutique shops in San Francisco. Among them lies one of particular repute, innocuously named "826 Valencia". No one would know this is a shopping...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
amazing. literally stubbled in here because paxton gate was closed and was blown away. it took me a good 10 minutes to really grasp what the place was all about but its great. i only wish i could have...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Normally I have a thing against stores that front. You know, the stores that couldn't possibly just be what they seem...it's a crazy facade that no one believes. "Massage parlor", my ass.826 Valencia...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2008
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Best place to go to for improving writing and language arts skills. The tutors at 826 Valencia are professional and friendly. The prices for the tutoring program are reasonable and definitely worth it.
citysearch.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been mopped, have you?I've never actually bought anything in here ,but always bring my friends in to show them some cool SF culture. Of course, it is more than just a pirate shop, I love just...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One time an issue of McSweeney's of mine was lost in the mail and I wrote in asking about it and they offered to set one aside of me at their store.The best. Always fun to walk by and one of the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YARRRRRR!!!!!Dude, it's a pirate store, and this is what a pirate store should look like.Need a glass eye, peg leg cleaner and a book on the habits of Captain Rick? They have you covered, matey.I'll...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've never liked pirates. Never much cared for the sea. Sea sickness, and all. Wood is too woody, salt to salty, buccaneers to bucky. Eyes gross me out so why would I want a glass one. Here's a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOVE the pirate store! I used to come here to get these amazing socks to wear to my trapeze class. I was too embarrassed to go anywhere else to buy thigh length socks back then, plus it's more fun...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The foodie and I come by this shop whenever we're in the area. The hidden compartments in the floor and walls, small aquarium, and general pirate theme is very entertaining. Love this place.
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
ARRG. Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day, and it be fitting that I comment on these scurvy scalliwags. Many bountiful treasures are yours to encounter in yonder shoppe.Bring your dabloons and support...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i'm generally a big fan of anything mcsweeney, and the pirate shop is no exception. where else can a humble land-dweller go to find such fine seafaring supplies? be careful where you step, there may...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is far and above the best Pirate themed shop I've ever been to. I bought a spoon for a dollar, next time I'll pick up one of those clam openers.
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 Valencia Rocks~!What an inspiration, what amazing people! It makes me wish I grew up with something like this around the corner!Go there, play with all the draws, read some of the kids writing,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't yet witnessed the writing classes (which I want to do!), but I have been into the store. It was fantastic! Silly, charming, and totally absurd. I love it. The staff was friendly, and I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
aka the Pirate Storei wish i had babies so they could come dig for buried treasure or dress up like a pirate or even take some of the writing workshops!alas, being the old geezer i am, i like to look...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Free writing classes for the wee tykes. It sells nice publishings written by those at 826 Valencia. The decor rocks. Pirates rule.
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The most tasteful Pirate store I have ever stepped into. You can buy pirate shillings, oyster openers, and sand samples from Fiji.They even have a little booth has a small aquarium in it. This store...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love how it's right next door to Paxton Gate (yeah the place with the freaky stuffed animals that SCARES me, and yet I can't stop looking.)Anyway, back to Pirate Supply Shop...The clerk was super...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I GOT MOPPED!!!!!!!!! If you don't know then I'm not telling you but I was both shocked and, most of all, honored. This place is absolutely amazing. "San Francisco's Only Independently Owned Pirate...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is a really cool place.it also doubles as a pirate store.arrrrr!i love to write here also
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I came here with my um, stepson, and watched his seven-year-old self exclaim in delight at the maaaany cool and rad things in this place. Really? Yes, in SF, where people (in some ways) don't seem to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was not in a great mood when I came to 826 Valencia. In fact, I'd say I was in a terrible do-not-talk-to-me-or-even-look-at-me mood. But since I'm a huge Dave Eggers fan and everyone always asks me...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After reading A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius I started to learn about the author, Dave Eggers and I absolutely love reading books set in the San Francisco bay area. You have to admire the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You might not like Dave Eggers's writing or even his personality, but you've got to give him props for creating 826 Valencia. In a very kid-unfriendly city, 826 stands out as a magical place for...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've only been here once for a panel discussion. The panel discussion was absolutely horrible and boring. On the other hand, the interior is really cool and the pictures and objects are great. I'd...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
what's not to love about this place?!i mean, besides its association with that whole mcsweeney's crowd.still, a pirate store. that's pretty good, you guys.
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's a store about pirates. With trap-doors in the ceiling and fun junk to do when you gotta kill some time. And it's FREE, too. Also, they host writing workshops and other awesome whatnots. I went...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What's not to like about 826 Valencia? A great non-profit and host of City Arts & Lectures. Plus a pirate store! I love opening all the drawers to find the surprises inside. Unique to SF.
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
826 valencia. well, if you want to bring out-of-towners to a store that will really drive home the point about san francisco's obsession with kooky unique stuff, this is it. where else can you stock...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YARR.The trade off for having a Yankee mother and making it all the way to age 7 without relizing that the eightenth letter is, in fact a consonant, "arr", and not "ah," a vowel, is that a wonderful...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Seriously - a pirate store? Really? As in, "Shiver me timbers, matey! Avast! Land ho!"Aye, it is indeed.I have a strange fascination with pirates, stemming from the first visit to the Pirates of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is also one of my favourite stores on this street. The owner wanted to open a place to help children learn to read but since the location was deemed for retail, he opened a pirate store!...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is the kind of place that makes me proud. This kind of spirit makes me sing the praises of this city, the artists it hosts, and their commitment to the community.This place brings me, dare we say...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So if you didn't know by now, this shop sells pirate supplies. Their prices are reasonable and they usually have what I need to set sail and pillage booty. They also have writing workshops for kids. I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yarrrrrrr!!! Every town needs a Pirate Supply Store.Unless you live in San Francisco near this place, or in Brooklyn, where the 826 Valencia companion Super Hero Supply store is, then you cannot...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"I want to go to the pirate store!!!!"Poor John H.He has to put up with all my goofy suggestions and odd ball sentences that end with an awkward "would you explain?!?!" pause.So the other day when it...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We got mopped like suckaaz. And it was okay, since we were at 826 Valencia.I love 826's commitment to the community and to the kids. I love their silliness. I love their fish theater (esp. the very...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Here be a fine, fine store.Yar.
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 Valencia is Dave Egger's writing workshop for kids. Not a pirate store. God these reviews make my head hurt.
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yarr, there's no better place for a pirate to go. When yer Jolly Roger finally rogers off, whar ye gonna get anudder one? What if ye scratch yer eye with yer hook and need a piratically approved...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yoooo Hoooo Yooo Hooo a Pirate's Life For MEEEEEE!YES! This place will make you want to be eleven again! Why eleven, why not! ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!I randomly discovered this treasure when i was strolling...
yelp.com - user review - 12/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 Valencia (The Pirate Store) is a must for all ages. I make it a point to bring all visitors to my fair city to this establishment no matter if they be 3 months or 70 years of age. It is a store...
yelp.com - user review - 12/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
More of an attraction than an actual store, the pirate store at 826 Valencia is one of the quirkiest businesses in San Francisco. Half of the merchandise doesn't even make business sense -- glass...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Arggg, it's the pirate store!!! When you enter it, you are magically whisked away to another world (okay, not literally, but this spot is all about expanding your immagination- so use it or lose it)...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Tis a fine establishment. Making a purchase sure plunters your booty, but it helps the young'ins learn to read.Yar
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love the pirate store. i love it so. i visited this weekend, and perused the drawers full of twine and the witty plaques. i also, for the first time ever, bought a tshirt from 826 valencia. now i...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Did that many people really propose in the fish theater? Genius!If you only go to one quirky shop in the Mission, make it 826 Valencia. It's a pirate store, of course, but it's so much more than...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We went there on Sunday with our out-of-town guest.My partner got mopped. I'm jealous.I'll be back.
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Karl is King!Every time I'm in the mission I go out of my way to come here and watch Fish Theater. It's amazing. The fish are really great actors and they always make me smile. I just wish I could...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place makes me want to have kids.Especially after I got mopped. I love Dave Eggers.
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is awesome on steroids. I just wish I could have come here as a kid. It rekindles all of the creative fires that I let die out long ago.
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK, as a store, this place is just OK. I mean, it doesn't really have things you'd want in most occasions. Although the dice in front always temp me. Directional/body part dice? Sounds like fun. But...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
In the venerable McSweeney's Lists tradition, I present to youTHE MOST COMMON ADJECTIVES USED TO DESCRIBE THE PIRATE STORE AT 826 VALENCIAPlunderificSuperlafitteBarbarytasticBluebeardyParrotic...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This might be my favorite place in San Francisco. The Captain found and introduced me to it and I could love him forever for that reason alone. We still stop in if we're walking by and laugh at the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty sweet pirate store. But I didn't see any parrots - that would really be sweet. But they do have a fish theater. Regardless, lots of cool stuff and lots of cool books. Friendly too.
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
dave eggers deserves a 'i'm not worthy' shoutout. this organization is a-mazing and i got goosebumps when kids came by asking to sign up, i can't imagine what stories they'll come up with. i love...
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love love love what this place does and stands for. I love that when I was in earlier this week to pick up my eye patch (a red one!), there was a mess o' kids in the back doing learny type...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Sure, I'm sick of the whole pirate-ninja-zombie craze at this point, too, but the pirate store at 826 Valencia is old-skool: they were there before the craze started. And where else can you buy pirate...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i bought a t-shirt and a lovely piece of parchment which outlines a few of the uses one can find for lard. hooray!ps: pufka, you looked incredibly thin today.
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is incredible. I've never been in a more interesting store. Someone got 'mopped' while I was there... i.e. the clerk opened up a large bucket of mop hair that fell onto a customer
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Anyone who gives this place less than five stars clearly has no soul or no heart and deserves to be strung up on the yard arm and left for the gulls to peck his (or her!) eyes out.The a wealth of good...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you Dave Eggers, for bringing piratittude to our fair city!Such benevolent and kind pirates you are. We need boatfuls of you:)
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The first week I moved to San Francisco I went to a reading in support of Modern Times Bookstore--it was in danger of closing. Dave Eggers was there and afterward I briefly spoke with him about...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I discovered 826 Valencia when a newsletter addressed to an ex-tenant of my apartment landed on the doorstep. I illegally read through it, impressed by the impact and progress that one small...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Still looking for the right reason to drop by and pay for some lard here. Luckily, the staff are so great they let me just drop in and chat without it. Everything about this place is right. The...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK, the pirate store is great--nothing like it anywhere. The writing workshops are admirable. McSweeney's rules. But the BEST thing about this place are the window displays. They are the coolest...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love pirates (and ninjas, and cowboys), so naturally this is one of the first places we had to visit upon moving to SF. We picked up a wealth of supplies, and had fun browsing through the tiny...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stumbling into 826 Valencia in a bit of a disoriented state, my visitors and I were thoroughly puzzled to find a store full of pirate stuff. Is this stuff actually for sale? Is that *really* a huge...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite place in the world. Be sure to look under the trap door in the floor. Try to get mopped. The fish are the best. I believe the volunteer waiting list is months long.
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Once you've taken the time to get to know a new city, it's time to do some volunteering. Definitely, everyone should do it at 826. This place fills a community need by tutoring kids after school and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
An excellent source for all your pirate and molding young minds needs.
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oy matey!
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As a piratephile, I naturally gravitated to a place that bills itself as a pirate store... with an educational mission to boot!I took my good lady-friend here for eye-patch shopping, and we reveled in...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Most people miss this shop completely... And those that do wander in seldom notice the wonderful Chris Ware comic painted about the entrance. Now cross the street, turn around, and look up. Isn't that...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A -hoy matey!My boyfriend and I volunteered here. He's an engineer and not so great with the kiddies, I thought this would be a great way to loosen him up. Plus he's super smart and likes to tell...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Genius. Have been enjoying Eggers books for years, and after stumbling into 826 years ago, I fell in love. Here is a link to a complete story from Benefit magazine =...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have a two-year-old nephew. He lives far away, but someday, when he is a little older, he is going to come visit his Auntie in San Francisco and I am going to take him to 826 Valencia and we are...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
At a concert, I got punched by a skinhead who gave me a nasty black eye. The next day at work, the head of my H.R. Department pulled me aside and told me "If I need to talk about my problems at home,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say, I break for pirates.I own an eye patch.And this place won me over with a drawer on the wall that simply said "Replacements". What was inside? Extra pirate hooks, of course!Go ahead,...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The number of people purchasing pirate paraphernalia at this store and enjoying it tickles me. But what's all the more impressive about this place is what goes on behind the scenes--er, behind the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Come on, we all know that you live in San Francisco because you're a bit of a rebel.At what better way to let it out by taking a trip to your friendly, neighborhood Pirate Store! This is a small...
yelp.com - user review - 05/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have a great dirty pirate joke but out of respect to 826 Valencia, the children, and all the great things they do for education and literacy, I shall refrain.Genius genius I tell you for coming up...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love the fun concept of this place, especially the drawers, the warning signs and the aquarium in the alcove. it's one of the best things to check out if you're in this part of the Mission. what else...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm proud that I live in a city with a store where I can buy pirate supplies, specifically a turquoise eye patch for my girlfriend. Though I think she would have preferred a nude eye patch like the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Every town in the world needs a pirate shop. I don't know what we did before it existed. The drawers, explore them. The fish, revere him. The literacy that is happening, take advantage of it. Be...
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Literary programs for youth are good. Lard is good. Put them together like a Reeses peanut butter cup and you have yourself one of the best things going on in San Francisco. Thanks for coming back to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fun to poke around. Wasn't sure if you were supposed to buy anything (drawer with old wine corks?). Love the tiny fish theater. Left with a smile and a Literary Map of San Francisco.
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm opting out of the Pirate jokes...this review is about ONE THING!!FAKE MICE!!!! Not rats...MICE!!All nasty!!!You have all seen mice. You know their coloring!! Disgusto!!Have you ever had mice in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't think I ever call this place "826 Valencia," I refer to it as the Pirate Supply Store. Not to be confused with the Ninja Supply Store (also in the Mission, and also not really called the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
being a lifelong resident of brooklyn, my first exposure to 826 valencia was actually through it's nyc counterpart in park slope (the superhero supply company.) i'm partial to the latter (i think...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My gang of ped legged pirates and i hang out here so beware mateys. whenever i'm down or confused i try to come here to get some oomph back into my life (ie pirates put the umph back into me).I like...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Treasures you will find on this ship:-gracious tutoring for children-a place to replenish your pirate supplies = lard and glass eyeballs-an innovative, creative, escape from realityplace for children...
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Jay H. called me up and said, "I'm bored, and I wanna go to the pirate store." If you know Jay H, you know that you don't say no to Jay H. I mean, I would TOTALLY say no to Jay H., 'cus I ain't...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite shops in San Francisco, I bought my nephews their Christmas gifts here and was awarded the moniker of "World's Coolest Uncle", as least according to them. Nephew's favorite items:...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am a ninja. The pirate is my natural enemy. Be warned.
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Perfect place to go on a date, sit in the private aquarium and linger into each others eyes..and if they're literate you can pick the lates MucSweenys full of interesting essays....
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this review is in response to daniela r.'s review for: 826 ValenciaI love pirates, therefore i love the pirate store.Minus one star because the cook didn't offer to cook something special when I said...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I froze when I walked past. It's the same sort of body dejavu that happens when a smell triggers a long lost memory, or a picture brings back a piece of childhood you thought was gone forever. back...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Where else would a self respecting Pirate get their supplies. Wait...do pirates self respect? Seriously, this is a great place to get lost and browse and buy things for a good cause.
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I bring all of my out of town guests here and wait for them to get mopped.
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fucking rad. Pirate supplies out front. Writing workshops for kids in the back. Buy an eyepatch, volunteer to help a kid bring his Star Wars fantasies to life on paper. And you don't have to read...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you enjoy volunteering with kids, this is a great place and the people who run it - Erin, Jory, etc. are wonderful. I'm not a connoisseur of pirate paraphernalia, so I can't really comment on the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Only in San Francisco would you find a PIRATE STORE. This is one of the reasons I love San Francisco.
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thank you for all that you do for Bay Area students. The Pirate store is great and all, but what happens in the back is truly magical. 826 represents what education should be - passionate, committed...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
pirates, skulls, and treasure hunting = love.educating & supporting youth = love.karl = love.vat o'lard = gross, but love for the kitsch value. plus, I want to see you put your hand in. go ahead, all...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've started working at 826 as a volunteer tutor for their after school program. They provide a safe, supervised place for kids to go after school where they can get help with their homework or hang...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
were i a child i would have liked being forgotten by my mother there forced to spend the night. still would.
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was standing there reading the "I was mopped. Why me?" sign, wondering what "mopped" meant, when all of a sudden I was mopped.It was a surprising experience.
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yar. I love pirates. They are certainly better than ninjas. Here are the reasons:-Pirates have big ships.-Disneyland has no rides for ninjas.-Pirates yo ho ho with a bottle of rum.-"3 Ninjas Knuckle...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the better pirate stores in the city. A bit short on the essentials (sails, deck mops, rum, parrots, scurvy dogs,etc.) but you can't beat the selection of good old fashion...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
yaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the only place you need to go for all of your pirate supply needs. Eye patches? Check! Beard timmings? Check! Lard (as a seasonal salad dressing)? Check! Really this place has it all....
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The pirate store at 826 Valencia is quite fun--where else can you buy eye patches, pirate flags, feather quills, and plundered bullion? Back issues of "The Believer" and McSweeny's, along with a few...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What the hell could be better than this? It's a pirate supply store in the mission that uses the allure of the open seas to trick kids into learning to read and write. It's what the Derek Zoolander...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a cool place to spend an hour or three...All the little things to look at... all the glass eyeballs to contemplate.And the fish theater... How I wish I could be a witness to Otka's...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Certainly 826 Valencia makes a fun afternoon in the Mission. It's a perfect pirate getaway. Bring your imagination and peruse the nooks and crannies decked out in pirate loot. You'll want to sit with...
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to volunteer here, when I had more free time. This place is an excellent community resource that deserves your support.
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Whether I am volunteering, finding a cool book for a friend, or just replacing my own glass eye, 826 has it all! I highly recommend subscribing to the 826 Quarterly as well.
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is simply fantastic. Look for the sister store - the ACME Superhero Supply Co. in NYC. Clever do-gooders, I heart you. Even if you have a peg leg and an eye-patch.
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ever since I was introduced to Dave Eggers book, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" I've followed his career pretty intently. From his publishing company, McSweeney's, to his other books "You...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the coolest of the many random, random shops along Valencia. How many places have you ever been that have a Pirate theme? No really - they're a pirate store. With pirate accessories, random...
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The glass pyramid (was a lightbulb in a deck) makes a great gift. I'd die without my "Bring Your Own Citrus" t-shirt.And they let me touch everything.Except the lard! They've covered up the lard!...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For a good cause, fun things to look at, and---huh?---I can buy my own pimped-out eye-patch? Or a T-shirt with a pirate shaking hands with a skeleton on the front with the caption "Bring You Own...
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
No trip to San Francisco is complete without a visit to this Mission fixture.If the deck is salty, there will be lashings!
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had to shop here for my Johnny Depp-obsessed sister. It's a fun, feel good place with lots to explore in a very tiny area. I wasn't sure what most of the things in the store cost, but the whole...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This shop kicks ass... where else can you sit in a tiny blowfish theatre room and walk out the door with a glass eyeball? Beware for trap doors...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
after moving to the hood, i took my new roommate here for our first "bonding" experience (kind of like a first date, but better...and yet no one puts out at the end).we wandered the troves of treasure...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Fantastic little literati shop. Staff is friendly, nerdy and knowledgable. Check out the custom made perfumes and their publications. A great place to take post post modernist, swashbuckling,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Not only is this a store front for an amazing kids workshop it's a treasure trove of fun and excitement. Never know what's in that drawer or when a member of the staff is going to drop a box of mops...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah for kooky creativity!! I still remember my first time, quizzically sticking my hand into drawers wondering if I was going to be jolted by a nasty surprise (guess I saw the rat traps later than I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The pirate store rocks! Eveything I need to take of my lilly-liveredness and my scurvy!
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is such a fabulous enterprise, I can think of no reason why anyone would give it less than stars. As noted by previous yelpers, the accompanying Pirate Supply Store is more or less a bonus to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 valencia is my favorite. place. ever. in san francisco. the fish theatre is mandatory weekly for de-stressing. oh, otka, will you marry me?
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a great store! The pirate shop is really just a front for the writing workshop that serves anyone who needs writing help and is staffed with volunteers of all kinds. It's a great concept and very...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wow, what a cool pirate store! I love the way you find stuff in the drawers and the touchy-feely kind of things you do here (hard to explain in writing). The only thing I would like better is if it...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
best store in the mission. best store with a mission. some of the proceeds (or all, i dont know) go to in house writing programs for youth. everytime i walk through the doors i feel like a kid again...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What is it about McSweeney's that is so cool? Well they run a pirate store to fund a children's reading/writing program here for one. And for two, all of their books are like little art objects on...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely the place to go for well-printed, creatively spell-checked parchment hangings for your place of business. You can't remind your crew too many times that you'll not tolerate inappropriate...
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went to Captain Rick's Booty Cove and they sold translucent eye patches, inadequate lard vats, and unvarnished peg legs.826 Valencia is the only place to buy your pirate gear.
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
dude. PIRATES. The lard vat. The fish theater. PIRATES! What else do I have to say? PIRATES!edit: ps: PIRATES!!!!!
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
arrrrrgh. had. to. do. that. clearly by the reviews this place friggin' rocks.my favorite part of 826? the high potential for impulse buying. there are so many fabulous items, a perfect location for...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love saying that one of my neighbors is a pirate store. 826 Valencia gives the 800 block of Valencia great character, which says a lot in this part of the Mission, and it's one of the first places I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wonderful idea (pirate store/ writing workshop to bring up local talent, great great great with local kids) great execution, but two questions.A) Why is the super hero store in Brooklyn? I think SF...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Aaarg! Long live Karl!If you haven't been to the Pirate Supply Store yet, you're missing out.
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Will they open up another branch in the Barbary Coast where it belongs? Coming all the way out to the Mission to stock up on my pirate supply is tough, especially with a peg leg and limited peripheral...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Generally a good choice for your piracy-related needs. Apparently their lard is not lard at all, but Crisco. I was informed of this by a lard snob. Yes, there are actually people who are snobby...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place makes me laugh. Its pirate theme inspires one to read Treasure Island. Thanks David!
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hooked me up with a bitchin eye patch when I had need. Also, awesome $1 wonder twin rings. Gotta represent for fake bling. Plus, all the lard you could ever want.
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a cool place, matey. As everyone else has said, read, open, touch, and smell everything. If you're lucky enough, you might get mopped! And do check out the fishies. Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Come on, you know we all just like it so we can say to our out of town friends, "...and now we can go to this little pirate shop I know..."
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is an establishment that encourages imagination and questions - a staple to the city. You get swept into an entirely different world when you step into 826. Kinda reminds me of a Harry Potter...
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Come with me to a preview screening of Pixar's newest film, 'Cars,' and help the creative kids at 826 Valencia! Two extremely exceptional groups, 826 Valencia (the Children's Creative Writing...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2006
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826 Valencia is a pirate supply shop. For all you marauders of the 7 seas, this is the place for all your 'faring needs. Eye patches, lard, boots, frilly shirts, compasses… oh, and the back room happe...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a unique little shop in the mission. They've got like a little cartoon exterior so you have no idea what the deal with the shop is (I obviously wasn't in the know). You walk into the shop and...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The coolest independent Pirate store EVER! 826 Valencia volunteers rock!
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
ARGGGGG, Matie! anyone that doesn't love this store and what it supports - make 'em walk down the plank and feed 'em to the sharks! the first time i went i stuck my hand in the lard. be careful of...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Better selection and quality than some of the pirate-supply shops down in the Pirate District.
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Rad, for being altuistic and watching out for the Youth of today. I have a book of short stories that David Sedaris wrote the intro for, profits go to the writing shop here and in NY. Boo for the fact...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
THE place for all of your pirate needs. Whenever I need a new quill, hook, or eye patch, I look here. They also have a cool fish tank viewing room off to the side where I can reminisce about my days...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever I desire something whimsical and witty, yet intrinsically worthless, I come here to examine the vast quantities of blather published by McSweeney's, 826's parent publishing company. Because...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Gourmet G's spot on in his review - except he missed the best part of this store (aside from the cool classes they offer kids) - is the fish theatre at the front. The puffer fish has a personality...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is where I get all my booty.
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 Valencia's a fun pirate store with a chained off area in the rear for a learning center. Your visit cannot be complete without purchasing an eyepatch. But I'd give it five stars even without the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dave Eggers knows how to shiver a whole lot o me timbers!
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, like I still don't really get what this place is truly about. But I don't want to know the truth. I like pretending it is what it seems... a place to buy pirate supplies. This shop is like no...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is the only place where someone can go "errrrrrrr" at me and i won't get annoyed.well, since there are already 70 love letters on 826 valencia, i'll just make it short.826 valencia is one of the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
how can you not love it!? I send out of towners there all the time, and they always are as charmed as I was when I first went years ago.
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yaaar Matey!! The best place in all of the briny deep to get me booty, and fer just a few doubloon! Shiver me timbers, 'tis fer the kiddies in the aft' of the store. Me hearties be helpin' 'em read...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the feeling of this store is just exciting. suddenly, all the items that you believed had been part of fairy tale and lore are now part of reality. between the lard and the vat, the drawers filled...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Basically I live in a bad neighborhood. Basically I walk home at 3am sometimes. Basically I'm usually wearing high heels during these 3am walks. Sometimes you need to show your neighborhood who's...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Definitely one of the top five pirate stores I've been to recently."--David ByrneCouldn't agree with you more, Dave. I took my students here on a FREE field trip a few weeks ago and they absolutely...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I'm jonesing for some good (usually locally produced) writing AND need to get a replacement hook or peg leg, 826 Valencia is the only way to go.
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I went here and bought black and white thigh high socks. When I'm back in the bay area, I'm getting another pair. Everything here is fabulously hysterical, and it helps that everything is going...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pirate store, obviously real cool. Center for writing and culture, also obviously real cool.
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Support your locally owned pirate store. Don't shop at Captain Rick's!
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think the project Eggers and co. has going for the kiddies and, to a lesser extent, the aspiring adult writers in SF is a wonderful, laudable thing. The pirate store is a cool gimmick, too, but...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Check out the fish tank which has a different mood each day of the week. Open all the drawers, and the trap door in the floor, buy McSweeneys and an eyepatch...and don't stick your hand in the lard,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 is such an asset to this city. Not only can you get all larded and eyepatched up before a big date, but you and said date can take your future child there for an amazing, volunteer-based writing...
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2006
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When you shop at 826 Valencia, you're helping a great cause!826 Valencia was created by a best-selling writer. He wanted to give something back to his Mission neighborhood when his book did well. ...
judysbook.com - user review - 01/11/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This store makes me wish I had kids... and trust me, not much makes me want to have kids. I was especially delighted by the storekeep's recount of a fellow who came in and sat himself in front of the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pirate stuff, Lard, Rope, Trap doors, and a fish?!? What more could anyone ask for? I can't wait to have my kids so that they can come into this store!
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Glass eyes, Lard and Booty, this place has it all.
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Before me long monts at sea, but after me trips to the brothels and grog shops, me need to stock up on valable nececities, and this be the place fer me. But last time me was there they had no barrels...
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely one of the top five pirate supply stores in the Western USA. Plus good writers' workshops, if you're into that sort of thing.
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love pirates, skulls, and karl!karl is king!when i have kids, they're gonna go to the writing center they have... awesome possum!!!
yelp.com - user review - 11/04/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
826 Valencia is Dave Eggers clubhouse in the Mission. From here, he and his allies run McSweeney's, a publishing company, a pirate supply store, and a youth writing workshop. You can donate money or...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The only place in town to get my pirate supplies and lard. Be sure to ask for a "mopping" the next time you're in there.Also, such a worthy organization to support. Donate money, donate time!
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
YAR! the bay area's only independant pirate supply store is always great for a laugh. i bring out of towners by all the time, and i win bets because no one believes we have a pirate supply store. oh...
yelp.com - user review - 10/13/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Arrrr mateys. This has got to the best pirate store in the city.Also a great place to get your copy of The Believer or McSweeneys, right from the source.It seems like I'm spending $40 a month in this...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Established by author Dave Eggers, this is primarily an educational program for youngsters aged eight to eighteen who wish to improve their writing skills through free tutoring, or learn new ones in...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2005
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I love 826 Valencia. The pet project of writer Dave Eggers, it is a pirate store, reading work-shop place rolled into one. You can pick up the latest from McSweeney's Press and an eye patch or peg leg...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/12/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Don't get mopped!
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place makes me absolutely unconcerned about any reservations I might otherwise have about Dave Eggers, whether as person or as literary celeb. 826 Valencia is a wonderful institution and I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is where I get all of my long stripey socks and spyglasses. I wouldn't dream of going anywhere else, especially not Captain Rick's (they once sold me a termite-infested pegleg). Be sure to poke...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Karl is King
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
At least the second best pirate store you'll ever set foot in, and home to a giant barrell of lard that for some reason gets depleted by its patrons.
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You have to love it even if you find the whole McSweeney's thing *so* late 90's. Get your Dad an eyepatch and spyglass for Father's Day. And I *dare* someone to give this place fewer than 5 stars. I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you're looking for pirate gear, you may have noticed an abhorrent lack of viable alternatives. Thankfully, there's this place.
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We love 826! Your neighborhood independent pirate supply store, but really a front for Dave Egger's 826 Valencia Writing Project. You can still buy glass eyes, lard, and very weird stuff in jars, of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm an 826er for life. That's the way it goes -- they give you the secret handshake, the pirate tattoo ... Seriously, I volunteer with these guys and every purchase of an eye patch (and who doesn't...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Proceeds go to the in-house writing workshops for kids, very cool. Silly pirate gear for sale, my favorite was the huge bucket of lard you can slog through. I dinged them a star because they have a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever my mates come ashore, they come here to stock up on supplies. Some of the best plank wood in town, and prices that are hard to beat. I challenge you to find a better pirate supply store, in...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Pirate Supply Store. Related somehow to McSweeney's, which I personally find a little too precious, but many of my friends love. The selection is pretty limited, but choice: eye patches, hooks, pirate...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2004
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