Solar Express Car Wash is partially powered by an 8-kilowatt solar array and uses its plentiful greywater to irrigate the property. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Buggy Bank, Berkeley used car dealer, backs out of lot on Shattuck; Walsh Brothers auto repair shop gets a reprieve
Longtime manager Jerry Griggs says the Buggy Bank auto-selling business will continue as a concierge service. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Boutique designer sells clothes from her Berkeley Hills garage; New coupon site launches in Berkeley
Xiaoyan Lin, a designer who emigrated from China, opens up her garage for one of her seasonal sales. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Walsh Brothers needs a new home now, teak furniture and ADUs and a new kind of vet care
Louise O’Connor’s house burned down. Three weeks later she lost the lease to her longtime auto repair shop. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Design Within Reach, Nike open new stores on Fourth Street; Elmwood shop helps you recreate lost smells
Design Within Reach has opened the brand’s first ever outdoor showroom in the former HAY space, while Nike has opened a wellness concept store next door. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: A new stitching spot in Elmwood; a bike shop rolls into a former lingerie store
Plus, a new scented candle store and a Berkeley wellness coach with Dissociative Identity looking to help others. Catch up on Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Siamese Dream and Molly b. won’t close after all; Telegraph vendor suffers stroke
Customers who read about the closing sale on Berkeleyside helped Siamese Dream stay in business. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Retail vacancy rates remain high; ‘Barbarella’-inspired hair salon has moved
Berkeley’s ground-floor commercial vacancy rates didn’t budge from 2021 to 2022, according to a new city report. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Company that grows gardens on walls is blooming on Ashby Avenue; dream over for Siamese Dream
Barge North has also closed on College Avenue. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Beloved Berkeley pet food store loses dogged battle to internet retailers; Modena Salon is moving
Animal Farm Discount Pet Foods was a mainstay on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Cedar Street for 35 years. Even the owner’s parrot felt it was time to go.
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Shop Talk: Burned-down West Berkeley tattoo shop reopens in new spot; Fourth Street boutique Aiken is closing
Philthy Clean Tattoo paints itself a new future downtown. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Berkeley’s Ohmega Salvage, famed spot for ‘cool, funky stuff,’ is closing after 49 years
When architectural salvage was cool, Ohmega ruled. Its closing symbolizes the end of an era and changing tastes.
