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Cute Dog Park
This lovely enclosed dog park is among 2 or three parks exclusively for the animals. There is lots...
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This lovely enclosed dog park is among 2 or three parks exclusively for the animals. There is lots of activities within this large enclosed place design for the 4 legged critters. A great place to hang out and just check the coming and goings of other pet lovers. There is a small area to the side to tame your dog, then a walking area and an area that is similar to a small opsticle course for them! ^_^ very fun!
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Not Like its namesake...but...
Central Park of San Mateo is obviously not like the one in New York, but it's still fun to be in....
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Central Park of San Mateo is obviously not like the one in New York, but it's still fun to be in. They have a baseball field, tennis courts, and soccer fields. They also have fun sturdy swings (there aren't that many swings in parks, nowadays). I love their minituare choo-choo train (i think rides are for a dollar), and it's the perfect place for a picnic or to just tan :0
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Center Court Tennis
Category:
Tennis Racket Restringing
300 E 5th Ave
San Mateo,
California
(650) 343-1888
Great store, excellent service
This is a pretty big store for a tennis only store. They have everything ranging from clothes to...
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This is a pretty big store for a tennis only store. They have everything ranging from clothes to racquets. Staff is very knowledgeable and introduced me to Volkyl, a brand that I had never heard of, but I really like now. You can try out racquets (I think it might cost you $5-10 to try out 2 or 3), but any money you put down goes towards the purchase of a new racquet. That's a real nice policy to have - it helps you really decide which racquet you like better. They also do a great job restringing racquets and even put a new grip on my racquet while they were at it.
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a treasure for gamers
Although it has the word hobby in its name Gator Games ia all about game and comics. For such a...
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Although it has the word hobby in its name Gator Games ia all about game and comics. For such a small store they have a fantastic selection of games from every genre, including all of those great games from Europe that never seem to be mainstream enough here to be carried at Toys R Us (think Settlers of Catan). For roleplayers there is a good selection of books and of course they cater to comic and CCG buyers as well. They are constantly holding Magic or Pokeman or Yu Gi Oh tournaments and the know how to make it fun,
Best of all, Gator is famous for their 20% off sales where pretty much the entire store is on sale. COmbine that with no shipping cost and this is a very good LOCAL alternative to online game shopping.
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B Street Smoke Shop
Category:
Tobacco Products
216 2nd Ave
San Mateo,
California
(650) 340-0343
They Really Cleaned Up Their Act!
This store has been here for a very long time. The windows to the street used to look amateur, with...
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This store has been here for a very long time. The windows to the street used to look amateur, with hand lettered signs and tobacco products for sale next to used flea market style items. Inside, you would see a bunch of old men chatting, drinking coffee and playing cards. They sold things like dirty books and cigars. Now it's a respectable smoke shop, with some thought to the stock and display windows, and I really can't crack on the place anymore.
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Capezio Dance Theatre Shop. . .
I liked this shop.. I was looking for dance shoes because I needed them for my dance practice. So I...
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I liked this shop.. I was looking for dance shoes because I needed them for my dance practice. So I was looking online and I found this store..so one day I went and I found the shoes I needed, the prices arent too bad. The clothes are a little expensive,though.I saw these cute sweatpants and it said Dancer on the side of the leg, It cost about $25.But I didnt buy them,and then a keychain was $6! I thought it was going to be like 3 dollars the most...
Then the workers there could've have been more friendly. But they did ask me if I needed help like twice. . Overall I would go to this store again.
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Ritz Camera Center
Category:
Cameras & Supplies
352 Hillsdale Mall
San Mateo,
California
(650) 345-1678
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Moved to a new location, but not out of business!
Bob's Collectibles was part of the small antiques row located behind Safeway at 17th ave. Last...
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Bob's Collectibles was part of the small antiques row located behind Safeway at 17th ave. Last month, they closed after having a huge sale. They have moved to a new location on 37th avenue in San Mateo, one that is smaller and less expensive. I overheard the co-op dealer at Bob's mention that the rent at the old location was three thousand a month, and it really was huge. It was full too. But check them out at the new store, because life goes on.
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Winners
Category:
Sporting Goods
Hillsdale Mall
San Mateo,
California
(650) 571-7862
GET Y0UR AiR F0RCES HERE.
Whenever I need to buy some shoes, I usually come to Hillsdale. I used to go to Foot Locker until I...
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Whenever I need to buy some shoes, I usually come to Hillsdale. I used to go to Foot Locker until I discovered Winners downstairs. Foot Locker doesn't really have much variety anymore, and Winners has Nike Air Force Ones which are starting to be hard to get. Anyways, Winners has some really nice shoes, sweaters, and other athletic/urban-ish clothing. I don't really like their salespeople, though, (or the ones who answer the phone at least). I called once to ask if they had any Air Forces left (I couldn't come to their store until the weekend), and the guy kept annoyingly trying to convince me to come as soon as possible because they run out fast (but he wouldn't let me put a hold on them). However, I called three days later, and there were still many shoes left. Plus, they don't want to bother looking up the sizes and prices for you. When you ask, they get an attitude. But, hey, if you don't care about customer service, come here.
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Come C
Category:
Antiques & Collectibles
159 South Blvd
San Mateo,
California
(650) 571-8084
A Feast of Antiques you can barely walk through
An afternoon on the B street antique row would not be complete without a visit to Come C. They have...
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An afternoon on the B street antique row would not be complete without a visit to Come C. They have items outside on the sidewalk, and when you get inside, you realize why. It's packed so full that even a petite person has to watch every step to make sure they don't knock anything over. It's that tight. But everywhere you turn, you get flashed back. I think it might be a collective with various dealers, so not much room for bargaining here, but they do have occasional sales.
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