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Convenient stop-on for pet supplies in the EAV
Park Pet Supply offers a great selection of pet supplies, foods and toys for a variety of pets—dogs, cats, lizards, birds, etc.
It’s amazing how much stock they are able to fit in their small East...
Park Pet Supply offers a great selection of pet supplies, foods and toys for a variety of pets—dogs, cats, lizards, birds, etc.
It’s amazing how much stock they are able to fit in their small East Atlanta Village space. But they manage to keep the store very well organized and inviting.
The staff is very helpful and friendly, and they take care of you, dispensing advice when you need it.
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Good service; most makes and models
Scott Sherman Auto Care provides quick, thorough service to most makes and models (they’ve done good work on my VW). Convenient location on Eastlake Ave south of the I-5 overpass. Show AAA card for...
Scott Sherman Auto Care provides quick, thorough service to most makes and models (they’ve done good work on my VW). Convenient location on Eastlake Ave south of the I-5 overpass. Show AAA card for discounts on service. Mailing list keeps you up to date on scheduled maintenance. Call ahead but they can often fit you in same day.
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Seattle Volvo specialists
Larry’s Volvo is the local Volvo shop of record. Great reputation. They’ve done work on my wife’s s70 with 160,000 miles. Expertise in new and high-mileage models stretching back 20 years. Flyers for...
Larry’s Volvo is the local Volvo shop of record. Great reputation. They’ve done work on my wife’s s70 with 160,000 miles. Expertise in new and high-mileage models stretching back 20 years. Flyers for restored classic Volvo wagons decorate the waiting area of the shop. Call ahead for an appointment; they’ve been able to fit me in the same day.
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Great, honest service; no frills whatsoever
Another mechanic recommended the conservatively named Auto Shop to me when my high-mileage American car started falling apart during my dirt-poor days after college. I would have kept going there...
Another mechanic recommended the conservatively named Auto Shop to me when my high-mileage American car started falling apart during my dirt-poor days after college. I would have kept going there after I junked the heap, but I bought a VW, and become one of THOSE people.
Working from an inconspicuous location on a backroad near PDK airport in Chamblee, the guys are fast, honest and skilled. And very reasonably priced.
Call ahead to make sure they can see you, but most likely they’ll be able to fit you in the same or next day.
NOTE: They claim to service all "American and Foreign" cars
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Excellent bread, nice café in Eastlake
Grand Central bakery is one of the small Seattle bakeries that building the city’s national reputation for artisan bread. Thick crusty loaves with names I can’t even pronounce. You find the bread at...
Grand Central bakery is one of the small Seattle bakeries that building the city’s national reputation for artisan bread. Thick crusty loaves with names I can’t even pronounce. You find the bread at local grocers and at Grand Central’s cafes, one of which is on Eastlake Ave. The café is large and airy, with a good number of patio tables and chairs outside with a great view Eastlake Ave and a sidelong glance at Queen Anne hill on the other side of Lake Union. The coffees and teas are consistent (they have a good iced passion fruit tea during the spring and summer), and the pastries are delicious. They also do a very brisk lunch business. WARNING: If you are cold-natured, sit outside during spring and summer—they keep the air cranked so high you’ll be shivering through your ciabatta with proscuitto and roasted red peppers.
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Small, friendly shop to stoke your vanity
I started going to A Natural Buzz salon on recommendation from a friend, after the low-cost national chain I kept going to made me look like an eight-year-old for the forth time in a row.
It was...
I started going to A Natural Buzz salon on recommendation from a friend, after the low-cost national chain I kept going to made me look like an eight-year-old for the forth time in a row.
It was great. The hairdresser was friendly and skilled (and chatty), and he made my hair look great. The vibe was laid back. And they didn’t even try to push a bunch of silly premium products they knew there was no chance of me buying.
But after the fifth or sixth visit, I started feeling guilty about going to a salon and stopped. My hair has never been the same.
Cruel world! Somewhere beneath the dirty hiking shorts, hairy shoulders and deathly pale complexion there’s a radiant metrosexual wanting to come out.
Anyway, they do a good job on your hair.
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Bike store for the leg-shaving, spandexed set
My wife and I checked out Velo Bikes when we were trying to find her a decent, comfortable used bike to ride a mile and a half to work. Velo was probably the wrong store for that—they’ve been around...
My wife and I checked out Velo Bikes when we were trying to find her a decent, comfortable used bike to ride a mile and a half to work. Velo was probably the wrong store for that—they’ve been around forever and are apparently very well known and connected to the competitive cycling community here.
The salesperson was really helpful and friendly though, even though it became clear pretty fast that she and my wife weren’t talking about the same kind of bike (they sell a lot of composite-material Bianchis and such).
It was a good move to come that way though, because we found a classic Schwinn road bike in the basement of the Value Village next to Velo for $20. The salesperson from Velo saw us wheeling it by and came out to admire it, give us advice and sell us some replacement parts.
I’m almost ashamed to say that we took it to another shop closer to home for the needed repairs.
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Don’t worry, the punkers won’t bite you
Outback Bikes is perfectly located in the (despite much gentrification) still delightfully rough-around the edges Euclid Ave stretch of Little Five Points.
Most of the employees look like they...
Outback Bikes is perfectly located in the (despite much gentrification) still delightfully rough-around the edges Euclid Ave stretch of Little Five Points.
Most of the employees look like they live in the neighborhood—tattoos, black clothes, the whole lot. And while I haven’t noticed too many shaved legs, the extensive scarring and grease-blackened hands attest to the fact that these guys know their bikes.
They sold me the first bike of my adult life, and were great about giving me ongoing tune-ups and free advice every time I came into the store.
If you’re in the market for a bike, or think you might be, drop in.
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Misses enjoyable by a whisker
Twice sold tales offers a wide selection of used books, both fiction and non-fiction, with a large fantasy/sci-fi section for a store its size.
It would be a nice place to escape the noise and...
Twice sold tales offers a wide selection of used books, both fiction and non-fiction, with a large fantasy/sci-fi section for a store its size.
It would be a nice place to escape the noise and congestion of 45th street and lazily browse the isles, if it weren’t for the cats.
Now, I’m not a cat-hater, I just don’t like encountering them when I’m not expecting them (and they have a nasty habit of making that happen). And I think they made me surrender my backpack up front more to protect the cats than the books.
So enjoy yourself, but don’t get caught off guard (you might get hit with a flying hairball).
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The quintessential college-district bookstore
NOTE: This is not a textbook store. Magus Books always has an eclectic selection of used paperbacks in the front display window, often on scholarly or historical subjects. In the spring and summer...
NOTE: This is not a textbook store. Magus Books always has an eclectic selection of used paperbacks in the front display window, often on scholarly or historical subjects. In the spring and summer there’s often a discount cart out on the sidewalk, meriting a quick perusal as you walk to class or about your business in the University District. Step inside and browse the narrow stacks of used books on esoteric subjects, or just enjoy listening to the banter of the patrons and employees. It’s everything you could want in a college district bookstore.
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