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July 2024 by Jacques Lybarger-Martel
Run by creeps
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March 2024 by Jasmine M.
Super cool place to visit, the guy who works there is super nice and makes good conversation. Good deals, and they have cool posters made by local artists as well!
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January 2024 by Diallo McLinn
Perfect Lil shop on Telegraph. Seems like it's been there forever, etched into the history of hippies, college kids, deadheads, beatniks and street vendors.
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January 2024 by marjo hughes
Annapurna is part of my history in Berkeley. Al, the owner, is a gentleman and pioneer in the alternative retail industry who stood against the conservative political forces that worked to shut businesses like his down. His employees over the years have been some of the most amazing individuals and in many cases were some of my closest friends. The Berkeley that once was has been dying for years now, as I get older I struggle to move on and accept that this is how change works, and that there are generations of people who are coming through Berkeley and redefining the spirit of this town. That there are experiences and memories that will be created for them that will be just as significant as are mine, but the ideas and social trajectory are in an entirely different direction, the collective conscience of the intellectuals who founded this place and all of the political, social, spiritual, and creative movements they subsequently spawned over the last hundred and some-odd years are almost completely gone. The one last place on Telegraph avenue that represented all of that to me was Annapurna, and I don't know how I'm going to resolve this within myself. But I will, because time doesn't wait for people who stop and look backwards. Thank you, Al, for providing me with an anchor point in this community, a place that gave me a landmark in the context of my developing identity as a young adult, a certainty of belonging to the counterculture and people and history of this place. It will always be a part of my life I hold sacred. Thank you Steve, Elizabeth, Kim, Siobhan, Bopha, Amber, Pater, Ilysea, and everyone else whose names I have forgotten. I miss every single one of you.
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February 2023 by Timothy Recker
No communication about hours. Google says open and open sign is lit yet they are “closed for a while.” Wastes customer time.
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December 2022 by Eva H
Good old fashioned head shop
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November 2022 by Abdiel Rivas
Best place to get your Berkeley history and glass
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August 2022 by Elham Javidfar
This place is a little treasure! One of the only original places left on Telegraph. It's a wonderful little store with something for everyone. I've been going there since the 80's after high school with my friends and about 30 some years later it is still fun to go in there and find a little treasure to buy. The staff are always very friendly and the owner is so pleasant, welcoming, and fun to talk to. He is so interesting and knowledgeable, you'll enjoy having a conversations with him. It's definitely one of the must go to places for me when I visit Telegraph!
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May 2022 by Addi Murray
So happy to see this authentic head shop made it through the pandemic. What a treasure! It was so nostalgic to walk in and see and smell this classic Telegraph store! It's a must see when in Berkeley!
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April 2022 by Scott K
Annapurna is and has always been the best specialty shop in Berkeley, maybe the whole East Bay. My friends and I have been shopping here since the 80's and it's always worth it for the great selection, fair prices and excellent and friendly help. Don't bother with those punks up the street who think they're all that, when this is the place! Say AH-nnapurna!
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April 2022 by Nicole R
Such a great store and the owner is a blast to have a conversation with. Also the coolest merchandise especially if you appreciate quality.
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March 2022 by Christina Gallegos
the first time I came in the man was pretty courteous and helped me pick out a slab of selenite but the second time I came in he was jabbering on the phone and when I went to do research on a constellation to make sure I was buying the right sticker he was being really rude about me using my phone in his shop
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August 2021 by Grady Peek (Kev)
They are America's Original Headshop!! All my rolling needs and desires. Also have really nice gifts and goodies.?
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April 2021 by Clara Attia
The staff is really nice and everything is fairly priced and good quality 100% would recommend
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March 2021 by Brent Lund
Super nice and laid back staff members. The dude working there told me that theyre the oldest Headshop in the US! Cool!
