Needles & Pens is an excellent specialty retail shop and a favorite store on Valencia. It offers a wide variety and great assortment of things, from quirky zines, art books, and craphounds to hand-crafted home goods, jewelry, socks, candles, plants, and body care products. Most items are from other small businesses, with sane and reasonably priced offerings. The environment is wonderfully Bay Area, warm, and welcoming. The staff is always friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. It is the perfect place to buy gifts for everyone and a necessary stop for holiday shopping, often leading visitors to find something for themselves as well.
Great little shop with a wide range of sustainable products. This is the only place I have ever found a good deodorant that works and doesn’t come in plastic!
March 2026
Cute zines and arty books, amongst other cute stuff.
February 2026
This place has a great assortment of fancy yet kooky earrings, art books, socks, candles, lotions, journals, and more.
