826 Valencia Reviews

The store seems engaged with the community and mastered its theme with the available products, branding and retail displays.

Fun little pirate themed shop but nothing that you would not find elsewhere.

Really cool place, good prices for a themed store. Stop by and check it out!

Amazeballs! Crazy nutty awesome space for exploring. Highly recommended.

Great spot, publishes student work, and helps support local kids education!

Such a fun place to visit with a bunch of cool stuff

Place deserves more than five, amazing store, mission, and employees

I always love browsing this place and Paxton Gate next door. Fun San Francisco stop to bring out of town visitors, especially if you tell them the story behind it!

The store is so eclectic and creative. And then it supports the tutoring center is awesome!

Bestest Pirate supply organization I ever been in. Helpful staff too. Highly recommended for all your pirating needs.

This place is awesome - a writer's workshop with the front of a store selling all things Pirate! Really fun to explore...just look out for the wigs!

A curio store selling everything imaginable for collectors of quirky stuff and more. The place offers art classes for kids. Stay long enough to check out piratey fun stuff for gifts and souvenirs. They allow selfie-taking inside.

Amazing store for book lovers. Great place to take kids as well and they offer free class sessions to help promote writing in kids. Also best place to pick up some McSweeney books.

yarrrr! All the pirate booty ye could desire. This be the place to stock up on yer Jolly Rogers and get direction from an ancient looking compass. Fun for the kids to open all the drawers and search for buried treasure.

Don't miss this mission gem and be sure to check out the fish tank.

If you're a pirate aficionado, love unique gifts or love to support children honing (and improving) their skills, definitely stop by this shop where you'll find it hard to walk out empty-handed. It's definitely the place you want to go if you plan on being a pirate for halloween as they have nearly everything you need to accessorize that pirate halloween costume.

Don't miss the fish theater up front as well as the signs throughout the space. Reading the fun signs along could take a half hour!

This place never gets old. Funny, kitsch based print shop with a gold tooth and eye patch. Worth the visit!

Lovely spot, make sure to look in all the cupboards!

Cool if you're into mcsweenys or kitschy or pirate stuff

Very unique store with great after school writing programs. If you're looking for a cool gift, they've got it. You'll find something for all ages.

Where else in San Francisco can you buy a pegleg and some lard? I visited on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, September 19, a special day!

I went in for the whale lard, and they no longer sell it anymore. I mean, what is a pirate supposed to do to seal me boat. Arrrggghhhh

I visit every time I'm in SF to see the new stories and support the workshop.

This place is like a museum. Amazing collection. Must visit on a trip to SF.

826 Valencia Pirate Store also offers a unique storefront full of everything you need to be a pirate and enjoy the pirate lifestyle. Initially opened to support the writing efforts of children in the local community, they also publish and promote the works if the program members.

In the front of the store is also a small theater seating area with an aquarium where you can spend some time imagining you are at sea to set the stage for your shopping visit.

It was hyped up on a travel blog store and it had cool stuff but it was really tiny

An extraordinary pirate shop! The children adored and you will find a multitude of small treasures! Search everywhere and the magic operates !! Do not miss the aquarium.

A bit smaller than expected, but still very cool. Most supplies sold are made locally in San Francisco. And there is a sort of creative writing workshop in the back section. They also have free decorative map of Valencia St.

A great cause and a really entertaining funky store. You might find that unique gift for the hard to buy for friend

The name is great, and they have some fun stuff here. However, it seems more of a tourist thing than a place I'd really like to buy some pirate themed things and get an experience from. There is a shop down the block with cool things like stuffed mice dressed in little outfits, skulls, etc that was a lot cooler to hang out in.

Anyway, it's a nice shop, neat, worth a stop, but suffers in comparison.

Great fun in this show, for kids and adults alike. Such a good cause too.

Enormous concept shop .. !!! It's fun It's a non-profit shop that teaches children.

A super fun place to take kids and they are doing amazing work!

love to support the 826 mission and it's definitely an unusual spot to take visiting friends.

This store is a real delight. The front is a dedicated pirate shop with everything one could need to sail the high seas and the back a dedicated writing workshop for children.

If you're looking for a gift for any children or adults who are interested in pirates this is definitely the place. Pins, patches, mermaid tails and more - there is a wide range of toys and paraphernalia.

One of the things I like most is that you can buy books of works from graduates from the workshops. All proceeds from sales go towards the workshops.

This rather special shop is also an association that helps the children of the district, Mission District, by offering free activities. for that, they sell a lot of things that have to do with the theme of pirates. Amazing shop with a very friendly and welcoming staff. Deco hacker and lots of little surprises to discover!

A must visit spot for all out of town guest. It truly embodies SF

Kids scream with excitement when thy see this store.
You'll hear them says "This is my favourite spot!"

Great place for kidsss and the kids inside us haha

So many tressures inside!!

Aaaaargh, me hearties, tis the only harbor in town for an old salt to burnish his compass, bury his treasure, splice the mainbrace, or furl a stunsail. Pity about the parrots, though.

Definitely one of the best pirate stores on the West Coast!

Awesome to browse. Wonder if they've ever made a sale?

Love this shop - a treasure trove for pirates and land lubbers alike. Visit for all your nautical needs - from 'parrot planks', glass bottles of sea salt and ancient maps. (And the children's writing workshop area at the back looks great!)

The store is amazing, worth the visit!
It has many details, interesting and differentiated articles.
The service is excellent and the history of the place is fantastic.

Be sure to visit and buy any souvenirs, you will be helping with a social project with children!

It's just one of those places that make everyone happy.

Pirates need supplies but these are a bit touristy.

Always worth a visit! Kitch and fun, your inner child will be pleased you stopped by! Non profit fun store for kids and adults alike.

Very clever place. Be sure to open the drawers along the wall (and the trapdoor in the floor) for fun surprises! I bought 'loaded' dice.

One of the most unique places in San Francisco. Authentic pirate gear and baubles to amuse all children, big or small. Plus all funds go to support the writing and tutoring workshops they host in the back of the store. Definitely worth a trip!

If you need a plank to walk or a preventative for scurvy visit 826 Valencia. Support this excellent endeavor

Go see the Pirate Store! (Which is actually a disguised childrens' writing studio.)

Also known simply as "826 Valencia," the Pirate Supply Store is a front for the local outpost of Dave Eggers' 826 National, a non-profit organization that provides free writing and tutoring services to schoolchildren. You can feel good knowing that your purchase at the pirate store directly supports the organization's efforts.

Pirates with a cause. A proper pirate shop with an area at the back that supports kids through creative writing activities. You can buy pirate items (like eye patches) which all goes towards the cause. It's a shop of curiosities with a peaceful cinematic fish tank area to relax in - away from the kids who were surprisingly well behaved! Super cool printed t-shirts for the kids, men and pirates in your life.

So, this place is known for its extensive collection of eyepatches. What really stands out, though, is their selection of artisanal artificial limbs and hooks. I picked out a great handcrafted mahogany peg leg here, and couldn't be happier. 5/5. Would pillage again.

A Pirate Store??? Do I have to say anything else? Ah, yes: Arrrrrrrrrr...

I prefer the old staff I love that guy who raises his eyebrows when he talks and looks around , too bad he's not around anymore

An amazing non-profit that helps kids to learn how to write - started by Dave Eggers and home to the Pirate Supply Store.

Witty, irreverent nonprofit store selling cute trinkets and piratey things to support a writing nonprofit in the back of the store. Great spot to duck into and explore while walking Valencia Street -- be sure to read all of the signs and open the drawers for some hidden surprises and many jokes. There's a "fish theatre" as well -- exactly what it sounds like! Two theatre seats in a darkened, curtained-off corner of the store where you can just sit and watch a blowfish and a few other fishies in a tank. Cute, quirky, adorable little place.

When I saw this place on Google Maps I had to come in a check it out. What I found was a small, but wonderfully curated wonderland of items. They have something for everyone.