Fodor's Expert Review Mendo
Western Canal Ring
Fodor's Choice
Editor's Note: This location is no longer in operation.
Co-founder Roy Rietstap set out to create “the coolest bookstore for visual beauty and inspiration … a candy store for book aficionados,” and he succeeded. The sleek shop’s walls are made of thousands of black books, forming a beautiful backdrop for the shiniest tomes on fashion, food, design, architecture, photography, and travel by the world’s finest publishing houses.