Alder Haus Antiques and Uniques
Many shops line Second and Alder streets. is packed with elegant rugs, stained glass, and all manner of furniture. Call for hours.
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A bonus of Oakland's off-the-beaten-track location is that antiques are much more reasonably priced here than in the big cities.
Many shops line Second and Alder streets. is packed with elegant rugs, stained glass, and all manner of furniture. Call for hours.
Housed inside a former pharmacy, features dozens of vendors selling everything from hand-stitched quilts to glassware, handcrafted toys, and furniture. The best antique to be found here is in the back—the shop's original soda fountain, Dottie's Fountain and Grill (open daily). Diners sit at pale-green stools around a wave-shaped counter and drink old-fashioned thick milk shakes while enjoying buckwheat pancakes and sausages, or hamburgers—all of which cost less than $4—just as they have for the past 40 years.