Categories We Didn’t Think Of: Goods & Services

Best Affordable Healthcare/Healthcare Plan
I’d like to know that one!
— Iris

Best Eyelash Extensions
Not many around who do quality work
— Marcia Walden

Best Free Wi-fi
Oakland Public Library
Finally! Wi-Fi is now available at every Oakland library branch.
— Echa Schneider

Best Not Too Trendy or Expensive Thrift Store
Out of the Closet
One dollar items — 5 dollar shoes (sometimes) (I’m talking Dr.
Marten’s!!!) — Can count on going and finding something
particular — unlike many used places — Money goes to a good
cause — It’s pink! — All kinds/cultures of people shopping
and working there — Charlotte Halloran-Couch

Best Security Guard
Lawrence on 11th Street in West Oakland
— Rachael Taylor

Best Store Not Open Long Enough to Get Their Due
Recognition
Mercy Vintage
The best store to open in the last year, bright, beautiful, expertly
edited selections, good feelings, great stuff. Would blow them all away
if they weren’t already miles ahead, and open more than a week when
voting was going on. — Tullan Velte

Best Tattoo Artist/Gynecologists/Massage Therapist
I don’t know about you, but I value excellence in all these
professions
— Little Lisa Chavez

Best Tool Store
Hida Tool of Berkeley
Hands down, the best place for high-quality gardening, woodworking,
cooking (knives) tools. They’re family-owned, helpful and decently
priced. — Shirley Brewin