Urban Ore - Berkeley, California

Chad Rutt

First visit and was blown away. Aisles of doors, furniture and everything else home you can think of. Great for artists too. This place is amazing.

Erik Hagström

Love the store, amazing selection changing all the time. Support the staff’s unionizing and wish the owners would bargain in good faith.

Evelyn Zhai

I love shopping here and will always come here first before looking elsewhere for stuff i need. Such a wide selection and it's always fun to wander even if you're not looking for anything in particular. The workers here are always super helpful and nice, and i hope their unionization efforts are successful in achieving the working conditions they deserve.

I hope management and owners can stop union busting and bargain with workers in good faith!

Liz McAllister

I love the sculptures they have out in the yard!

This is the best spot for finding absolute anything! The place is massive and the variety or treasures available from fixtures, manicans, mirrors, tools, clothing, books, art in many forms, tile, etc. Is in great condition. It's a fun place just to get lost in for an hour. You won't leave empty handed.

I hope the owners someday open more like this.

Jake

More of a junk yard that a salvage yard, but maybe that’s just semantics.

There is a ton of junk here. The bulk of it is strange, misfit items that nobody really wants but are in good enough condition to keep on the shelves. Anything that is relatively nice, or at least salvageable, costs nearly as much as it is new.

It seems that their building supplies and hardware is where they shine, but it is once again not exceptionally cheap and the quality is inconsistent.

Hopscotch Interactive

It feels like everything but the house is here - the longer stuff stays the more it will start to feel like a museum, but there are tons of useful and quirky items from picture frames to housewares and doors. The staff was helpful and seemed to have their way of communicating to help you not get too lost, but the condition of a lot of stuff was borderline and needed to be cleaned or organized - with so many staff it seemed like downtime could have been used to do some straightening! Nevertheless super cool and one of the most Berkeley places you can go in Berkeley

JoAnn SkyWatcher

If you like old things, and goiing through old stuff, this may be the place for you! It is kinda like a scavenger hunt—you may or may not find what you are looking for. It might be a good idea to take a list  of what you are looking for—unless you don't mind getting lost for hours.

I went in looking for wide-mouth quart canning jars. I found 2 wide mouth and 4 regualar quart canning jars for a dollar each—they can be difficult to find these days.

In the back of my mind, I was looking for a way of dealing with mail and paperwork. I found something made out of metal with three levels for holding business papers for $8.

Another thought I had was to see if I could find some LP vinyl records for my teenage grand daughter. Well, they had a large number of records, but I easily gave up on that idea because there was no order.  However, the price was right—only $1 each. So, for someone who has a lot of time and patience, that could be a goldmine.

It makes me happy that there are still places that one can take stuff and keep it out of the landfill.

Alex Berg

One of my favorite places. And the reason I was able to furnish my apartment quickly and on a budget!