Where to buy independent magazines

San Francisco

United States

62 shops in San Francisco carry 59 titles from the Neesh Index.

Most stocked here

1Catnip, Heartbeat, Mildew and Mushroom People17 shops sell titles from Broccoli
2Delayed Gratification8 shops
3UPPERCASE7 shops
4Drift6 shops
5Mother Tongue6 shops
6Noble Rot6 shops
7Gossamer5 shops
8Cake Zine4 shops
9Eaten4 shops
10Record Magazine4 shops

Shops in San Francisco

Smoke Signals22 Index titlesOn Neesh
Heath Newsstand16 Index titles
Heath Ceramics12 Index titles
Kinokuniya San Francisco10 Index titles
Browser Books8 Index titles
Fabulosa Books8 Index titles
Omnivore Books7 Index titles
Park Life7 Index titles
Dog Eared Books6 Index titles
Farley's6 Index titles
Green Apple Books & Music5 Index titles
Green Apple Books on the Park5 Index titles
Ampersand4 Index titles
Booksmith4 Index titles
Earthen Shop4 Index titles
Fog Cats and Yanchako4 Index titles
KitTea Cat Lounge4 Index titles
Open Editions4 Index titles
Paxton Gate San Francisco4 Index titles
Rare Device4 Index titles
The Higher Consciousness4 Index titles
Green Apple Books3 Index titles
Aardvark Books2 Index titles
Best Bookstore in Union Square2 Index titles
Fog City News2 Index titles
General Store2 Index titles
Import News2 Index titles
Paloma2 Index titles
Sommer2 Index titles
Aesop Jackson Square1 Index title
Alley Cat Bookstore1 Index title
Beacon1 Index title
Beacon Coffee & Pastry1 Index title
Bernal Cutlery1 Index title
Bolerium Books1 Index title
Britex Fabrics1 Index title
City Lights1 Index title
Copperfields Books1 Index title
Dog-Eared Books (489 Castro St)1 Index title
Dog-Eared Books (900 Valencia St)1 Index title
Farley's Coffeehouse1 Index title
Farley's SF1 Index title
Farley's West1 Index title
Fog City News/UPS1 Index title
Heath News Stand1 Index title
Import News (696 Valencia St.)1 Index title
Juicy News SF1 Index title
Marigold1 Index title
Min'na1 Index title
Museum of Craft and Design1 Index title
Omnivore Books on Food1 Index title
Press Works on Paper1 Index title
Ritual Coffee1 Index title
Running Wylder1 Index title
San Francisco Center for the Book1 Index title
Stranded Records1 Index title
The Apothecarium1 Index title
The Coffee Movement1 Index title
Undefeated1 Index title
Veer & Wander1 Index title
Verve Wine1 Index title
William Stout1 Index title

From the publishers’ own stockist lists, collected October 2026. See every city