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Berkeley Outlet closing after 45+ years — Thu/Fri/Sat 12-5, huge sale (berkeley)
711 Heinz Ave
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Berkeley Outlet has been buying and selling used office furniture out of its Heinz Ave warehouse since 1978. After more than 45 years in business, the store is closing for good later this year. Once the doors shut, that's it, so this is your last chance to dig through the place.
THE STUFF
The warehouse is packed floor to ceiling. A partial list of what's currently on hand:
- Odds and ends: vintage lockers, medical mobility equipment, letterpress type cabinets, a model speedboat, boxes of thousands of CDs, and more weird stuff we haven't even catalogued yet
- Office furniture: filing cabinets (vertical, lateral, legal, card-catalog), executive wood desks, modular workstations, dozens of office chairs, conference tables, folding tables, bookcases, storage cabinets
- Warehouse racking & materials: pallet racking, reclaimed old-growth Douglas fir beams, plywood, lumber, pipe and framing stock
- Shop tools & machines: drill press, radial arm saw, bench vise, sewing machine, air compressor, sanders, grinders, hot-stamping press, forklift
- Electronics & lab gear: monitors, printers/copiers, cabling, lab glassware, a cryogenic dewar tank
- Appliances: commercial ranges, microwaves, a Pepsi vending machine
If you furnish offices, run a shop, build sets, or just love digging through a warehouse full of old stuff, come look around.
THE LOCATION
711 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710. It's at the very end of Heinz Ave, near the railroad tracks, one block west of Berkeley Bowl West. There's a private parking lot on site, so bring a truck, van, or trailer if you're hauling anything big.
THE HOURS
Open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 12pm-5pm. Closed Sunday through Wednesday. Fair warning: the owner doesn't always show up right at noon, so don't be surprised if the doors open a little late.
WHEELIN' AND DEALIN'
Come ready to haggle. The owner drives a hard bargain, but deals can be had, especially if you're buying multiple items or willing to haul away a bulk lot. Bring cash: checkout is faster (though still not fast) with cash in hand, and credit cards are sometimes accepted, sometimes not, depending on the alignment of the heavenly bodies.
INVENTORY
Inventory changes constantly and nothing is listed online, so the only way to know what's there is to show up. Below is a more detailed (but still partial) breakdown by category:
Vintage Ephemera, Small Antiques & Curiosities: letterpress printer's type cabinets with metal type and hot-foil supplies, a vintage wooden model speedboat, mint-green glass-front display cabinets and a sliding-door wardrobe cabinet, a blueprint/architectural flat-file cabinet, a Wright Line fireproof data safe, rows of legal-size and card-catalog filing cabinets, boxes of thousands of classical music CDs, bulk office supplies (highlighters, crayons) and games, and a jug of lye and assorted shop chemicals.
Office Furniture & Decor: 4- and 5-drawer vertical metal filing cabinets, multi-drawer lateral filing cabinets, executive wood desks, curved modular workstations, rolling office chairs, fixed-base reception/task chairs, wooden side chairs and stools, a manual wheelchair, stacked task/guest chairs, a standing-desk converter on a cherry desk with cubicle partitions, folding banquet tables, a curved oval bent-wood conference table, a vintage dual-desk unit, framed landscape and floral paintings, vintage desk lamps, desk organizers, and wall clocks.
Warehouse Racking & Building Materials: reclaimed old-growth Douglas fir floor joists and beams, heavy-duty pallet rack uprights, roughly 24 orange load-bearing pallet rack beams, plywood and particle board panels, bundles of raw lumber and molding, metal pipes and framing channels, a pop-up lattice grid display frame, and pegboard sheets.
Industrial Machinery, Shop Tools & Equipment: a vintage Juki industrial sewing machine (model DDL-555), a Delta commercial drill press, a miter/chop saw station, a Craftsman radial arm saw, a Craftsman air compressor, a Rockwell bench vise on a rolling cart, a belt sander and bench grinder/buffer, a Kwikprint Model 55 hot-stamping press with type drawers, an Alloyd blister-pack press, a Shop-Vac, an industrial floor buffer, flatbed dollies and hand trucks, a bucket of bulk caster wheels, ladders, and a sawhorse.
Electronics, Cabling & Workspace Gear: a large flat-screen display on a rolling cart, a Primo water dispenser, desktop monitors/keyboards/mice, office copiers/printers/scanners, boxes and drums of cabling (coax, ethernet, power), computer components including a Mac motherboard, photo lighting umbrellas, lab glassware (boiling flasks, pipettes with ground-glass stopcocks), and a Thermo Scientific cryogenic liquid nitrogen dewar tank.
Storage, Organization & Miscellaneous: 2-door metal lockers, a vintage hardware organizer chest with indexed drawers, rolling wire baker's shelving, rolling utility carts, industrial transport drums, hundreds of plastic stacking crates, plastic trash bins and buckets, stainless kitchen sinks/basins, vintage cast-iron shower/tub stalls, a vintage Toyota propane forklift, a vintage barber chair, medical mobility equipment (walker, knee scooter, wheelchair), folding camp chairs, and wholesale lots of small retail tags/merchandise.
Commercial Appliances & Vending: Viking Professional gas ranges/ovens, a Litton Menumaster commercial microwave, a Tappan microwave, a Winco commercial food warmer, and a Pepsi-Cola vending machine.
No holds, no shipping, no delivery. Cash and local pickup only. Come dig through Berkeley history before it's gone for good.
A NOTE FROM A FAN
This listing was posted by a customer and loyal fan of this beloved old Berkeley junk joint. I'm not affiliated with the business in any way. I'm posting to help out the owner, who is getting on in years and no longer advertising his business. He's already sold the property, and the new owners will take occupancy later this year, inheriting any merchandise the current owner is unable to sell.