Grove Street Kids

I am regularly complimented on my children’s clothing, and I smile and inwardly say «thanks Anne Marie». She and her talented team regularly fill their store with fashionable, good quality kids clothing that stands up to my active kids lifestyle. I love that I can walk out with a bagful of clothes and shoes for the price I would have paid for one or two new items. A must stop if you are expecting, GSK has many of the bassinets, strollers and gear you need as well as a nice carefully chosen selection of fashionable maternity clothes. The store is neat, clean and organized. There is a kids corner with toys and books that keep your toddler occupied while you shop. I just picked up some great snow gear for bargain prices earlier today. This place is a wonderful resource if you have kids under 8. Independent and woman owned to boot!

As a customer (never consigned) I’ve had amazing luck. I have found perfect things for maternity, nursing, and parent stuff like slings. It’s my first go-​to place when I need something. The owner is honest and nice, and I’ve even had nice experiences with other customers there. I’ve also gotten some kid’s stuff here, but frankly, the clothes are sometimes nicer than what I’m looking for, not spendier, just nicer than what a 3.5 yr old likes to wear in the mud. If you’re looking for cute though, it’s perfect.

This is a great store! I stopped in to Grove Street Kids today (first time) to look for some used cloth diapers. Not only did I find some that were what I needed and really cheap (and on sale!) I found quite a lot of other things as well. They have a wide range of children’s sizes in clothes, shoes, socks… whatever you need. The selection is good quality and well curated. If things are not sold by a certain date (which is displayed on the tag) it is heavily discounted, so not only can you really score but things are constantly being rotated out so I’m sure even frequent stopper’s-by can always find something new. The place is set up really beautifully and I love that they have a kid’s corner to occupy the children while mommy is shopping. I’m moving out of the neighborhood, but I think if I wasn’t I’d use this place a ton!

Always find what I’m looking for here! Maternity clothes– check, baby hats — check, toddler shoes — check… the staff is very helpful in searching for/​with you especially when you don’t have time to sift through all the great merchandise!

I visited Grove Street Kids with my 2 year old yesterday and hit the jackpot! Not only did I score (plus saw so much more!) a haul of perfect finds for my daughter, but the few small consignment batches I had brought in over the past couple months had earned me over $ 100 in trade to spend, woohoo!
As always, the staff was helpful and friendly, the selection was abundant and well organized and the prices were too good to be true on high quality, great condition kids clothes. My daughter kept herself busy in the play corner, such a relief to have her happily distracted so I could restock for her.
So happy to find that they are taking kids clothes up to size 12, as my kids are long and always outgrow sizes a year early. Great place to consign, shop and an asset to the community, Thank you Grove Street Kids!

I’ve been a loyal GSK shopper and consigner for over five years. Anne Marie has a good eye, her selection is great, and her prices are reasonable. Because she offers a great selection this means that she does not buy everything that people bring in — people sometimes mistake resale/​consignment with thrift, and GSK isn’t a thrift store. I’m grateful such a good resource exists in Berkeley! I easily get half of my sons’ clothes here.

Extremely condescending rude owner. Don’t consign here — the staff said that people steal things all the time and you’ll just have to deal with it. Go to Apple Pie + Maternity instead! Better selection, stylish and cute clothes and excellent customer service.

If you’re looking to consign or purchase consignment maternity clothing, don’t bother coming here.
For shoppers, the clothing selection is mediocre at best and the owner leaves much to be desired in terms of helpfulness. When I was pregnant, I only found one pair of pants that were in *meh* condition. I would recommend checking out Apple Pie Maternity or Fashion After Passion in Alameda.
For consigners, BE CAREFUL. You will NOT receive any notification when your contract expires, no email, no phone call, nothing. I specifically asked the owner if I would receive a followup, to which she replied yes, and then none was ever received. Therefore, I lost all of my items because they were donated. AND all of my items were expensive, high quality, (Japanese Weekend brand) and in great condition. If you want to consign, I’d highly recommend doing so at Apple Pie Maternity in Berkeley. The owner there is awesome and communicates well with her consigners (and she sold many of my items too!). As a bonus, there’s an adorable play area there and ample parking.

I’ve been going to GSK for years and it’s where I check first when I need anything for my kids. More often than not they have what I need at a great price. Ann Marie is super helpful and if I can’t find it out front she checks in the back. I prefer not to buy from big chain stores and still get things at a good price and GSK makes that much easier!

As a women owner myself of a small business I am in awe of what Grove Street Kids has accomplished in the last few years. I have been taking my daughters clothes to Grove Street Kids for years and in turn buying my daughter some of her favorite clothes and shoes at the store. The owner has a great eye and is so creative and well organized. Anne Marie has built a great business for the community, so I want to support her efforts, she also does a lot for charity. The store is light, clean, and has a play area for kids while Mom and Dad shop. If you want to move beyond the usual pink and blue dread Grove Street Kids is the place to go for your children.

This place feels like a high-​end boutique thrift store (is that actually a thing?). Small, but well-​organized and clean. Staff was attentive and patient as I chased after my kid and threw clothes on her. I have a very mobile 1 year old and am a huge fan of the corner play area and the baby gate on the front door. The merchandise all looks to be in good condition and there is a decent selection for the store size.
Note: this is not really a place for those looking to score outfits for pennies on the dollar, but it definitely beats paying full price.

The owner of this store is totally rude. Its almost as if she doesn’t want people to sell clothes to her, and she’s doing us a very inconvenient favor of taking them off our hands. I completely agree with the other negative reviews. Hannah’s here I come.

Finally purging my children’s closets after three years. I had donated all the lesser brands and still had bins and bins of the nicer things. My favorite consignment store in Marin had just closed so I searched for the next best place for my stuff. I was thrilled that the website was easy to navigate (and pretty too) so I could easily determine what they were accepting. No use wasting my time or theirs.
What a fabulous experience. I had been reluctant to sell my kids’ clothes before because so many stores give this attitude that they don’t need your items. And so many times their racks are filled with very worn, undesirable clothes that never seem to move. This was the opposite. The owner was very welcoming and pleased that I took the time to check the website for what they were buying. Although I promised myself that I would just take whatever cash I could get, the racks of beautiful, well-​chosen clothes were too much to resist. I got a hefty credit and used most of it today!
The store is lovely, bright, and professional. I honestly wouldn’t have known it was a resale/​consignment store at first glance. And my OCD tendencies make me swoon at how the clothes are organized by color. Most of these stores are so depressing. This one makes me smile!

I’ve been once and used an on-​the-​spot Unilocal check-​in coupon for $ 5 bucks off of $ 25 or more! That was fun.
It’s a small little shop packed with good deals. I found 2 dresses-​one old navy, the other gymboree– and a great button up blouse– mossimo– for my 5 year old and walked out spending $ 22 bucks. I felt good about that. But I wish I had more to add. I thought that several of the shirts I looked at were over-​worn and some of the brands weren’t worth paying second-​hand for.
My observation was that they actually have quite a bit of boys clothes and shoes, and I thought that my friends with boys would love this place. So of course, I referred them :)
I will be back when I happen upon another trip to Berkeley.

Medium sized shop, very bright and easy to navigate.
I saw a nice selection of different brands for pretty good prices.
Yes, they’re located on a busy street, but it was very easy to find free parking in the neighborhood.
Will be back!

I love this store. Every time I have gone the owner has been super friendly and my baby cousin is comfy there because she gets to play with all the toys.
The clothes are cheap! Great, quality brands for very little money. most of the time the stuff I get there is between $ 4-​$ 10.
This is a very small business, so of course the hours are somewhat short. For example, they are not open on Sundays. But honestly, just go another day. Ignore the negative reviews, it seems like those are isolated incidents. Everyone with children that I know loves this store.

I am writing my second review for this store because I love it that much!
Another warm season is upon us with our first warm week of the year and therefore I found myself in Anne Marie’s store once again, as I usually do at the start of any new season, and as I expected she did not disappoint. Because its just starting to get warm she hasn’t had much time to get many summer clothes out on the floor, but she was sweet enough, as she always is, to go threw some bins in the back with me to find some toddler shorts.
This store is a real gem, the prices are great and Anne Marie is SO nice. I’d shop here for myself if I were pregnant or fit into kids clothes. :) But for now, the boys I nanny reap all the benefits! I definitely recommend stopping by to see what she has if you need kids/​maternity clothes, its worth the hassle of finding a parking spot, which actually isn’t that hard if you turn into the neighborhood.
**Side note: Speaking of parking, its really disappointing to see someone give her a 1 star review because they couldn’t find a parking spot. Um, excuse me, but that’s not her fault. This person didn’t even go into her store. That review should be either removed or re-​categorized to the Berkeley Parking and Traffic Department. That would seem more fitting. :)

Baby H. is the undisputed lead singer in his baby group band. He is loud, proud, and wins over the crowd with his shouts of joy. Plus, he has tons of crazy blond hair, even after the two haircuts he has had in his little life. He was born to be a front man.
Grove Street Kids keeps us in rock star pants. My little screamer loves to sport his black and hot pink striped flared pants or his velour leopard print shorts while he’s cruising around the living room making the ladies all swoon over his tough boy style. He also has some sweet Zebra print slacks that he likes to wear when he’s feeling extra rockin’.
OK, fine. I am aware that these pants were originally intended for female baby use, but who cares? Eff the system, says Baby H.
Grove Street Kids has an excellent selection of gently used clothing and toys at reasonable prices. Check out the drawers underneath the hanging stuff for 99 cent onesies! They have breastfeeding stuff. I got an unopened box of breastmilk freezer bags here for $ 7 — the same box that costs me $ 20 elsewhere. They also carry maternity clothes.

My review is based on selling only.
I have sold clothes to many of the East Bay consignment stores and found the owner of Grove Street to be the friendliest and most up front person I have dealt with. She didn’t have me wait far away while she looked through my clothes and we had a genuine and honest conversation while she did.
She was even willing to take some stained clothes (for $ 1) and try to clean them.

This shop would appear to be the prime destination for rich Berkeley parents to sell their clothes. The place always has at least a few pieces of very high end baby/​toddler clothes being sold at Old Navy prices. For $ 8 I found a dress shirt for my son that originally sold for $ 80. I have a friend who found an $ 80 pair of shoes selling for less than $ 10.
There are also the typical $ 5 baby shirts you find at other kids resale in the East Bay, and I usually don’t leave without spending more than $ 50 on a nice stack of clothing. The place is great for whatever your budget happens to be.
But, the reason I drive all the way to Berkeley for this store is that this place gives me a chance to find really special items for my son that I would never EVER be able to afford otherwise.