Le
Video, San Francisco's premiere videotape and DVD rental store,
was founded in 1980. The owner/founder had fallen in love with cinema
while watching the late show on TV as a young girl in France, and had
developed her passion during many late nights at the Cinematheque at
the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. After moving to San Francisco, she
looked for some of those old B-movies and Foreign films on videotape.
Discovering that most rental outlets were only interested in Hollywood
blockbusters, she decided to hunt down the eclectic videos she wanted
to see, and rent them to others from a small section in the photography
supply store she owned. Eventually the video rental business outgrew
the photo supply business, and Le Video, Inc was born.
Over time Le Video has expanded to include more than
90,000 rentals, served for a brief period as a part-time, weekend SPCA
adoption center, and was featured in an episode of the TV show "Nash
Bridges." In the early nineties, as new buyers were brought into the
store, we began to acquire an unparalleled collection of cult, Sci-Fi,
Horror, and Independent films to complement our classic and foreign
selection. Despite our growth, we are still dedicated to the same mission
that inspired the owner to put those first films out on her shelf at
the photo supply store: Providing a comprehensive film selection that
also features esoteric, underseen, underappreciated, and hard-to-find
films that deserve to be seen. We search all over the world for movies
that you can't find anywhere else, so that people who feel as strongly
about movies as we do have a place to find the movies they love, and
discover new cinematic passions.
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What began as a labor of love has garnered the attention
of many in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, including the local
film communities and news publications. Le Video has received a variety
of accolades and awards over the years, and here are a few of the most
recent.
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SF Gate "Best Video Store" (2010)
Bay Guardian Best of the Bay "Best Place to Rent Movies" (2008)
Le Video's Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2005)
SF Weekly's Best
of San Francisco "Best Video Rental" (2003)
CitySearch's Best of San Francisco "Best
Video Store" (2000)
SF Weekly's Best of San Francisco "Best
Video Rental" (2000)
The Chronicle's Readers' Choice "Best Video
Store" (1999)
SF Weekly's Best of San Francisco "Best Video
Rental" (1999)
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From East Bay
- Take 580 West across the Bay Bridge.
- Take the Fell Street exit.
- Take Fell Street until it becomes Lincoln Blvd.
- Follow Lincoln to 9th Ave.
(There is NO left turn on 9th but you can make a U-turn in the
park)
From North Bay
- Across the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Take the 19th Ave. Turn off.
- Follow Park Persidio through the park.
- When you come out of the park it will be 19th Ave.
- Take a Right on Irving.
- Take a Right on 20th Ave. and make a 3rd Right on
Lincoln Blvd.
- Take Lincoln To 9th Ave. and make a right on 9th.
(Parking is scarce in this area. Be prepared to hunt down a spot)
From The Peninsula
- To 19th Ave.
- Take 19th Ave. to Irving.
- On Irving take a Right.
- Follow Irving to 9th Ave. and make a left on 9th.
- Start looking for parking.
Bus Routes Nearby
- 71
- 43
- 44
- 6
- 66
- N Judah (muni)
These all drop you off within 2 blocks of our store. Just get off at
9th avenue.
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LOCAL EATERIES
Hungry? Next time you're in the neighborhood try some of these great restaurants! CLICK HERE
As you may have noticed, our store map has been incorrect for some time now, and there have been many changes in our store layout recently. We have now completed the bulk of our new lay-out, and with that have made a new updated map of the store! Now featuring both floors!
The best line of defense is to be prepared!
New Roll-Over map of DOWNSTAIRS and UPSTAIRS
Warning for dialup users, Downstairs map is 2.3mb in total, and Upstairs is a bit over 400k
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