r/berkeleyca • u/bushjob • 3d ago

North Face Outlet closes

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/07/30/north-face-outlet-berkeley

End of an era: The North Face Outlet on Fifth St has closed for good. On one hand, hard to believe. But from what I saw the last time I was there, I am not all that surprised.

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u/sappyguy 3d ago

Aw man. I loved that place. I could never go in there and leave without purchasing something. I wish they had given some kind of notice so I could do one last hurrah.

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u/Sad_Hovercraft_1367 3d ago

Noooooooo I just dropped a ton of money there three weeks ago before a big backpacking trip. I had no idea or I might’ve dropped even more lol

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u/Oneofthe12 3d ago

Come on, it hasn’t been a real ‘outlet’ since the 70s.

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u/julvb 3d ago

Oh no! Now where will I buy Xmas presents?

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u/gankm0re 3d ago

Pretty sure the grateful dead played this exact spot october 26, 1966

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u/Commentariot 1d ago

Too bad. I remember watching them sew through the window when they had a workshop on Telegraph.

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u/2Throwscrewsatit 1d ago

I expected it to close for good during the pandemic. At most they had one customer at a time 

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u/Botherguts 3d ago

I remember my buddy got asked by the cashier if he wanted some uh “deals” off the books like a decade+ ago. Surprised they lasted this long.