The Shell Cellar

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39 Pier
San Francisco, CA 94133

History

The Shell Cellar started at Pier 39 on opening day in October 1978 and is still run by the same family. Before the store was ready to open its doors, all of the shells were stored in the family basement, hence our name!

Specialties

At The Shell Cellar, any day we can bring a smile to someone's face or share a new and interesting fact about sea life or the ocean is a great day! Our favorite customers walk in to our store every hour, every day. We can't wait to meet you too!!

Reviews

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4.541 reviews
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Jocelyn C.
11/5/2018

Oh how I love this store. It actually took me 6 years just to get this mermaid in the photo. Thank goodness this store was still around 6 years later & sell these mermaids year round. LOL I was...

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Nancy C.
3/23/2023

Quick take: a lot of cute souvenirs This shop has a lot of cute souvenirs. I recommend stopping by here if you want something cute.

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Tina G.
2/1/2025

very nice people. My husband forgot one of our shopping bags in the store and Angel came out to the busy pier full of people looking for us and found us!!! we were very grateful. he didn't have to...

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Christin G.
8/2/2024

Angel and Chris helped us and were great and provided amazing customer service! they made it their goal to sell us this necklace and definitely did the job!

Carly L.
12/27/2024

I visited from Oklahoma and my friend got eaten by a shark in this store #casualty #landshark

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