Casa Oaxaca - Albany

Cutest small shop for Mexican home products. They have everything from tortile baskets to pottery to Christmas ornaments to carpets. Everything is really nice and cheap. The store owner, Carlos, is the nicest guy! He will answer all your questions and even give you tips on how to take care of your articles

If you are looking for the finest in Mexican folk art and live in the San Francisco Area and beyond, Casa Oaxaca is your go-to, one-stop shop for you to visit. Also, if you have kids who enjoy rock painting, there is a new rock painting textbook on Amazon.com called Rock Painting For Kids Mexican Folk Art Style, by Mexican Folk Artist, Maria Sandoval.

Great place to buy gifts. We went and got a gift for a friend in a nursing home to cheer her up. Owner is super nice and can tell you all kinds of details about the products in the shop. In any case, stop here if you are in Albany and need to buy gifts.

The owner was warm and friendly, and he answered many questions we had. He also gave us interesting information about the origin and use of folk art we bought. The store had beautifully carved masks, dia de los muertos figures and tons of Nichos. It will be my place for Mexican folk art from here.

Casa Oaxaca is a cute and jammed pack store; a technicolour explosion. They have serapes, calacas, tin magnets, embroidered dresses, purses and every other thing you could think of from Mexico. What they don't have are affordable prices. I'm not going to pretend that I didn't mind surrendering $65 to the viejo who runs this shop. I really minded. But, his embroidered shirts are only $30. Still, it's worth a trip in checking out. I suppose when the only two stores I could find online in the area that sell the embroidered dresses are in Albany and East Oakland...this is the kind of store people who want to avoid East Oakland should come to. Personally, I'll deal with East Oakland next time.