Six Steps Down Bookstore

Loved it. The rather large bookseller/​proprietor with the big white beard was cordial, though seemingly non-​plussed by everything. He barely glanced up from his reading when I walked in the door. The cat is cool. She seemed to want some attention and followed me back into the stacks and meowed until I started petting her. A few minutes later a lady walked in and I overhear her say to the guy, «Where’s the cat? She’s usually here at the door when I come in. » I yelled, «She’s back here with me!» The guy says «Yeah, she’s in the back doing some customer service.» Without skipping a beat the lady says, «Well, it’s about time somebody around here did.» They both crack up. Classic.
Enormous selection great for browsing away a Saturday. The stock seems kind of organized by subject though a lot of it is in piles and some of it is under plastic tarps.