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Tally Ho! Books opens in North Oakland

Tally Ho! Books opens in North Oakland

A new bookstore is opening in one of East Bay’s busiest shopping districts.

(Ginny Prior for Bay Area News Group) Lilah Hinde, above, recently opened Tally Ho! Books on Piedmont Avenue in North Oakland with her friend and former colleague Bianca Salaverry.
Lilah Hinde, above, recently opened Tally Ho! Books on Piedmont Avenue in North Oakland with her friend and former colleague Bianca Salaverry. (Ginny Prior for Bay Area News Group)

Tally Ho! Books at 3941 Piedmont Ave. in North Oakland is the passion project of two friends, Lilah Hinde and Bianca Salaverry, who worked together at Pegasus Books in Oakland.

“We’ve been talking about it for a while,” says Hinde, who said the two are ready to tackle a new project. “I’ve done everything in a bookstore except own one… and Bianca (also) has experience in bookselling and management.”

Coincidentally, the owners of the previous bookstore at the same location, Owl & Co., also wanted to move on.

“It was fate,” says Hinde. “Our needs matched, and we didn’t have to tell the locals that this was a bookstore.”

Piedmont Avenue is a well-known literary street where neighbors enjoy browsing and purchasing books locally.

“Basically, it’s one big bookstore on this street,” says Hinde.

Tally Ho! Books, like other stores of its kind, stocks books that reflect the personal tastes of the owners – and also books that reflect the interests of the customers. The store’s name and its logo, a fox, reflect the spirit of “onward and upward” and the pursuit of pleasure through reading. The store’s website is tallyhobookstore.com.

Tragic fire: Just as a new store opens, another nearby is forced to close after a devastating fire. The East Bay Booksellers store at 5433 College Ave. in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood was destroyed in a fire late last month.

Friends have already raised more than $200,000 to pay the salaries of laid-off employees and find a temporary home for the popular bookstore. Customers can still order books online at the store’s website at ebbooksellers.com.

Birthday greetings: Parishioners at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Piedmont celebrated more than just Mass last Saturday. Presiding priest Father Basil De Pinto turned 94 over the weekend, and the service was followed by a potluck dinner for the congregation. Father De Pinto has been a priest since he was 28 and lives in the parish, where he helps out when needed in retirement.

Change locations: Two popular Montclair businesses are relocating their wares following the closure of Swiss Valley Cleaners at 2220 Mountain Blvd. in Oakland. The mall’s management offered Sola Lucy “a great deal and free renovation” to move into the dry cleaners’ space, says owner Lucy Ross.

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