Best of 2000: Best Video Store

Kensington Video
4067 Adams Avenue, Kensington
(619) 284-2477

It is only fitting that the county's most comprehensive selection of videos should be housed directly next door to the county's longest-operating (albeit somewhat sporadic) repertory movie theater, the Ken. Should you want to fill in some gaps in your knowledge of film history; should you wish to backtrack into Mike Leigh's television oeuvre; should Taste of Cherry or The Color of Paradise pique your interest in the Iranian cinema; should you have a sudden hankering for Heckle and Jeckle; should you need immediately to see a career highlight from whichever Hollywood legend dies tomorrow; should you finally have time for all 12 episodes of a Commando Cody serial -- Kensington Video is always your best, if not your only, bet. You might turn to Tower (if closer) first. But you would not often have anything to gain by turning to Tower second.