Dry ice in Oakland/Berkeley?

[lexdevil]

Taking 150 kids on a picnic at Lake Temescal today and need to keep our popsicles frozen. The gas station at West Grand and Market where I used to pick up dry ice is closed (a major disappointment at 7:00 this morning). I'm hoping to find dry ice without having to head out to the Coliseum area or Richmond. Replies after 11:00 AM are probably too late.

[Ericruo]

If one needs dry ice in quantity, the least expensive way to do this in my experience has been to get it at Praxair. They have facilities in all over the Bay Area. They're closed on weekends.

San Francisco
1690 Evans Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94124
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Store Hours: Mon - Fri: 7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Hayward
23133 Kidder Street
Hayward, CA 94545
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Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

San Rafael
2971 Monterey Highway
San Jose, CA 95111
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Store Hours: Mon - Fri: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm / 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

[grandarco]

ARCO DRY ICE / CAR WASH (Will re-open in OCT 2010) At W. Grand ARCO ampm, offers DRY ICE & Party Ice in Large & Small Quantities... curently under re-construction and scheduled to re-open in October 2010 with brand new facility. At W. Grand ARCO ampm, offers Automatic SoftGloss FoamBrite Car Wash by RYCO SOFTGLOSS MAXX. (www.grandarco.com)

[lexdevil]

Yes! So happy to hear this. Welcome back!

[bbulkow]

Yikes! Everyone stops at that gas station for dry ice! That's a bummer - are they closed for a while?

[lexdevil]

Chain link fence around the station. Not sure if they're gone for good or just replacing their tanks.

[cakebaker]

although it may be too late...the Lucky's at El Cerrito Plaza sells dry ice.

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El Cerrito Plaza
San Pablo Ave and Fairmount Ave, El Cerrito, CA

[Scott M]

Here is a link to check out

http://www.dryicedirectory.com/usa.htm

you could also call Oak Barrel in Berkeley, as it is often used to cold soak wine. They may not carry it but they could point you to someone local.