# Groove Merchant Records, San Francisco: a record store in San Francisco (2026 guide) Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/groove-merchant-records-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-08-11. Owner review: not yet. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/groove-merchant-records-san-francisco-ca ## Photos - ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspaf823003fyei5guwpn3w0%2F0.jpg) - ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspaf823003fyei5guwpn3w0%2F1.jpg) - ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspaf823003fyei5guwpn3w0%2F2.jpg) - ![Photo 4](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspaf823003fyei5guwpn3w0%2F3.jpg) - ![Photo 5](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmspaf823003fyei5guwpn3w0%2F4.jpg) ## In short Groove Merchant Records is a record store in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor. Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Record store | | Address | 687 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 12 PM to 6 PM | | Phone | (415) 252-5766 | | Owner | Nothing found | | Rating | 4.7 across 109 reviews on Google | | Known for | Nothing found | | Prices | Nothing found | | Quietest time | Nothing found | | Parking | Nothing found | | Last verified | September 18, 2026, 4:45 PM | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 687 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Description | Locally owned compact shop offers new & used records with special emphasis on soul, funk & hip-hop. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 12:00 to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Name | Groove Merchant Records | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Location info | Phone | (415) 252-5766 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Monday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Tuesday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Wednesday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Thursday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Friday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Saturday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | | Services | Service | Sell funk records | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sell hip-hop records | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sell new records | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sell soul records | AI guess | Nothing found | | Services | Service | Sell used records | AI guess | Nothing found | | Links | Website | http://www.groovemerchantsf.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 11, 2026 | ## Services and prices Services not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Known for Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day. ## The team Nothing found ## Visiting Groove Merchant Records Address: 687 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA. Phone: (415) 252-5766. Hours: Mon to Sun 12 PM to 6 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile Business description, written by Groove Merchant Records on its Google Business Profile: "Locally owned compact shop offers new & used records with special emphasis on soul, funk & hip-hop." ### When to go Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day. ### Parking and getting in Nothing found ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Haight St & Pierce St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Haight St & Pierce St | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Bar Jabroni | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Otra | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | Haight St & Pierce St | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Palmyra | Restaurant | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.7 average across 109 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 11, 2026.) Groove Merchant Records stands out for its unique selection and knowledgeable owner, despite some complaints about pricing and customer service. (AI guess, from 109 reviews.) ### What people like - Diverse selection of records and music ephemera - Reasonable prices for unique finds ### What people do not like - Overpriced items compared to other stores - Inconsistent store hours leading to missed visits - Negative interactions when negotiating prices ### Press No press story about Groove Merchant Records found yet. ### Awards None named yet. ### Directories Directory listings not read yet. ## Recent updates from Groove Merchant Records Groove Merchant Records hasn't posted an update here yet. ## Questions people ask ### Why do people rate Groove Merchant Records? No answer yet ### are prices in San Francisco higher than everywhere else No answer yet ### does Groove Merchant Records ever have cancellations No answer yet ### membership, worth it or not No answer yet ### do I need to fill anything in beforehand No answer yet ### is there parking at Groove Merchant Records or is it street only? No answer yet ### opening hours at Groove Merchant Records in San Francisco, what are they these days? No answer yet ### best record store in San Francisco No answer yet ### what is actually on the menu here? No answer yet ### Booking here, how does it work? No answer yet ### last update from here was when? No answer yet ### Worth the hype at Groove Merchant Records? No answer yet ### anywhere on Haight to sit while I wait No answer yet ### bad experiences at Groove Merchant Records, anyone? No answer yet ### somewhere cheaper in San Francisco that is not a risk? No answer yet ### torn between the shop and 101 Music? No answer yet ## What AI gets wrong about Groove Merchant Records We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about Groove Merchant Records. These are the answers that disagree with the record. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 11, 2026. No capture has disagreed with the record yet. ## The AI Score: 25 of 100 The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco record stores run 25 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Groove Merchant Records scores 25, below the San Francisco average of 36. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Groove Merchant Records | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Nobody at all was recommended in the 2 answers we hold, so there is nothing to score. | | Reviews & response | 12 | 86 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 54 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 60 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | Not read yet | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | No reading has come back for this signal yet. | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology ## How AI decides what to tell you about a record store When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on. That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today. The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place." ## How to choose a record store in California, with or without AI A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating. - Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door. - Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake. - Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today. - Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes. - Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California. ## How to read the marks on this page - Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry. - Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit. - AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it. ## About the author Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine. - Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping. - Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing. - Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Groove Merchant Records if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source. ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Groove Merchant Records | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Groove Merchant Records | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.groovemerchantsf.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City Groove Merchant Records is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the record stores in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best record stores in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/record-store - Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /fresno: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/fresno - /palo-alto: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/palo-alto ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## Frequently asked questions ### What is AI search optimization for local business? Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it. ### What is Local AI Registry? The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free. ### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI? Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next. ### Who writes the answers here? Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so. ### I own Groove Merchant Records. How do I fix something or rank higher? Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work. ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ8TLDbqaAhYAR_LIqnTn-lo0 (accessed Aug 11, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Aug 11, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)