Where can I get dry ice in Berkeley/Oakland area?

August 24, 2007 12:28 AM

Where can I get dry ice in Berkeley/Oakland area?

Where can I get dry ice in the Berkeley/Oakland area?

thanks,
Mike

posted by mikeand1 to Food & Drink (12 answers total)

Have you tried asking at a grocery store with a fish counter? That's where I usually get dry ice (but I'm not in California).
posted by hattifattener at 12:29 AM on August 24, 2007

someone's going to burning man! I'd be interested in SF too.
posted by lannanh at 12:32 AM on August 24, 2007

Depending on how much you need, there's a dry ice mfr in Richmond: Airgas Dry Ice, 731 W Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA - [phone]

Failing that, you might check local ice cream shops. Finally, if you've got a friend at UC Berkeley or LBL, the labs will likely have some as well.
posted by aberrant at 12:32 AM on August 24, 2007

Fish stores and Ice Cream Shops use dry ice? Well. I learned something today.
posted by tehloki at 1:43 AM on August 24, 2007

I'm not in California, but my local Baskin-Robbins always has dry-ice available.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:19 AM on August 24, 2007

My local Raleys Supermarket has dry-ice for sale, it's just inside the door by the regular ice.


Praxair sells it too. They have a location in Emeryville. Praxair location
posted by whoda at 5:43 AM on August 24, 2007

The gas station on the corner of Market & Grand in West Oakland has carried it in the past - I got it there a few years ago, also right before BM.
posted by migurski at 7:59 AM on August 24, 2007

I used to get mine at the Albertsons on MacArthur and 39th Ave.
posted by majick at 9:10 AM on August 24, 2007

Around here (which, granted, is nowhere near you) most if not all grocery stores carry dry ice. Give some of them a call...
posted by Stewriffic at 9:12 AM on August 24, 2007

Google.
posted by nanojath at 9:19 AM on August 24, 2007

Locally, the same company that sells CO2 for soda machines sells dry ice (seeing as how dry ice is solid CO2). If you're looking for large quantities this is the route to go. They offered it in pellets or large 10 (I think) pound blocks.
posted by kableh at 9:22 AM on August 24, 2007

I've gotten it both at grocery stores and at ice suppliers.
posted by rhizome at 9:27 AM on August 24, 2007