Guidebook for Berkeley

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Guidebook for Berkeley

Food Scene

Delicious Indian food! This very popular restaurant is just a few blocks away. Great for lunch and an early dinner.
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Viks Chaat
2390 Fourth St
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Delicious Indian food! This very popular restaurant is just a few blocks away. Great for lunch and an early dinner.
Best paella! Tasty tapas!
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La Marcha Tapas Bar
2026 San Pablo Ave
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Best paella! Tasty tapas!
Open later. Huge selection of bourbon and beers. Good food. Great place to have a cocktail and a good meal.
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Longbranch Saloon
2512 San Pablo Ave
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Open later. Huge selection of bourbon and beers. Good food. Great place to have a cocktail and a good meal.
Good Thai food. Dine in or take it to-go.
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Anchalee Thai Cuisine
1096 Dwight Way
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Good Thai food. Dine in or take it to-go.
Fantastic place for breakfast and lunch!
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900 Grayson St
900 Grayson Street
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Fantastic place for breakfast and lunch!
Great for pizza and calzones. Nice, kid-friendly outdoor patio.
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Lanesplitter Pizza & Pub
2033 CA-123
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Great for pizza and calzones. Nice, kid-friendly outdoor patio.
A San Francisco tradition! Music on some evenings and weekends.
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Caffè Chiave
2500 San Pablo Ave
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A San Francisco tradition! Music on some evenings and weekends.
Very good coffee.
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Highwire Coffee Roasters
2049 San Pablo Ave
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Very good coffee.
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Catahoula Kaffeegarten
2080 Fourth St
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Delicious pastries, coffee, lunch and pantry items, and weekly dinner to-go. They use produce fresh from local sources. Lunch from 11-2:30pm. Order Wednesday night dinner by Sunday for pickup or delivery.
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Standard Fare
2701 Eighth St
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Delicious pastries, coffee, lunch and pantry items, and weekly dinner to-go. They use produce fresh from local sources. Lunch from 11-2:30pm. Order Wednesday night dinner by Sunday for pickup or delivery.
The bakery is open to the public on Wednesdays between 10am-4:00pm. Or, find this unique and wholesome bread at the local farmer's markets. Country, Multigrain, and Rye bread.
Morell's Bread
2701 Eighth St
The bakery is open to the public on Wednesdays between 10am-4:00pm. Or, find this unique and wholesome bread at the local farmer's markets. Country, Multigrain, and Rye bread.
Neighborhood Italian restaurant. Family-friendly. Full bar. Right in the neighborhood. Very short walk from the apartment.
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Paisan
2514 San Pablo Ave
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Neighborhood Italian restaurant. Family-friendly. Full bar. Right in the neighborhood. Very short walk from the apartment.
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Everett & Jones Barbeque
1955 San Pablo Avenue
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great food. Taco Tuesday special deals. pan dulce
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Casa Latina Bakery
1805 San Pablo Ave
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great food. Taco Tuesday special deals. pan dulce
Tasty! nice space. good juices.
La Capilla
1106 University Ave
Tasty! nice space. good juices.
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Luca Cucina Italiana
2057 San Pablo Ave
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Taqueria. Quick, tasty food. Nice grocery store, too.
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Mi Tierra Foods
2082 San Pablo Ave
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Taqueria. Quick, tasty food. Nice grocery store, too.

Parks & Nature

The San Francisco Bay is at your doorstep. There is a pedestrian bridge that makes it easy to walk or bike to the Marina. Nice walking trail, children's playgrounds, and sailboat/kayak rentals. Great views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Berkeley Marina
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The San Francisco Bay is at your doorstep. There is a pedestrian bridge that makes it easy to walk or bike to the Marina. Nice walking trail, children's playgrounds, and sailboat/kayak rentals. Great views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
BEST Hiking in the East Bay! And, it is accessible by public transportation! Take the AC Transit bus #49 or #51B to downtown Berkeley; then transfer to the #67 bus. Numerous and wonderful hiking trails -- along streams, in the forest, up hills, and along the ridge with gorgeous Bay views. Families with small children will love the Little Farm. On a hot day Lake Anza is perfect.
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Tilden Regional Park
2501 Grizzly Peak Blvd
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BEST Hiking in the East Bay! And, it is accessible by public transportation! Take the AC Transit bus #49 or #51B to downtown Berkeley; then transfer to the #67 bus. Numerous and wonderful hiking trails -- along streams, in the forest, up hills, and along the ridge with gorgeous Bay views. Families with small children will love the Little Farm. On a hot day Lake Anza is perfect.
This is an outdoor facility at the Berkeley Marina featuring unique play experiences and staff who encourage children to play and build creatively using simple tools. School-age play area featuring unique “build your own playground” activities, including hammering, sawing, and painting. It has been written up as a top 10 playground in National Geographic.
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Adventure Playground
160 University Ave
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This is an outdoor facility at the Berkeley Marina featuring unique play experiences and staff who encourage children to play and build creatively using simple tools. School-age play area featuring unique “build your own playground” activities, including hammering, sawing, and painting. It has been written up as a top 10 playground in National Geographic.

Arts & Culture

World renowned! Check out a show while you are in town.
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison St
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World renowned! Check out a show while you are in town.
Highly ranked University of California, Berkeley. Go up the campanile for breathtaking views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Unibersidad ng California, Berkeley
Oxford Street
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Highly ranked University of California, Berkeley. Go up the campanile for breathtaking views of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Cal Performances
101 Zellerbach Hall
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Located in downtown Berkeley. New building.
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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
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Located in downtown Berkeley. New building.
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AMC Bay Street 16
5614 Bay St
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Essentials

Full scale grocery store. Berkeley Bowl specializes in produce with a large selection of organic produce as well as natural products. The cafe with prepared foods is perfect for a quick, tasty lunch.
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Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz Ave
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Full scale grocery store. Berkeley Bowl specializes in produce with a large selection of organic produce as well as natural products. The cafe with prepared foods is perfect for a quick, tasty lunch.
Fantastic grocery store specializing in products from Mexico, Central America, and South America. Nice produce selection, pan dulce/bakery, and a butcher shop. Make sure to try the taqueria which has a great selection of prepared foods to-go as well as the fresh squeezed juice.
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Mi Tierra Foods
2082 San Pablo Ave
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Fantastic grocery store specializing in products from Mexico, Central America, and South America. Nice produce selection, pan dulce/bakery, and a butcher shop. Make sure to try the taqueria which has a great selection of prepared foods to-go as well as the fresh squeezed juice.
A very nice convenience store with everything from organic produce to ice cream and wine. Open until 8pm. Great place to pick up last minute items for dinner or to get milk and coffee for the morning. They also serve pastries and coffee in the morning.
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Franklin Bros. Market
901 Bancroft Way
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A very nice convenience store with everything from organic produce to ice cream and wine. Open until 8pm. Great place to pick up last minute items for dinner or to get milk and coffee for the morning. They also serve pastries and coffee in the morning.
Post office. Closed on Sunday.
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United States Postal Service
2111 San Pablo Ave
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Post office. Closed on Sunday.
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Middle East Market
2054 San Pablo Ave
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Cycle classes.
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SoulCycle
2095 Union Street
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Cycle classes.
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CorePower Yoga
2295 Shattuck Ave
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Best place for everyday grocery shopping
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Trader Joe's
225 El Cerrito Plaza
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Best place for everyday grocery shopping

Getting Around

Take BART to downtown Oakland, San Francisco, and other places.
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North Berkeley BART Station
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Take BART to downtown Oakland, San Francisco, and other places.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
3001 Shattuck Ave
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Shopping

The Fourth Street Shopping District has much to offer. You will find: Peet's coffee & Catahoula coffee; housewares at CB2, Rejuvenation, Sur La Table, and Crate & Barrel; Benefit Beauty Bar, MAC, Kiehl's, and Aveda; Anthropologie, Convert, Title 9, and local clothing designers; bookstores, shoe stores, and more. Grab a bite to eat at the many restaurants and cafes.
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Fourth Street
Fourth Street
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The Fourth Street Shopping District has much to offer. You will find: Peet's coffee & Catahoula coffee; housewares at CB2, Rejuvenation, Sur La Table, and Crate & Barrel; Benefit Beauty Bar, MAC, Kiehl's, and Aveda; Anthropologie, Convert, Title 9, and local clothing designers; bookstores, shoe stores, and more. Grab a bite to eat at the many restaurants and cafes.
Traditional outdoor shopping mall with big brand stores and a movie theater.
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Bay Street Emeryville
5616 Bay St
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Traditional outdoor shopping mall with big brand stores and a movie theater.
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Apple 4th Street
1823 Fourth St
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Women's active wear, workout clothes, and athletic swimwear.
Title Nine
1805 Fourth St
Women's active wear, workout clothes, and athletic swimwear.
Non-profit operator of the farmer's markets and a retail store. The Ecology Center provides products, tools, and books that encourage environmentally and socially responsible lifestyle practices. The Store stocks books, housewares, great green gifts, organic gardening supplies, toys, games, recycled paper products and glassware, organic fibers, and much more.
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Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave
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Non-profit operator of the farmer's markets and a retail store. The Ecology Center provides products, tools, and books that encourage environmentally and socially responsible lifestyle practices. The Store stocks books, housewares, great green gifts, organic gardening supplies, toys, games, recycled paper products and glassware, organic fibers, and much more.

Drinks & Nightlife

Urban Winery. Tastings in the afternoon.
Urbano Cellars
2323 B Fourth St
Urban Winery. Tastings in the afternoon.
Beer tasting room for Sierra Nevada.
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Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room
2031 Fourth St
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Beer tasting room for Sierra Nevada.
Rustic alehouse brewing its own blends and serving them in a simple tasting room on weekends.
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The Rare Barrel
940 Parker St
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Rustic alehouse brewing its own blends and serving them in a simple tasting room on weekends.
The newest brewery in Berkeley. Nice outdoor patio. Interesting selection.
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Fieldwork Brewing Company
1160 Sixth St
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The newest brewery in Berkeley. Nice outdoor patio. Interesting selection.