Guidebook for Alameda

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Guidebook for Alameda

Food Scene

Bustling eatery offering homestyle Burmese specialties in snug & simple surrounds. Large crowds for dinner. Get there early.
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Burma Superstar
4721 Telegraph Ave
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Bustling eatery offering homestyle Burmese specialties in snug & simple surrounds. Large crowds for dinner. Get there early.
Teas galore plus sustainable veg-driven fare featured in a charming space with a patio garden.
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Julie's Coffee & Tea Garden
1223 Park St
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Teas galore plus sustainable veg-driven fare featured in a charming space with a patio garden.
Thursdays - Kids eat FREE! Select one entrée from kids menu per paid adult (dine-in only). Available 4pm until closing.
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Tomatina
1338 Park St
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Thursdays - Kids eat FREE! Select one entrée from kids menu per paid adult (dine-in only). Available 4pm until closing.
Stylish, lively restaurant serving locavore Californian & Italian fare & drinks in spacious digs. Exceptional food, cocktails and wine.
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Trabocco Kitchen and Cocktails
2213 S Shore Center
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Stylish, lively restaurant serving locavore Californian & Italian fare & drinks in spacious digs. Exceptional food, cocktails and wine.
The no frills Ole’s waffle shop is to many a local institution and an Alameda tradition. Ole’s Waffle Shop was established in 1927 by Ole after immigrating to America bringing with him the famous pancake and waffle recipe still used today. Highly recommend the seasonal pumpkin spice pancakes.
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Ole's Waffle Shop
1507 Park St
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The no frills Ole’s waffle shop is to many a local institution and an Alameda tradition. Ole’s Waffle Shop was established in 1927 by Ole after immigrating to America bringing with him the famous pancake and waffle recipe still used today. Highly recommend the seasonal pumpkin spice pancakes.
Quaint German restaurant & bar offering classic dishes, lots of draft beers & occasional live music.
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Speisekammer
2424 Lincoln Ave
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Quaint German restaurant & bar offering classic dishes, lots of draft beers & occasional live music.
Small but lovely spot to go for breakfast. Gets crowded during weekend brunch time.
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Blue Dot Cafe & Coffee Bar
1910 Encinal Ave
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Small but lovely spot to go for breakfast. Gets crowded during weekend brunch time.
Tiny, hard-to-find sushi joint, specializing in high-end, chef's-choice, "omakase" meals. Two customers per party allowed.
Yume Sushi
1428 Park St
Tiny, hard-to-find sushi joint, specializing in high-end, chef's-choice, "omakase" meals. Two customers per party allowed.
Alameda Island Brewing Company is a microbrewery. A welcoming space for families (kids are welcome) and even dogs. Alameda Island’s facility is 10,000 square feet with a tasting room over 1,500 square feet. They are running a 20 barrel brew house, with a 40 barrel mash tun and 40 barrel fermenters.
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Alameda Island Brewing Company
1716 Park St
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Alameda Island Brewing Company is a microbrewery. A welcoming space for families (kids are welcome) and even dogs. Alameda Island’s facility is 10,000 square feet with a tasting room over 1,500 square feet. They are running a 20 barrel brew house, with a 40 barrel mash tun and 40 barrel fermenters.
Watch the sun set with a glass of wine at Rock Wall. Family friendly and relaxing. Adjacent to the tasting room is a full-service chef’s kitchen and a 3,000 square foot geodesic dome. Food from Scolari's at the Point is available during tasting room hours.
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Rock Wall Wine Company
2301 Monarch St
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Watch the sun set with a glass of wine at Rock Wall. Family friendly and relaxing. Adjacent to the tasting room is a full-service chef’s kitchen and a 3,000 square foot geodesic dome. Food from Scolari's at the Point is available during tasting room hours.
The Star on Park is situated in an historic bank on Park Street. California gourmet pizzas, yummy starters and full bar.
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The Star on Park
1400 Park St
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The Star on Park is situated in an historic bank on Park Street. California gourmet pizzas, yummy starters and full bar.
Around the corner. Offers small breakfast items (bagels, fruit) and pastries. Lunch includes soups, salads, and sandwiches. This is a great spot to go if you want to get out in the morning for a quick coffee.
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Jay's Coffee Teas and Treats
1414 Encinal Ave
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Around the corner. Offers small breakfast items (bagels, fruit) and pastries. Lunch includes soups, salads, and sandwiches. This is a great spot to go if you want to get out in the morning for a quick coffee.
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The Star on Park
1400 Park St
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Neighborhood cafe with tasty food.
Lazybird Coffee
Neighborhood cafe with tasty food.

Drinks & Nightlife

Lively tiki lounge with a patio known for retro tropical drinks plus bands, themed parties & DJs.
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Forbidden Island
1304 Lincoln Ave
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Lively tiki lounge with a patio known for retro tropical drinks plus bands, themed parties & DJs.
The distillers at St. George Spirits work in exceptionally small batches with beautiful copper pot stills. They watch the stills carefully and taste as they go. These techniques allow them to dispose of any pot that isn’t coming together perfectly rather than adding more ingredients to try and rescue a larger pot. The distillery is considered one of the best in the country for absinthe, which wasn’t legalized in the United States until 2007. At that point, though, the employees at St. George Spirits had been creating absinthe for 11 years just for themselves.
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St. George Spirits
2601 Monarch St
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The distillers at St. George Spirits work in exceptionally small batches with beautiful copper pot stills. They watch the stills carefully and taste as they go. These techniques allow them to dispose of any pot that isn’t coming together perfectly rather than adding more ingredients to try and rescue a larger pot. The distillery is considered one of the best in the country for absinthe, which wasn’t legalized in the United States until 2007. At that point, though, the employees at St. George Spirits had been creating absinthe for 11 years just for themselves.
Dive-bar with a convivial living-room vibe offering craft beers, spirits & frequent live music.
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Fireside Lounge
1453 Webster St
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Dive-bar with a convivial living-room vibe offering craft beers, spirits & frequent live music.

Entertainment & Activities

Friday nights fun dance hall in Alameda (2305 Alameda Ave) for getting your Zydeco on! Live music. $15 cover charge and the bar is cash only (serves beer). Lesson starts at 8:30pm and dancing goes past 11:30pm (we left then, but people were still going strong).
Fraternal Order of Eagles
2305 Alameda Ave
Friday nights fun dance hall in Alameda (2305 Alameda Ave) for getting your Zydeco on! Live music. $15 cover charge and the bar is cash only (serves beer). Lesson starts at 8:30pm and dancing goes past 11:30pm (we left then, but people were still going strong).
The Alameda Theatre is an Art Deco movie theatre built in 1932.
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Alameda Theatre & Cineplex
2317 Central Ave
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The Alameda Theatre is an Art Deco movie theatre built in 1932.
The Pacific Pinball Museum is an interactive museum/arcade offering a chronological and historical selection of rare bagatelles and early games, to over 90 playable pinball machines from the 1940’s to present day. Throughout the museum are hand-painted murals, Jukeboxes and rotating exhibits.
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Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St
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The Pacific Pinball Museum is an interactive museum/arcade offering a chronological and historical selection of rare bagatelles and early games, to over 90 playable pinball machines from the 1940’s to present day. Throughout the museum are hand-painted murals, Jukeboxes and rotating exhibits.

Sightseeing

Take the ferry from the Main St Terminal in San Francisco Ferry building. You will enjoy the farmer's market and local wares/food. The ferry serves drinks and snacks.
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Alameda Main Street station
2990 Main St
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Take the ferry from the Main St Terminal in San Francisco Ferry building. You will enjoy the farmer's market and local wares/food. The ferry serves drinks and snacks.
The USS Hornet is an aircraft carrier. It include exhibits from the NASA Apollo moon exploration missions, and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the transonic and early supersonic jet propulsion period.
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USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum
707 W Hornet Ave
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The USS Hornet is an aircraft carrier. It include exhibits from the NASA Apollo moon exploration missions, and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the transonic and early supersonic jet propulsion period.
Alameda Spite House, Broadway and Crist St This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite. The growing city of Alameda had commandeered a good chunk of land from a Mr. Charles Froling with the intention of building a street, with the support of an unsympathetic neighbor. Froling had intentions for the inherited slice of heaven himself—a dream home which, when thwarted, Froling turned into an architectural nightmare. Using what little land he had left, a vindictive Froling built his house anyway—20 ft. high, 54 ft. long… and 10 ft. wide.
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Alameda
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Alameda Spite House, Broadway and Crist St This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite. The growing city of Alameda had commandeered a good chunk of land from a Mr. Charles Froling with the intention of building a street, with the support of an unsympathetic neighbor. Froling had intentions for the inherited slice of heaven himself—a dream home which, when thwarted, Froling turned into an architectural nightmare. Using what little land he had left, a vindictive Froling built his house anyway—20 ft. high, 54 ft. long… and 10 ft. wide.

Parks & Nature

Bayfront education center with an 800-gallon aquarium & interactive exhibits about marine life.
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Crab Cove Visitor Center
1252 McKay Ave
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Bayfront education center with an 800-gallon aquarium & interactive exhibits about marine life.
Lincoln Park is one of the older parks in Alameda. The entrance on High Street has these beautiful old metal fences that enclose the park. There are numerous big old shade trees that keep everything cool. It also is one of the parks in Alameda with lots of amenities. Lincoln Park has two play structures, a rose garden, lots of manicured grounds, basketball court, tennis court, bocce ball court, handball court, very small skateboard area, ball fields, private swimming pool, and a recreation center.
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Lincoln Park
3412 Clement St
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Lincoln Park is one of the older parks in Alameda. The entrance on High Street has these beautiful old metal fences that enclose the park. There are numerous big old shade trees that keep everything cool. It also is one of the parks in Alameda with lots of amenities. Lincoln Park has two play structures, a rose garden, lots of manicured grounds, basketball court, tennis court, bocce ball court, handball court, very small skateboard area, ball fields, private swimming pool, and a recreation center.
Crown Memorial State Beach is a state park in the city of Alameda, CA on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It is operated by East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD), under a cooperative agreement with the State of California and the City of Alameda.
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Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach
Otis Drive
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Crown Memorial State Beach is a state park in the city of Alameda, CA on the shores of San Francisco Bay. It is operated by East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD), under a cooperative agreement with the State of California and the City of Alameda.

Shopping

The Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire started in 1998 and has become the largest antique show in Northern California. The first Sunday of every month, vendors come to showcase their collectibles. By Faire rules, all items must be more than 20 years old, and no reproductions are allowed.
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Alameda Point Antiques Faire 1st Sunday Every Month
3900 Main St
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The Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire started in 1998 and has become the largest antique show in Northern California. The first Sunday of every month, vendors come to showcase their collectibles. By Faire rules, all items must be more than 20 years old, and no reproductions are allowed.
Historic brick building housing a side-by-side lineup of upmarket sustainable food shops & cafes.
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Alameda Marketplace
1650 Park St
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Historic brick building housing a side-by-side lineup of upmarket sustainable food shops & cafes.

Essentials

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Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
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Locally owned market. Sam, the owner, is quite helpful. Chips, milk, beer, wine, booze, cake mix, snacks, canned goods, cigars, house hold cleaning products, sandwich makings, paper products, and a small produce section.
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A1 Market
1420 Encinal Ave
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Locally owned market. Sam, the owner, is quite helpful. Chips, milk, beer, wine, booze, cake mix, snacks, canned goods, cigars, house hold cleaning products, sandwich makings, paper products, and a small produce section.