Guidebook for San Pablo

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Guidebook for San Pablo

Parks & Nature

This park has over 2,000 acres of incredible scenery, creeks, vistas, trails and much more. Grab a map and go exploring!
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Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
5755 McBryde Ave
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This park has over 2,000 acres of incredible scenery, creeks, vistas, trails and much more. Grab a map and go exploring!
This is beautiful park just down the street (5 minutes walking) from our front door. It has everything you'd ever want in a park--creek access, picnic areas, BBQ's, beautiful lawns, playgrounds, hiking trails, redwood groves and lots of history. Go bring a book or a game or a bottle of wine and enjoy this gem.
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Alvarado Park
5755 McBryde Ave
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This is beautiful park just down the street (5 minutes walking) from our front door. It has everything you'd ever want in a park--creek access, picnic areas, BBQ's, beautiful lawns, playgrounds, hiking trails, redwood groves and lots of history. Go bring a book or a game or a bottle of wine and enjoy this gem.
Great trails along the Bay with unique views of San Francisco. Check out Point Richmond while you're there for an old town Richmond feel.
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Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
900 Dornan Dr
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Great trails along the Bay with unique views of San Francisco. Check out Point Richmond while you're there for an old town Richmond feel.
Great hiking along the shoreline.
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Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
5551 Giant Hwy
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Great hiking along the shoreline.

Essentials

This is our closest, go to grocery store.
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Raley's
3360 San Pablo Dam Rd
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This is our closest, go to grocery store.
This is our go to grocery store for all things Mexican Food. Their marinated meats are economical and delicious and ready to be thrown right on the grill.
Las Montañas Supermarket
13901 San Pablo Ave
This is our go to grocery store for all things Mexican Food. Their marinated meats are economical and delicious and ready to be thrown right on the grill.
This is our closest natural food store. They have all kinds of treats!
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El Cerrito Natural Grocery Company
10367 San Pablo Ave
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This is our closest natural food store. They have all kinds of treats!

Food Scene

This is our local coffee shop. We love their breakfast burritos.
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Catahoula Coffee Co
12472 San Pablo Ave
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This is our local coffee shop. We love their breakfast burritos.
This is a great Mexican restaurant. I love their carnitas and chile colorado burritos and their chips are the best!
Taquería Dona Maria
3550 San Pablo Dam Rd
This is a great Mexican restaurant. I love their carnitas and chile colorado burritos and their chips are the best!
I wouldn't be able to list Taquiera Doña Maria without also mentioning Kaliente. Kaliente is more of a sit down restaurant featuring delicious Mexican and El Salvadorian food including handmade papusas.
KALIENTE RESTAURANT
3803 San Pablo Dam Rd
I wouldn't be able to list Taquiera Doña Maria without also mentioning Kaliente. Kaliente is more of a sit down restaurant featuring delicious Mexican and El Salvadorian food including handmade papusas.
This is our favorite middle eastern, quick eats spot. We always get the #4, lamb gyro. It's that good.
Kebab Express Mediterranean Restaurant (Halal)
13350 San Pablo Ave
This is our favorite middle eastern, quick eats spot. We always get the #4, lamb gyro. It's that good.
Best Indian/Pakistani food in the area. The scenery is nothing to write home about, but the food and the staff are delightful. We often get food to go there and enjoy it in the park or at home.
Bismillah
102 San Pablo Towne Center
Best Indian/Pakistani food in the area. The scenery is nothing to write home about, but the food and the staff are delightful. We often get food to go there and enjoy it in the park or at home.

Drinks & Nightlife

While Bottles is listed in "Food Scene" I feel compelled to also list it here as we were first introduced to Bottles as our local tap room offering the finest selection of local CA beers. There's a quaint and funky bar in the back with a rotating cast of of 6 beer taps. I've never tasted the same beer twice during the 2+ years I've been going to bottles. The beers are always interesting and often higher alcohol IPA's or other speciality beers you won't find on tap anywhere else. Get to know the folks there and order some delicious food from the kitchen that just opened up!
Bottles Beerzaar
3550 San Pablo Dam Rd
While Bottles is listed in "Food Scene" I feel compelled to also list it here as we were first introduced to Bottles as our local tap room offering the finest selection of local CA beers. There's a quaint and funky bar in the back with a rotating cast of of 6 beer taps. I've never tasted the same beer twice during the 2+ years I've been going to bottles. The beers are always interesting and often higher alcohol IPA's or other speciality beers you won't find on tap anywhere else. Get to know the folks there and order some delicious food from the kitchen that just opened up!
This is an interesting dive bar few know about beyond the regular and colorful local crowds. Thursday nights there's usually a band churning out some hits or karaoke.
Rancho San Pablo
This is an interesting dive bar few know about beyond the regular and colorful local crowds. Thursday nights there's usually a band churning out some hits or karaoke.
Before we moved to Woodsy we lived in Oakland for 5 years. It's got everything you'd want--great food, bars, parks, nightlife, etc. Grab a BART and have a blast. A couple of highlight areas--Temescal neighborhood off of the MacArthur BART stop, Jack London Square off the 12th St. BART stop, the beautiful Lake Merritt off the Lake Merritt BART stop and so much more!
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Oakland
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Before we moved to Woodsy we lived in Oakland for 5 years. It's got everything you'd want--great food, bars, parks, nightlife, etc. Grab a BART and have a blast. A couple of highlight areas--Temescal neighborhood off of the MacArthur BART stop, Jack London Square off the 12th St. BART stop, the beautiful Lake Merritt off the Lake Merritt BART stop and so much more!

Getting Around

This is our local BART (subway) stop. From here you can easily catch a train to head into Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, either SFO airport or Oakland and lots of other spots. We recommend downloading a ridesharing app and getting a ride to and from BART for a no-car experience.
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El Cerrito del Norte Station
6400 Cutting Blvd
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This is our local BART (subway) stop. From here you can easily catch a train to head into Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, either SFO airport or Oakland and lots of other spots. We recommend downloading a ridesharing app and getting a ride to and from BART for a no-car experience.

Sightseeing

This National Historical Monument is a local treasure and worth the visit for the unique bay views from the Richmond Shoreline as well as the chance to meet the oldest National Park employee--94 year old Ranger Betty Soskin. http://www.rosietheriveter.org
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Nasyonal na Makasaysayang Parke ng Rosie the Riveter
1414 Harbour Way S
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This National Historical Monument is a local treasure and worth the visit for the unique bay views from the Richmond Shoreline as well as the chance to meet the oldest National Park employee--94 year old Ranger Betty Soskin. http://www.rosietheriveter.org

Entertainment & Activities

Our closest bowling alley.
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AMF Pinole Valley Lanes
1580 Pinole Valley Rd
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Our closest bowling alley.