Guidebook for Berkeley

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Guidebook for Berkeley

Food Scene

Beautiful cafe just 2 blocks from the house. They have relatively reasonably priced and good sandwiches and salads for lunch as well as coffee and outstanding baked goods.
52 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Elmwood Cafe
2900 College Avenue
52 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Beautiful cafe just 2 blocks from the house. They have relatively reasonably priced and good sandwiches and salads for lunch as well as coffee and outstanding baked goods.
Summer Kitchen sells both prepared foods (sandwiches and salads, e.g. curry cauliflower salad) as well as sandwiches and simple meals (e,g. spaghetti and meatball, pizzas, roasted chicken with mashed potatoes). It's sort of what you'd cook for yourself if you had the time. Prices are not the cheapest, it's sort of a luxury takeout place.
31 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Summer Kitchen +bakeshop
2944 College Ave
31 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Summer Kitchen sells both prepared foods (sandwiches and salads, e.g. curry cauliflower salad) as well as sandwiches and simple meals (e,g. spaghetti and meatball, pizzas, roasted chicken with mashed potatoes). It's sort of what you'd cook for yourself if you had the time. Prices are not the cheapest, it's sort of a luxury takeout place.
Nabolom is open Wed-Sun and closes at 7pm. In the morning, they have hand-rolled croissants and their famous danishes, and during lunch and dinner hours, they have a Cheeseboard style pizza du jour, always vegetarian. Their cookies are phenomenal. This is a local spot with really friend proprietors.
25 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Nabolom Bakery - Pizzeria
2708 Russell St
25 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Nabolom is open Wed-Sun and closes at 7pm. In the morning, they have hand-rolled croissants and their famous danishes, and during lunch and dinner hours, they have a Cheeseboard style pizza du jour, always vegetarian. Their cookies are phenomenal. This is a local spot with really friend proprietors.
Generous amounts of poke served up Chipotle style.
Hashtag Poki
3075 Telegraph Ave
Generous amounts of poke served up Chipotle style.

Parks & Nature

Tilden is just a 10 minute drive from the cottage, and there is hiking, a swimmable lake for warm days, and a botanical garden. For kids, Tilden has an excellent steam engine train ride, merry go round, a small farm where children can feed the animals.
495 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Tilden Regional Park
2501 Grizzly Peak Blvd
495 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Tilden is just a 10 minute drive from the cottage, and there is hiking, a swimmable lake for warm days, and a botanical garden. For kids, Tilden has an excellent steam engine train ride, merry go round, a small farm where children can feed the animals.

Essentials

Whole Foods is the nearest grocery store, a ~15 minute walk from the house. They also have a breakfast hot bar and a coffee shack outside in the front, so you can just pull in with your car and grab your coffee or sit down with your coffee/meal in the outdoor seating area.
553 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Whole Foods Market
230 Bay Pl
553 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Whole Foods is the nearest grocery store, a ~15 minute walk from the house. They also have a breakfast hot bar and a coffee shack outside in the front, so you can just pull in with your car and grab your coffee or sit down with your coffee/meal in the outdoor seating area.
This Safeway at College and Alcatraz has a huge parking lot (where you could also park for errands near by) and is open seemingly nearly 24hrs. If you need milk at 6am, this is your place. It faces very cute stores for grocery, a great butcher and the like. There is also the well-reputed Philz coffee in the complex.
105 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Safeway
6310 College Ave
105 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
This Safeway at College and Alcatraz has a huge parking lot (where you could also park for errands near by) and is open seemingly nearly 24hrs. If you need milk at 6am, this is your place. It faces very cute stores for grocery, a great butcher and the like. There is also the well-reputed Philz coffee in the complex.
Trader Joe's has everything! This one (vs the one on University) has more space, parking is more straightforward and the store itself has wider aisles meaning you bump into other shoppers a bit less than other locations.
582 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
582 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Trader Joe's has everything! This one (vs the one on University) has more space, parking is more straightforward and the store itself has wider aisles meaning you bump into other shoppers a bit less than other locations.
Berkeley Bowl is famous for its wide selection of fruits and veggies. Prices are pretty reasonable, and the wide selection includes random groceries like gluten free soba or some obscure cheese made by a local dairy farmer. Beware of its highly competitive parking lot and peak hours where all of Berkeley seems to have descended on the store. There is another location Berkeley Bowl West which has a bit more breathing room.
419 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St
419 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Berkeley Bowl is famous for its wide selection of fruits and veggies. Prices are pretty reasonable, and the wide selection includes random groceries like gluten free soba or some obscure cheese made by a local dairy farmer. Beware of its highly competitive parking lot and peak hours where all of Berkeley seems to have descended on the store. There is another location Berkeley Bowl West which has a bit more breathing room.

Sightseeing

UC Berkeley's iconic Sather Gate is pictured in every PR and journalism piece. The plaza beyond the gate is where the students protested in 1968 and where people still congregate. Also representative of student life is Telegraph Ave from Dwight all the way up to the gate. There are a couple of decent restaurants en route.
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Sather Gate
Sather Road
7 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
UC Berkeley's iconic Sather Gate is pictured in every PR and journalism piece. The plaza beyond the gate is where the students protested in 1968 and where people still congregate. Also representative of student life is Telegraph Ave from Dwight all the way up to the gate. There are a couple of decent restaurants en route.