Guidebook for Berkeley
Food Scene
Happy hour. Great old "protected" seafood restaurant of the old establishment. Boots in the bar, great tacos and cocktails.
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Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto
1919 Fourth StreetHappy hour. Great old "protected" seafood restaurant of the old establishment. Boots in the bar, great tacos and cocktails.
MICHELIN Guide
Can't swing a ticket to Tokyo? Dinner at Ippuku is the next best thing. With its low Japanese-style tables, extensive woodwork, and enormous selection of sake and shochu, it feels like an authentic izakaya transplanted into a corner of downtown Berkeley. The low-profile entrance adds to the feeling you've lucked upon a special dining secret-assuming you don't stroll right past it, that is. Yakitori are the big draw here, with smoky, salty chicken thighs, necks, hearts, and gizzards arriving fresh off the binchotan. Other excellent small plates include korokke, or golden-brown Dungeness crab croquettes, crisp on the outside and with a creamy interior, or yaki imo, caramelized w
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Iyasare
1830 Fourth StMICHELIN Guide
Can't swing a ticket to Tokyo? Dinner at Ippuku is the next best thing. With its low Japanese-style tables, extensive woodwork, and enormous selection of sake and shochu, it feels like an authentic izakaya transplanted into a corner of downtown Berkeley. The low-profile entrance adds to the feeling you've lucked upon a special dining secret-assuming you don't stroll right past it, that is. Yakitori are the big draw here, with smoky, salty chicken thighs, necks, hearts, and gizzards arriving fresh off the binchotan. Other excellent small plates include korokke, or golden-brown Dungeness crab croquettes, crisp on the outside and with a creamy interior, or yaki imo, caramelized w
Dining at Chez Panisse — either upstairs in the more casual cafe or downstairs with the nightly changing fixed-price menu — is a revelation. This is cooking at its finest, stripped of pretense and showy techniques. Every flavor combination and cooking method is designed to showcase the purity of the product. Downstairs, Cal Peternell and Amy Dencler share cooking duties; upstairs it’s Beth Wells and Nathan Alderson. And they all embrace the Alice Waters philosophy. While the farm-to-table approach is common today, Chez Panisse still stands alone. There’s always a dish or two that makes diners realize that this is how things should taste. Downstairs a handsome Craftsman dining room.
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Chez Panisse
1517 Shattuck AveDining at Chez Panisse — either upstairs in the more casual cafe or downstairs with the nightly changing fixed-price menu — is a revelation. This is cooking at its finest, stripped of pretense and showy techniques. Every flavor combination and cooking method is designed to showcase the purity of the product. Downstairs, Cal Peternell and Amy Dencler share cooking duties; upstairs it’s Beth Wells and Nathan Alderson. And they all embrace the Alice Waters philosophy. While the farm-to-table approach is common today, Chez Panisse still stands alone. There’s always a dish or two that makes diners realize that this is how things should taste. Downstairs a handsome Craftsman dining room.
French and great for outdoor sunny patio brunches and lunches, fresh oysters and champagne and great chicken... Next door is a cheese and pasta shop which is brilliant...
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Café Rouge Restaurant
1782 Fourth StreetFrench and great for outdoor sunny patio brunches and lunches, fresh oysters and champagne and great chicken... Next door is a cheese and pasta shop which is brilliant...
GREAT diner - get there super early to get a table, pancakes and mimosas and huevos rancheros and home baked goods - really old and excellent place.
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Bette's Oceanview Diner
1807A Fourth StGREAT diner - get there super early to get a table, pancakes and mimosas and huevos rancheros and home baked goods - really old and excellent place.
The most beautiful view of the Bay - go there just before sunset...
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Skates on the Bay
100 Seawall DrThe most beautiful view of the Bay - go there just before sunset...
Essentials
Franklin Bros. Market
901 Bancroft WayBerkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz AveDrinks & Nightlife
This is a lovely waterfront harbor with lots of great restaurants and interesting for people watching too. They have a bowling/cinema hall and live music and food from all corners of the world.
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Jack London Square
472 Water StThis is a lovely waterfront harbor with lots of great restaurants and interesting for people watching too. They have a bowling/cinema hall and live music and food from all corners of the world.
This is heaven! Drive up and down Silverado Trail all the way up to Calistoga and stop on all the hundreds of Wineries on the way that offer wine tasting and local info...
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Napa Valley
This is heaven! Drive up and down Silverado Trail all the way up to Calistoga and stop on all the hundreds of Wineries on the way that offer wine tasting and local info...
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room
2031 Fourth StBeer tasting !
Fieldwork Brewing Company
1160 Sixth StBeer tasting!
Getting Around
Bus and train (Amtrac)
You can download an app for the train times. This train goes to Emeryville and Oakland and Jack London Square where you can take the ferry into San Francisco if you are not in a hurry.
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Berkeley station
700 University AveBus and train (Amtrac)
You can download an app for the train times. This train goes to Emeryville and Oakland and Jack London Square where you can take the ferry into San Francisco if you are not in a hurry.
This ferry takes you straight into the Ferry Terminal in San Francisco and to all the Piers there, with plenty of things to see and do. You can also take this ferry from Oakland to Pier 39 where you can get to Alcatraz.
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San Francisco Bay Ferry station
10 Clay StThis ferry takes you straight into the Ferry Terminal in San Francisco and to all the Piers there, with plenty of things to see and do. You can also take this ferry from Oakland to Pier 39 where you can get to Alcatraz.
Arts & Culture
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
Oaklandin Kalifornian museo
1000 Oak StParks & Nature
Berkeley Hills
Stinson Beach
The most hidden beautiful village and natural parks/beach - if you go there during the week days you hardly see any people. Seals, fish, pelicans... monarch butterflies...
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Bolinas
The most hidden beautiful village and natural parks/beach - if you go there during the week days you hardly see any people. Seals, fish, pelicans... monarch butterflies...
Great 4 miles walk around or hang out at the Chalet restaurant with a huge waterfront patio - or take a trip with the Italian gondola...
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Lake Merrittin amfiteatteri
Lake Merritt BoulevardGreat 4 miles walk around or hang out at the Chalet restaurant with a huge waterfront patio - or take a trip with the Italian gondola...
The most beautiful park and Ansel Adams most famous half dome... It is possible to rent a fancy tent.
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Yosemiten kansallispuisto
The most beautiful park and Ansel Adams most famous half dome... It is possible to rent a fancy tent.
Entertainment & Activities
They give you sailing lessons here - if you sign up for 3 months it costs $1 a day... Even if you are just here for a week - you can use the sailing club every day for $90 and support their great volunteer run club at the same time.
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Berkeley Marina
They give you sailing lessons here - if you sign up for 3 months it costs $1 a day... Even if you are just here for a week - you can use the sailing club every day for $90 and support their great volunteer run club at the same time.
Buy a plane ticket from Oakland (small relaxed and effective airport compared to SFO) and do a short hop to Los Angeles. Rent an apartment on Venice Beach through Airbnb.
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Oakland Airport 4D station
Buy a plane ticket from Oakland (small relaxed and effective airport compared to SFO) and do a short hop to Los Angeles. Rent an apartment on Venice Beach through Airbnb.
Lovely beautiful spa with large pool and exotic restaurants nearby
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Calistoga Spa Hot Springs
1006 Washington StLovely beautiful spa with large pool and exotic restaurants nearby
It shouldnt take you more than 3 hours to get to this ski resort where you can either go skiing in the sun for a day or stay overnight. There are also plenty of cabins for rent around Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake on Airbnb that are cheap and cozy.
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Sugar Bowl Village Ski & Sports
629 Sugar Bowl RdIt shouldnt take you more than 3 hours to get to this ski resort where you can either go skiing in the sun for a day or stay overnight. There are also plenty of cabins for rent around Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake on Airbnb that are cheap and cozy.