Guidebook for Berkeley
Essentials
Amazing sausages (love the curry sausage) and smoked salmon. Great local grocery store with a bakery/cafe next door. Also, it is a pretty walk to get there.
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Star Meats
3068 Claremont AveAmazing sausages (love the curry sausage) and smoked salmon. Great local grocery store with a bakery/cafe next door. Also, it is a pretty walk to get there.
Whole Foods Market
230 Bay PlNearest grocery store to our house
Ashby Marketplace
Small grocery store and deli less than a block away.
Everything Else
This is the BART station to use if going to SF (no transfer required). Also, it is a nicer walk to than too Ashby BART, and there is direct and frequent bus service between my house and the station.
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Rockridge
This is the BART station to use if going to SF (no transfer required). Also, it is a nicer walk to than too Ashby BART, and there is direct and frequent bus service between my house and the station.
Ice cream shop with eclectic flavors. If there's not a huge line, check it out for great ice cream and other treats. If there is a huge line, check out Tara's (head south on College).
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Ici Ice Cream
2948 College AvenueIce cream shop with eclectic flavors. If there's not a huge line, check it out for great ice cream and other treats. If there is a huge line, check out Tara's (head south on College).
Tara's Organic Ice Cream
4731 Telegraph AveOrganic ice cream in exciting flavors.
Nice park to read a book, play frisbee, etc. Sometimes homeless people can be harassing, but this is hard to avoid at a park in Berkeley.
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Willard Park
2730 Hillegass AveNice park to read a book, play frisbee, etc. Sometimes homeless people can be harassing, but this is hard to avoid at a park in Berkeley.
Food Scene
Great Armenian-owned Mediterranean restaurant. Large portions and outdoor seating available.
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La Mediterranee
2936 College AveGreat Armenian-owned Mediterranean restaurant. Large portions and outdoor seating available.
Manpuku
2977 College AveAffordable sushi and other Japanese dishes.
Be Bop
2975 College AveOrganic Korean restaurant with same ownership as Manpuku.
My favorite cafe in the area. No wifi and kind of pricey, but great ambiance, drinks, and foods. They serve beer in the evenings.
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Elmwood Cafe
2900 College AvenueMy favorite cafe in the area. No wifi and kind of pricey, but great ambiance, drinks, and foods. They serve beer in the evenings.
Great Himalayan food, and they will make it not spicy if you really insist on it!
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Mount Everest Restaurant
2598 Telegraph AveGreat Himalayan food, and they will make it not spicy if you really insist on it!
Phở K & K
2533 Telegraph AveClosest place to get pho.
So good, upscale restaurant, very "Berkeley." I think it's the second best restaurant in Berkeley after Chez Panisse.
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Gather
2200 Oxford StSo good, upscale restaurant, very "Berkeley." I think it's the second best restaurant in Berkeley after Chez Panisse.
Rick & Ann's Restaurant
2922 Domingo AveGreat breakfast/brunch place.
Arts & Culture
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood
2966 College AveThe movie theater by our house.
Sightseeing
You can take the elevator up the Campanile on the UC Berkeley campus for great views of the whole bay Area.
Check here for the hours: http://visitors.berkeley.edu/camp/index.shtml
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Campanile Esplanade
South Hall RoadYou can take the elevator up the Campanile on the UC Berkeley campus for great views of the whole bay Area.
Check here for the hours: http://visitors.berkeley.edu/camp/index.shtml
Berkeley Flea Market at the Ashby BART station - Saturdays and Sundays only.
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Berkeley Flea Market
1937 Ashby AveBerkeley Flea Market at the Ashby BART station - Saturdays and Sundays only.