Guidebook for Berkeley

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Guidebook for Berkeley

Sightseeing

Ashby is the closest BART station; a 20-minute walk (1 mile). You can also take a cab or bus to the station. Free parking weekends in ample lot; also free after 3pm weekdays.
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Ashby station
3100 Adeline St
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Ashby is the closest BART station; a 20-minute walk (1 mile). You can also take a cab or bus to the station. Free parking weekends in ample lot; also free after 3pm weekdays.
BART station that is the second-closest. Take the AC Transit bus #88.
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Berkeley Station
2160 Shattuck Ave
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BART station that is the second-closest. Take the AC Transit bus #88.

Food Scene

Not your regular pizza joint; great ambience in evenings and a wide range of wholesome tasty toppings to build-your-own pizza. Be sure to request a table in the cozy bar section (try the craft beers!)
BUILD Pizzeria Roma
2286 Shattuck Avenue
Not your regular pizza joint; great ambience in evenings and a wide range of wholesome tasty toppings to build-your-own pizza. Be sure to request a table in the cozy bar section (try the craft beers!)
Peet's is legendary in the Bay Area for great coffee and tea -- the first store opened in Berkeley in 1966.
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Peet's Coffee
2124 Vine St
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Peet's is legendary in the Bay Area for great coffee and tea -- the first store opened in Berkeley in 1966.
Great cajun food in a fun upbeat atmosphere -- best dish is deep-fried catfish with hush puppies, and do NOT miss the garlic and butter brussels sprouts.
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Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen
2261 Shattuck Ave
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Great cajun food in a fun upbeat atmosphere -- best dish is deep-fried catfish with hush puppies, and do NOT miss the garlic and butter brussels sprouts.
Craft beer abounds here -- sleek, modern interior without being pretentious. Comfort food done with an elegant twist. Nice bar for just getting a drink.
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Eureka!
2068 Center St
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Craft beer abounds here -- sleek, modern interior without being pretentious. Comfort food done with an elegant twist. Nice bar for just getting a drink.
The Berkeley location of the original Caffe Trieste in North Beach, San Francisco. Free wifi and a diverse lineup of live music most nights of the week.
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Caffè Chiave
2500 San Pablo Ave
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The Berkeley location of the original Caffe Trieste in North Beach, San Francisco. Free wifi and a diverse lineup of live music most nights of the week.
Neighborhood italian restaurant with a bit of California cuisine flair. Have a meal in the glassed-in rear patio area, or just a glass of wine at the bar.
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Paisan
2514 San Pablo Ave
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Neighborhood italian restaurant with a bit of California cuisine flair. Have a meal in the glassed-in rear patio area, or just a glass of wine at the bar.
Nouveau Mexican restaurant with a big semi-outdoors bar out back with heat lamps. Elegant atmosphere inside, often packed especially on weekends.
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Comal
2020 Shattuck Ave
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Nouveau Mexican restaurant with a big semi-outdoors bar out back with heat lamps. Elegant atmosphere inside, often packed especially on weekends.
Cozy neighborhood Thai restaurant, excellent green curry and tom ka gai!
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Mim Thai Cuisine
1453 Dwight Way
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Cozy neighborhood Thai restaurant, excellent green curry and tom ka gai!
Indian food -- yummmmmmmm
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Breads of India
2448 Sacramento St
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Indian food -- yummmmmmmm
Neighborhood breakfast/brunch place w/ some tables outside in the sun, and a bustling inside vibe. Busy during weekends, but you can wait outside on the sidewalk and chat with local Berkeleyites.
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Homemade Cafe
2454 Sacramento St
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Neighborhood breakfast/brunch place w/ some tables outside in the sun, and a bustling inside vibe. Busy during weekends, but you can wait outside on the sidewalk and chat with local Berkeleyites.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great southern BBQ with a long list of craft beers, this place is easy and casual. Picnic tables with heat lamps out back, or seat yourself at a table inside after ordering from the counter.
Perdition Smokehouse
2050 University Ave
Great southern BBQ with a long list of craft beers, this place is easy and casual. Picnic tables with heat lamps out back, or seat yourself at a table inside after ordering from the counter.
Cozy, dark evening haunt with pool table, board games, BYO food. Pub quizzes every Sunday night at 8pm.
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Albatross Pub
1822 San Pablo Ave
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Cozy, dark evening haunt with pool table, board games, BYO food. Pub quizzes every Sunday night at 8pm.

Essentials

What isn't there to love about TJ's? Great prices, great products. Parking garage makes it even greater.
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Trader Joe's
225 El Cerrito Plaza
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What isn't there to love about TJ's? Great prices, great products. Parking garage makes it even greater.
The way-better equivalent of Whole Foods, Bowl is a local institution. Acres of the BEST fresh produce, bulk foods, wine/beer, gourmet products. Go to this location b/c Adeline location crowded.
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Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz Ave
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The way-better equivalent of Whole Foods, Bowl is a local institution. Acres of the BEST fresh produce, bulk foods, wine/beer, gourmet products. Go to this location b/c Adeline location crowded.

Everything Else

Laundromat with parking lot adjacent, and Fosters Freeze ice cream stand next door. Free wifi 1/2 a block away at West Branch of Berkeley Public Library.
Holiday Coin Laundry
1187 University Ave
Laundromat with parking lot adjacent, and Fosters Freeze ice cream stand next door. Free wifi 1/2 a block away at West Branch of Berkeley Public Library.