Guidebook for Berkeley

Ken & Ros
Guidebook for Berkeley

Food Scene

This is a friendly, family-owned and operated Taqueria. Good for lunch or dinner. Walking distance from our house. Closed on Sundays.
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Taqueria La Familia
2971 Shattuck Ave
17 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
This is a friendly, family-owned and operated Taqueria. Good for lunch or dinner. Walking distance from our house. Closed on Sundays.
Locally owned and operated cafe. Decorated with funky metal-work by famous local artist Mark Bullwinkle (some of which is for sale). An easy walk from our house.
23 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Jump'n Java Coffeehouse Oakland/Berkeley
6606 Shattuck Ave
23 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Locally owned and operated cafe. Decorated with funky metal-work by famous local artist Mark Bullwinkle (some of which is for sale). An easy walk from our house.
Excellent baked goods and coffee in The Elmwood neighborhood. Simple breakfasts available.
Semifreddi's Bakery
3084 Claremont Avenue
Excellent baked goods and coffee in The Elmwood neighborhood. Simple breakfasts available.
This is our favorite breakfast place. They have fluffy pancakes, delicious omelettes, and the best housemade english muffins anywhere! They also have great burgers and sandwiches for lunches. An easy walk from our house.
27 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Sconehenge Bakery & Cafe
2787 Shattuck Ave
27 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
This is our favorite breakfast place. They have fluffy pancakes, delicious omelettes, and the best housemade english muffins anywhere! They also have great burgers and sandwiches for lunches. An easy walk from our house.
Our second favorite breakfast place (might be our first if it was walking distance from our house).
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Homemade Cafe
2454 Sacramento St
69 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Our second favorite breakfast place (might be our first if it was walking distance from our house).

Shopping

Worth a visit just to SEE the produce section. BBowl carries mostly natural and organic foods, but also stocks lots of conventional items as well. Also offers several varieties of prepared food (veggie/grain salads, sandwiches, Mexican, Chinese, desserts). An easy walk from our house.
419 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St
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Worth a visit just to SEE the produce section. BBowl carries mostly natural and organic foods, but also stocks lots of conventional items as well. Also offers several varieties of prepared food (veggie/grain salads, sandwiches, Mexican, Chinese, desserts). An easy walk from our house.
Designer dog collars for the person who has everything (except children perhaps). An easy walk from our house.
Paco Collars
2905 Fifth St
Designer dog collars for the person who has everything (except children perhaps). An easy walk from our house.
Fun shopping area with restaurants, cafes, bookstores, gift shops, clothes and jewelry stores, a movie theatre (cash only), and more. About a mile walk from our house.
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Elmwood
37 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Fun shopping area with restaurants, cafes, bookstores, gift shops, clothes and jewelry stores, a movie theatre (cash only), and more. About a mile walk from our house.

Sightseeing

"On a clear day, you can see forever..." 360 degree views of the East Bay, San Francisco, and some of Marin County. Even on a foggy day, it's cool to see (and hear) the gigantic bells close-up.
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The Campanile
9 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
"On a clear day, you can see forever..." 360 degree views of the East Bay, San Francisco, and some of Marin County. Even on a foggy day, it's cool to see (and hear) the gigantic bells close-up.

Parks & Nature

Hiking trails galore! Picnic areas. Open spaces. Beautiful in any weather.
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Tilden Regional Park
2501 Grizzly Peak Blvd
495 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Hiking trails galore! Picnic areas. Open spaces. Beautiful in any weather.
Little children love this place. Say hello to cows, goats, geese, pigs and bunnies. Bring some celery to feed to the goats (check-out their rectangular-shaped pupils!). Free.
38 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Tilden Little Farm
1500 Canon Dr
38 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Little children love this place. Say hello to cows, goats, geese, pigs and bunnies. Bring some celery to feed to the goats (check-out their rectangular-shaped pupils!). Free.
Nice place to take a walk. Pretty views of the bay.
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Berkeley Marina
157 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Nice place to take a walk. Pretty views of the bay.
Our kids' favorite park, mainly because of the big, curvy and rather steep concrete slide. Also it's right across the street from the Berkeley Rose Garden.
34 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Codornices Park
1201 Euclid Ave
34 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Our kids' favorite park, mainly because of the big, curvy and rather steep concrete slide. Also it's right across the street from the Berkeley Rose Garden.

Essentials

Five blocks from our house.
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Walgreens
2801 Adeline St
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Five blocks from our house.
AKA "Whole Paycheck," but the best place to get 100% natural and/or organic products. Five blocks from our house.
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Whole Foods Market
230 Bay Pl
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AKA "Whole Paycheck," but the best place to get 100% natural and/or organic products. Five blocks from our house.
Large conventional grocery store, with in-house bakery, deli, and sushi counter. While you're there, you have three different cafes within arms reach (Cole Coffee, Philz, and that other big chain place that starts with an S).
105 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Safeway
6310 College Ave
105 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Large conventional grocery store, with in-house bakery, deli, and sushi counter. While you're there, you have three different cafes within arms reach (Cole Coffee, Philz, and that other big chain place that starts with an S).

Getting Around

Two blocks from our house.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
3001 Shattuck Ave
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Two blocks from our house.
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Ashby station
3100 Adeline St
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City Car Share
2116 Allston Way
8 lokal ang nagrerekomenda
Zipcar
2918 Adeline St
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Arts & Culture

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
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Oakland Museum ng California
1000 Oak St
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