Guidebook for Berkeley

Terese
Guidebook for Berkeley

Essentials

The best produce market around!
213 locals recommend
Monterey Market
1550 Hopkins St
213 locals recommend
The best produce market around!
Great butcher with full selection of meats, prepared foods, and other groceries.
20 locals recommend
Magnani Poultry
1576 Hopkins St
20 locals recommend
Great butcher with full selection of meats, prepared foods, and other groceries.
Huge selection of cheese, chocolate, coffee, tea, and miscellaneous other groceries.
9 locals recommend
Raxakoul Coffee & Cheese
1578 Hopkins St
9 locals recommend
Huge selection of cheese, chocolate, coffee, tea, and miscellaneous other groceries.
219 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
225 El Cerrito Plaza
219 locals recommend
58 locals recommend
Sprouts Farmers Market
1075 Monroe St
58 locals recommend

Food Scene

Great, New York style pizza
43 locals recommend
Gioia Pizzeria
1586 Hopkins St
43 locals recommend
Great, New York style pizza
Strong coffee and nice outdoor cafe
23 locals recommend
Espresso Roma Cafe
1549 Hopkins St
23 locals recommend
Strong coffee and nice outdoor cafe
Good, simple, and inexpensive Chinese restaurant for eat-in or take-out.
Lilly's Restaurant
1580 Hopkins St
Good, simple, and inexpensive Chinese restaurant for eat-in or take-out.
Famous for good reasons -- get reservations if you can!
337 locals recommend
Chez Panisse
1517 Shattuck Ave
337 locals recommend
Famous for good reasons -- get reservations if you can!
INCREDIBLE baked goods and cheese selection, as well as wonderful pizza and jazz. A Berkeley institution.
317 locals recommend
The Cheeseboard Pizza
1512 Shattuck Ave
317 locals recommend
INCREDIBLE baked goods and cheese selection, as well as wonderful pizza and jazz. A Berkeley institution.
The first Peet's coffee.
259 locals recommend
Peet's Coffee
2124 Vine St
259 locals recommend
The first Peet's coffee.
Fantastic deli food and a great ambiance. Great for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
64 locals recommend
Jodie's Restaurant
902 Masonic Ave
64 locals recommend
Fantastic deli food and a great ambiance. Great for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great selection of wine, beer, and spirits
Northbrae Bottle Shop
1590 Hopkins St
Great selection of wine, beer, and spirits
Beta Lounge
2129 Durant Ave
61 locals recommend
Albatross Pub
1822 San Pablo Ave
61 locals recommend
14 locals recommend
Ivy Room
860 San Pablo Ave
14 locals recommend

Entertainment & Activities

Public pool
22 locals recommend
King School Park
1700 Hopkins St
22 locals recommend
Public pool
Great park with playgrounds, track, tennis courts, picnic areas, and more.
22 locals recommend
King School Park
1700 Hopkins St
22 locals recommend
Great park with playgrounds, track, tennis courts, picnic areas, and more.

Everything Else

Convenient dry cleaner and laundromat (across the street) with good shopping and food nearby
Bing Wong Cleaners
1400 Shattuck Ave
Convenient dry cleaner and laundromat (across the street) with good shopping and food nearby
Closest place to get laundry and dry cleaning done (though you need to go up to Bing Wong on Shattuck for coin op)
Hopkins Launderette
1541 Hopkins St
Closest place to get laundry and dry cleaning done (though you need to go up to Bing Wong on Shattuck for coin op)

Sightseeing

Rose Walk
Rose Walk
Tightwad Hill
34 locals recommend
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue
34 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

171 locals recommend
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
171 locals recommend
427 locals recommend
University of California, Berkeley
Oxford Street
427 locals recommend