Guidebook for Oakland
Food Scene
Branchline! my favorite new bar in the serves the best burgers (veg. too) and great drinks in a cozy, friendly little dive.
Fresh, healthy Thai food - and cheap happy hour until 7 pm on weekdays!
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Summer Summer Thai Eatery
5885 Hollis StFresh, healthy Thai food - and cheap happy hour until 7 pm on weekdays!
Fancy fare and a great bar with reasonable prices... you can sit at the bar with a hamburger and beer for less than $20, a nice scene.
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Townhouse Bar & Grill
5862 Doyle StFancy fare and a great bar with reasonable prices... you can sit at the bar with a hamburger and beer for less than $20, a nice scene.
My breakfast go-to - all the basics plus some better than basics. Good coffee.
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Doyle Street Cafe
5515 Doyle StMy breakfast go-to - all the basics plus some better than basics. Good coffee.
Ruby's Cafe
6233 Hollis StAnother good option for coffee, breakfast or lunch.
Breakfast - dinner and open until 1 AM! All kinds of "americana" food including killer coconut cream pie!
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Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe
4081 Hollis St Breakfast - dinner and open until 1 AM! All kinds of "americana" food including killer coconut cream pie!
KYU2 Sushi
6485 Hollis StGood happy hour prices for sushi and beer.
Starbucks
1200 Clay StWalkable, and sometimes you need that chai latte.
Ike's Sandwiches
2204 BroadwayGiant Sub Sandwiches of EVERY kind... enough for two!
Sideshow Kitchen
942 Stanford AveGood burgers, nice outdoor scene. Tacos! Fries!
Good place to hang, great food and great scene. Pizza, salads, bagels, all that and more.
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Paradise Park Café
6334 San Pablo AveGood place to hang, great food and great scene. Pizza, salads, bagels, all that and more.
Café Colucci
5849 Telegraph AvePeople love this for Ethiopian Food.
Good To Eat
Fabulous Taiwanese Dumplings and Fried Chicken.
Great pastries, the best around, coffee and pizza!
72 helybéli ajánlásával
Arizmendi Bakery & Pizzeria
4301 San Pablo AveGreat pastries, the best around, coffee and pizza!
Everything Else
Studio Naga Indo-American Martial Arts
5850 San Pablo AveMy martial arts school.... a fun place, if you ask me :)
Drinks & Nightlife
Drinks and drinking and hanging with folks doing that exact thing... a mixed crowd of diverse people usually.
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Prizefighter
6702 Hollis StDrinks and drinking and hanging with folks doing that exact thing... a mixed crowd of diverse people usually.
Fun for beers, a cocktail, vintage vibe and very diverse clientele - totally recommend!
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Wolfhound Bar
5516 San Pablo AveFun for beers, a cocktail, vintage vibe and very diverse clientele - totally recommend!
$2.50 beers or fancy cocktails, food that ranges from cheap to highbrow.
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Honor Kitchen & Cocktails
1411 Powell St$2.50 beers or fancy cocktails, food that ranges from cheap to highbrow.
Great local bar with a range of beer and cocktails - good ambiance and really good bar food.
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Branch Line Lounge
5885 Hollis StGreat local bar with a range of beer and cocktails - good ambiance and really good bar food.
Wondrous Brewing Company
Craft brewery within walking distance - why, YES!
Essentials
A nice walk to an amazing grocery store and cafe - great lunches, organic food and bakery and more! Go!
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Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz AveA nice walk to an amazing grocery store and cafe - great lunches, organic food and bakery and more! Go!
Parks & Nature
If you want redwoods, don't bother to drive hours up north -- this park has it all and is 15 min. away!
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Redwood Regionális Park
7867 Redwood RoadIf you want redwoods, don't bother to drive hours up north -- this park has it all and is 15 min. away!
Hiking - yes! - but also a weird "lake" in summer which is awesome in the evening when the kids go home (after 7pm). Do it! Like Vermont, but not!
495 helybéli ajánlásával
Tilden Regionális Park
2501 Grizzly Peak BlvdHiking - yes! - but also a weird "lake" in summer which is awesome in the evening when the kids go home (after 7pm). Do it! Like Vermont, but not!
A wonderful beach with a view of the SF, amazing weird art and a great place to walk and taste the salt air.
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Albany Bulb
1 Buchanan StA wonderful beach with a view of the SF, amazing weird art and a great place to walk and taste the salt air.
Berkeley Marina
Great park for walking, people watching and hanging... weekends are a scene.