Guidebook for Oakland

Stephanie
Guidebook for Oakland

Food Scene

Excellent example of Cal cuisine; superior craft cocktails. Get there EARLY or make a reservation. It's my absolute fave restaurant. With no reservation you can still sit at the bar.
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Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave
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Excellent example of Cal cuisine; superior craft cocktails. Get there EARLY or make a reservation. It's my absolute fave restaurant. With no reservation you can still sit at the bar.
Sister resto to Pizzaiolo near the Grand Lake Theatre. Fresh, Cal-style cuisine, wood oven, best cocktails. No reservations taken, just go.
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Sister
3308 Grand Ave
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Sister resto to Pizzaiolo near the Grand Lake Theatre. Fresh, Cal-style cuisine, wood oven, best cocktails. No reservations taken, just go.
Closest decent coffee to Craftsman Owner's Unit. Decent food. Wonderful and community-minded owners.
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Earthly Coffee and Tea
5506 Martin Luther King Jr Way
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Closest decent coffee to Craftsman Owner's Unit. Decent food. Wonderful and community-minded owners.
Interesting/yummy bowls of Korean and Korean-fusion foods. In Temescal and walkable.
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Bowl'd BBQ
South Shore Center
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Interesting/yummy bowls of Korean and Korean-fusion foods. In Temescal and walkable.
Good, clean taqueria close to home. Delicious. Closes at 9.
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La Calaca Loca Taqueria
5199 Telegraph Ave
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Good, clean taqueria close to home. Delicious. Closes at 9.
BEST taqueria that is walkable. BEST. (They also sell limited menu at Sunday farmers market.)
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Cholita Linda
4923 Telegraph Ave
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BEST taqueria that is walkable. BEST. (They also sell limited menu at Sunday farmers market.)
Closest Ethiopian to home and quite good! Great food, no atmosphere. Close walk.
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Abesha Ethiopian Cuisine
4929 Shattuck Ave
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Closest Ethiopian to home and quite good! Great food, no atmosphere. Close walk.
Best atmosphere of all the Ethiopian and good food.
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Café Colucci
5849 Telegraph Ave
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Best atmosphere of all the Ethiopian and good food.
Best Thai food in the East Bay that I have tasted. Lots of veggie options, very fresh, organic often, great brown rice mix!
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Anchalee Thai Cuisine
1096 Dwight Way
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Best Thai food in the East Bay that I have tasted. Lots of veggie options, very fresh, organic often, great brown rice mix!
Closest taqueria to Craftsman Owner's Unit. Really tasty! Closes early--8! Be careful on 55th west of Lowell.
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Cassave
5412 San Pablo Ave
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Closest taqueria to Craftsman Owner's Unit. Really tasty! Closes early--8! Be careful on 55th west of Lowell.
Seriously awesome cheap eats in South Berkeley, daily menu w veg options.
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Easy Creole
1761 Alcatraz Ave
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Seriously awesome cheap eats in South Berkeley, daily menu w veg options.
Wayyyy above-average diner food. Breakfast till late night.
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Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe
4081 Hollis St
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Wayyyy above-average diner food. Breakfast till late night.
I personally think it's HIGHLY overrated but I appear to be in the minority. Besides, you can say you went to the all mac n cheese resto!
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Homeroom
400 40th St
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I personally think it's HIGHLY overrated but I appear to be in the minority. Besides, you can say you went to the all mac n cheese resto!
SUPER-tasty farm to table place right on the Downtown Berkeley BART. Varied menu, great wines and cocktails, good value.
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Revival Bar + Kitchen
2102 Shattuck Ave
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SUPER-tasty farm to table place right on the Downtown Berkeley BART. Varied menu, great wines and cocktails, good value.
Fantastic upscale Mexican food, reasonable prices. Gets BUSY and doesn't take reservations.
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Comal
2020 Shattuck Ave
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Fantastic upscale Mexican food, reasonable prices. Gets BUSY and doesn't take reservations.
The original Gregoire. More like a take-out window than restaurant. Fantastic French/French-inspired food open all day.
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Grégoire Restaurant
2109 Cedar St
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The original Gregoire. More like a take-out window than restaurant. Fantastic French/French-inspired food open all day.
Super-unique Indian-Cali fusion. Food unlike anywhere else; you gotta try the frybread! Great cocktails.
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Tigerlily Berkeley
1513 Shattuck Ave
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Super-unique Indian-Cali fusion. Food unlike anywhere else; you gotta try the frybread! Great cocktails.
MOST EXCELLENT cocktails, pretty great food while you're there. Curated by local authors, with books. A literary cafe/bookstore/cocktail bar!
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North Light
4915 Telegraph Ave
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MOST EXCELLENT cocktails, pretty great food while you're there. Curated by local authors, with books. A literary cafe/bookstore/cocktail bar!
A Rockridge restaurant institution with a wonderful French-Cal-inspired menu. Always a delight.
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À Côté Restaurant
5478 College Ave
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A Rockridge restaurant institution with a wonderful French-Cal-inspired menu. Always a delight.
French-Cal-inspired fun spot walkable to you. Can get very loud. food is wonderful.
The Rendez-Vous
French-Cal-inspired fun spot walkable to you. Can get very loud. food is wonderful.
Authentic and amazing Italian
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Belotti Ristorante E Bottega
5403 College Ave
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Authentic and amazing Italian
Best Japanese food in the East Bay; expensive but impeccable
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Iyasare
1830 Fourth St
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Best Japanese food in the East Bay; expensive but impeccable
Best Middle Eastern+Cal from a longtime caterer. Wonderful food and atmosphere and in a nice shopping area.
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Pomella
3770 Piedmont Ave
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Best Middle Eastern+Cal from a longtime caterer. Wonderful food and atmosphere and in a nice shopping area.
Wonderful food and atmosphere and in a nice shopping area.
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Doña Tomás
3770 Piedmont Avenue
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Wonderful food and atmosphere and in a nice shopping area.
Legendary, foodie. Check hours tho; they are limited.
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Tacos Oscar
420 40th St
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Legendary, foodie. Check hours tho; they are limited.
Top-notch Cal baking; if you don't want pizza there's focaccia, pull-apart cheese sticks, etc.
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Nick's Pizza and Bakery Made in Oakland
6400 Shattuck Ave
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Top-notch Cal baking; if you don't want pizza there's focaccia, pull-apart cheese sticks, etc.
Foodie scene.
Snail Bar
Foodie scene.
The celery salad is really as good as they say. Unique/cool spot, can get loud.
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The celery salad is really as good as they say. Unique/cool spot, can get loud.

Drinks & Nightlife

Beer garden. I don't even like beer and I LOVE this place: friendly service, walking distance, GREAT veg/vegan options and overall great menu.
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Moxy
3136 Sacramento St
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Beer garden. I don't even like beer and I LOVE this place: friendly service, walking distance, GREAT veg/vegan options and overall great menu.
I've never been. Too meaty but the meat folkses love it. Allegedly excellent craft beers.
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Hog's Apothecary
375 40th St
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I've never been. Too meaty but the meat folkses love it. Allegedly excellent craft beers.
Irish-influenced bar, nicely done by nice owners, just a 5-min walk from your home base. Huge beer selection, some cocktails.
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Wolfhound Bar
5516 San Pablo Ave
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Irish-influenced bar, nicely done by nice owners, just a 5-min walk from your home base. Huge beer selection, some cocktails.
Best craft cocktails in all of Oakland. Can get loud, so WORTH IT.
Viridian
Best craft cocktails in all of Oakland. Can get loud, so WORTH IT.

Essentials

Best area groceries. Worthy tourist destination; you likely have nothing like it at home.
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Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz Ave
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Best area groceries. Worthy tourist destination; you likely have nothing like it at home.
If you have a car this is THE place to get groceries.
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Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St
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If you have a car this is THE place to get groceries.

Everything Else

Sunday farmers market in the DMV parking lot, 8-1. Walkable. Nice selection of baked goods and restaurant food cart items even if you're not getting produce. Local people watching.
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Temescal Farmer's Market
5300 Claremont Ave
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Sunday farmers market in the DMV parking lot, 8-1. Walkable. Nice selection of baked goods and restaurant food cart items even if you're not getting produce. Local people watching.
All things gluten-free. Walkable.
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Mariposa Baking Company
5427 Telegraph Ave
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All things gluten-free. Walkable.
Best local bagels.
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Beauty's Bagel Shop
3838 Telegraph Ave
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Best local bagels.
Adorable stroll w/retail that includes fancy coffee and donuts. The naughty cream is the only donut worth getting. So good tho! (The others are average.)
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Temescal Alley
Temescal Alley
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Adorable stroll w/retail that includes fancy coffee and donuts. The naughty cream is the only donut worth getting. So good tho! (The others are average.)
Little retail area with cheese shop, Ethiopian, USPS, shops and restaurants, drug store. Walk 55th and turn right to head south. The action is on the other side of the freeway underpass.
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Shattuck Avenue
Shattuck Avenue
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Little retail area with cheese shop, Ethiopian, USPS, shops and restaurants, drug store. Walk 55th and turn right to head south. The action is on the other side of the freeway underpass.
Pizza of the day and bread of the day that always changes. Menu on website. Fantastic chai. Walkable.
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Arizmendi Bakery & Pizzeria
4301 San Pablo Ave
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Pizza of the day and bread of the day that always changes. Menu on website. Fantastic chai. Walkable.
Fantastic Tuesday (2-6:30) farmers market a close walk into Berkeley.
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South Berkeley (Tuesday) Farmers' Market
63rd Street
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Fantastic Tuesday (2-6:30) farmers market a close walk into Berkeley.
Foodie heaven at Rockridge BART. The best is the cheese shop and the coffee. The fish market has daily sandwich and soup specials till 6. The bakery is good too.
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Rockridge Market Hall
5655 College Ave
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Foodie heaven at Rockridge BART. The best is the cheese shop and the coffee. The fish market has daily sandwich and soup specials till 6. The bakery is good too.
Not rec'ing the station. Just mapping it to tell you you can walk several blocks on College Ave. in either direction from the BART and be pleased and entertained (retail, restaurants, etc.).
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Rockridge Station
5660 College Ave
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Not rec'ing the station. Just mapping it to tell you you can walk several blocks on College Ave. in either direction from the BART and be pleased and entertained (retail, restaurants, etc.).
Hey, you can walk to Pixar! How cool is that? Also it's cute and historic around there, unlike most of the rest of Emeryville.
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Pixar Animation Studios
1200 Park Ave
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Hey, you can walk to Pixar! How cool is that? Also it's cute and historic around there, unlike most of the rest of Emeryville.
Easy/short walk to fill in produce/basic needs. Note limited hours, closes around 7-8. Also Basic Cafe next door for GREAT food and outdoor seating!
Baseline Produce
5220 Adeline St
Easy/short walk to fill in produce/basic needs. Note limited hours, closes around 7-8. Also Basic Cafe next door for GREAT food and outdoor seating!
Not a rec. Just mapping your nearest BART station.
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MacArthur Station
555 40th St
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Not a rec. Just mapping your nearest BART station.
Not a rec. Just mapping your other nearest BART station.
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Ashby station
3100 Adeline St
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Not a rec. Just mapping your other nearest BART station.