Guidebook for Berkeley

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Guidebook for Berkeley

Food Scene

Cheap, solid Thai eatery. Cash only.
6 preporuka/e lokalaca
Thai Basil
2519 Durant Ave
6 preporuka/e lokalaca
Cheap, solid Thai eatery. Cash only.
Cheap, solid Italian eatery.
Gypsy's Trattoria Italiana
2519 Durant Ave
Cheap, solid Italian eatery.
Great cafe for tea-lovers, and people who appreciate fast Internet. Only downside is that it gets a bit too warm during summer.
A'Cuppa Tea
2992 College Ave
Great cafe for tea-lovers, and people who appreciate fast Internet. Only downside is that it gets a bit too warm during summer.
World famous restaurant with prix fixe menu that changes day to day. The owner is one of the founders of the Slow Food movement. But quality comes at a price ($80+ per person).
337 preporuka/e lokalaca
Chez Panisse
1517 Shattuck Ave
337 preporuka/e lokalaca
World famous restaurant with prix fixe menu that changes day to day. The owner is one of the founders of the Slow Food movement. But quality comes at a price ($80+ per person).
Healthy French-style eatery focusing on fowl at affordable prices.
8 preporuka/e lokalaca
Poulet
1685 Shattuck Ave
8 preporuka/e lokalaca
Healthy French-style eatery focusing on fowl at affordable prices.
Probably the best Indian restaurant in Berkeley (though I prefer the College Street location because the Tandoori is more authentic there).
16 preporuka/e lokalaca
House of Curries
2984 College Avenue
16 preporuka/e lokalaca
Probably the best Indian restaurant in Berkeley (though I prefer the College Street location because the Tandoori is more authentic there).
Another excellent Indian restaurant. Free tea with milk.
Biryani House
2011 Shattuck Ave
Another excellent Indian restaurant. Free tea with milk.
My favorite Chinese restaurant in Berkeley. Serves authentic fare (unlike most Chinese eateries in the US) including specialties like thousand year egg. You really can't go wrong there.
Mandarin Garden Restaurant
2025 Shattuck Ave
My favorite Chinese restaurant in Berkeley. Serves authentic fare (unlike most Chinese eateries in the US) including specialties like thousand year egg. You really can't go wrong there.
Probably Berkeley's second most famous restaurant after Chez Panisse. Excellent selection of Chinese dishes, but places often need to be booked in advance.
32 preporuka/e lokalaca
Great China Restaurant
2190 Bancroft Way
32 preporuka/e lokalaca
Probably Berkeley's second most famous restaurant after Chez Panisse. Excellent selection of Chinese dishes, but places often need to be booked in advance.
West Caribbean eatery, excellent for the price, healthy.
Suya African-Caribbean Grill
408 22nd St
West Caribbean eatery, excellent for the price, healthy.
Nice French cafe, but food is a bit overrated for the price.
7 preporuka/e lokalaca
Au Coquelet
2000 University Ave
7 preporuka/e lokalaca
Nice French cafe, but food is a bit overrated for the price.
Solid Indonesian restaurant.
8 preporuka/e lokalaca
Jayakarta Restaurant
2026 University Ave
8 preporuka/e lokalaca
Solid Indonesian restaurant.
Claim to make some of America's best burgers, if you're into that.
Bear's Food Court
2237 Shattuck Ave
Claim to make some of America's best burgers, if you're into that.
Claim to have invented the latte.
9 preporuka/e lokalaca
Caffe Mediterraneum
2475 Telegraph Ave
9 preporuka/e lokalaca
Claim to have invented the latte.
Very good Indian/Nepalese restaurant.
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
Mount Everest Restaurant
2598 Telegraph Ave
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
Very good Indian/Nepalese restaurant.
One of the best cafes on the north side of campus.
10 preporuka/e lokalaca
Brewed Awakening
1807 Euclid Ave
10 preporuka/e lokalaca
One of the best cafes on the north side of campus.
Solid cafe close to campus.
19 preporuka/e lokalaca
Caffè Strada
2300 College Ave
19 preporuka/e lokalaca
Solid cafe close to campus.
Solid cafe close to campus.
7 preporuka/e lokalaca
Café Milano
2522 Bancroft Way
7 preporuka/e lokalaca
Solid cafe close to campus.

Everything Else

Cookies and ice-cream. Reliably packed.
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
CREAM Berkeley
2399 Telegraph Ave
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
Cookies and ice-cream. Reliably packed.
Berkeley's kingpin. Visitors can ascend the Sather Tower for a bird's eye view of the Bay.
427 preporuka/e lokalaca
Sveučilište u Kaliforniji, Berkeley
Oxford Street
427 preporuka/e lokalaca
Berkeley's kingpin. Visitors can ascend the Sather Tower for a bird's eye view of the Bay.
Vast selection of books in Chinese.
Eastwind Books of Berkeley
2066 University Ave
Vast selection of books in Chinese.
Groceries.
219 preporuka/e lokalaca
Trader Joe's
225 El Cerrito Plaza
219 preporuka/e lokalaca
Groceries.
For the botanists.
77 preporuka/e lokalaca
Botanički vrt Sveučilišta u Kaliforniji
200 Centennial Dr
77 preporuka/e lokalaca
For the botanists.
Good venue, very good acoustics.
75 preporuka/e lokalaca
The Greek Theatre
2001 Gayley Rd
75 preporuka/e lokalaca
Good venue, very good acoustics.
You can join the Sailing Club there.
157 preporuka/e lokalaca
Berkeley Marina
157 preporuka/e lokalaca
You can join the Sailing Club there.
... and Pacific Film Archive.
171 preporuka/e lokalaca
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
171 preporuka/e lokalaca
... and Pacific Film Archive.
Really good Brazilian fare.
10 preporuka/e lokalaca
Brazil Cafe
1960 University Ave
10 preporuka/e lokalaca
Really good Brazilian fare.

Shopping

Great cafe, presumably named after the sacks on which you can sit there. But usually crowded.
17 preporuka/e lokalaca
Sack's Coffee House
2701 College Ave
17 preporuka/e lokalaca
Great cafe, presumably named after the sacks on which you can sit there. But usually crowded.
The best cafe for COFFEE in Berkeley.
913 preporuka/e lokalaca
Philz Coffee
3101 24th St
913 preporuka/e lokalaca
The best cafe for COFFEE in Berkeley.