Berkeley

A city in the Bay Area where I currently live, and where I also went to college.

Places to go to

Places I’ve been to that I’d recommend.

Cheese Board Pizza (also see /pizza) (map)
Takara Sake
Berkeley Rose Garden (map)
Berkeley’s secret/hidden waterfall

Located on private property near Cordornices Park (map). The property owners graciously allow the public to visit it (but they certainly don’t advertise it).
Jupiter
Fieldworks (see /beer) (map)
Gilman Brewing Company (map)
Top Dog
Indian Rock (map)
Fire trails
Acme Bread (map)
~~Albatross~~ (sadly closed)

Used to love playing darts here and getting bowls of popcorn.
~~Caffe Mediterranean~~ (sadly closed)

Claimed to be the birthplace of the latte. I just went here a lot to study, as it used to be open fairly late.

I also remember a lot of people meeting here talking about communism. And I mean these were old people, that had probably been talking about communism since the 60s or something.
The Aquatic Park (map) has disc golf
Wat Mongolratanarm (often just called “Thai Temple”) (map)

They have a pretty good brunch on Sundays. You have to buy tokens which you exchange for food and drinks like Thai iced tea.
Urban Ore (map) has cool second-hand furniture and other stuff
Spiral Gardens (
2850 Sacramento Street, Berkeley
, map) is a pretty good place to get plants
Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles
Fourth Street (map) has a lot of nice shops
Hopkins Street/Monterey Avenue (map) has Monterey Market, Monterey Fish Market, and Berkeley Horticultural Nursery (haven’t been)

Or rather, places I need to check out.

924 Gilman (map)
Aftel Archive of Curious Scents

Passed by this place on 2023-04-15. Apparently the tour takes an hour, and it’s like $25.

Official website for the city is berkeleyca.gov.
Berkeley Tool Lending Library
Berkeley Municipal Code is available (I guess unofficially) at https://berkeley.municipal.codes/

Gramps used to live in Berkeley and apparently would roll tires down Marin Avenue (a super steep slope).
In Berkeley, businesses have to accept cash if offered (BMC 9.50), though they can refuse counterfeits or over $20 denominations. Oakland doesn’t have this protection.