Guidebook for Oakland

Emily
Guidebook for Oakland

Food Scene

Delicious Ethiopian with yummy Baklava dessert!
20 locals recommend
Asmara Restaurant
5020 Telegraph Ave
20 locals recommend
Delicious Ethiopian with yummy Baklava dessert!
Super fish tacos... and the only place I can find Cusqueña beer!
173 locals recommend
Cholita Linda
4923 Telegraph Ave
173 locals recommend
Super fish tacos... and the only place I can find Cusqueña beer!
Every Sunday- fresh food and snacks, coffee, flowers, etc.
96 locals recommend
Temescal Farmer's Market
5300 Claremont Ave
96 locals recommend
Every Sunday- fresh food and snacks, coffee, flowers, etc.
Good for every meal, but one of my favorite brunch spots... The best chilaquiles verdes around
74 locals recommend
Doña Tomás
3770 Piedmont Avenue
74 locals recommend
Good for every meal, but one of my favorite brunch spots... The best chilaquiles verdes around
Coffee you can see out the bedroom window
16 locals recommend
Next Door Restaurant
3290 Adeline St
16 locals recommend
Coffee you can see out the bedroom window
Bagels almost like back east :)
122 locals recommend
Beauty's Bagel Shop
3838 Telegraph Ave
122 locals recommend
Bagels almost like back east :)
Delicious Ethiopian, never crowded.
7 locals recommend
Abesha Ethiopian Cuisine
4929 Shattuck Ave
7 locals recommend
Delicious Ethiopian, never crowded.
Breakfast and brunch, closes at 3pm
53 locals recommend
Aunt Mary's Cafe
4640 Telegraph Avenue
53 locals recommend
Breakfast and brunch, closes at 3pm

Drinks & Nightlife

Best dive around the corner.
18 locals recommend
The Avenue
4822 Telegraph Ave
18 locals recommend
Best dive around the corner.
Outdoor and indoor space, free popcorn, shuffleboard, etc.
67 locals recommend
Kingfish Pub & Cafe
5227 Telegraph Ave
67 locals recommend
Outdoor and indoor space, free popcorn, shuffleboard, etc.
74 locals recommend
Temescal Brewing
4115 Telegraph Ave
74 locals recommend
Great dancing, community events, etc
55 locals recommend
Starline Social Club
2236 Martin Luther King Jr Way
55 locals recommend
Great dancing, community events, etc

Shopping

Tiny shop across the street filled with treasures, worth taking a peak!
9 locals recommend
Homestead Apothecary
486 49th St
9 locals recommend
Tiny shop across the street filled with treasures, worth taking a peak!
Jewelry, etc
10 locals recommend
Esqueleto
482 49th St
10 locals recommend
Jewelry, etc

Parks & Nature

Amazing hikes through the redwoods a ten minute drive from home
214 locals recommend
Joaquin Miller Park
3300 Joaquin Miller Rd
214 locals recommend
Amazing hikes through the redwoods a ten minute drive from home
373 locals recommend
Redwood Regional Park
7867 Redwood Road
373 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

Great community space, check out their calendar online: https://omnicommons.org/
Omni Commons
4799 Shattuck Ave
Great community space, check out their calendar online: https://omnicommons.org/

Essentials

582 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
582 locals recommend
371 locals recommend
Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz Ave
371 locals recommend
Tiny, mostly organic convenience store. Very kind, pretty pricy, but good in a pinch!
17 locals recommend
Temescal Produce Market
4001 Broadway
17 locals recommend
Tiny, mostly organic convenience store. Very kind, pretty pricy, but good in a pinch!
U & I
4875 Telegraph Ave
Temescal Wash and Dry
4864 Telegraph Ave

Getting Around

Closest BART
164 locals recommend
MacArthur Station
555 40th St
164 locals recommend
Closest BART