Guidebook for Oakland

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Guidebook for Oakland

Food Scene

One of Oakland's BEST restaurants.
237 localnici recomandă
Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave
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One of Oakland's BEST restaurants.
Closest Cafe to our house.
18 localnici recomandă
Hudson Bay Cafe
5401 College Ave
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Closest Cafe to our house.

Drinks & Nightlife

Iconic dive bar. Looks tiny and dingy, but is sprawling and friendly.
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Kingfish Pub & Cafe
5227 Telegraph Ave
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Iconic dive bar. Looks tiny and dingy, but is sprawling and friendly.

Parks & Nature

Frog Park along the Temscal Creek nature trail is a wonderful park for tots.
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Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt
5500 Claremont Ave
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Frog Park along the Temscal Creek nature trail is a wonderful park for tots.

Arts & Culture

Oakland Museum of California is a great museum offering a bit of art, history and science relating to California. And check out their Friday Evening program where they roll up food trucks and showcase live music.
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Muzeul din Oakland al Californiei
1000 Oak St
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Oakland Museum of California is a great museum offering a bit of art, history and science relating to California. And check out their Friday Evening program where they roll up food trucks and showcase live music.

Shopping

Walk 10 minutes in either direction and you'll hit some really cute shops. Temescal is hip and cool, while College Ave is more mature (think refined hippy).
This map shows College in Berkeley, but you'll get the same great independent shops here on the Oakland side if you just walk 10 minutes down Hudson Street and make a left. Bookstores, clothing, shoes, kids stuff, house wears, cafes, even a real hardware store!
College Avenue
College Avenue
This map shows College in Berkeley, but you'll get the same great independent shops here on the Oakland side if you just walk 10 minutes down Hudson Street and make a left. Bookstores, clothing, shoes, kids stuff, house wears, cafes, even a real hardware store!
Great little spot for cool boutiques (jewlery, art, plants, apparel, bags), coffee and ice cream.
29 localnici recomandă
Temescal Alley
Temescal Alley
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Great little spot for cool boutiques (jewlery, art, plants, apparel, bags), coffee and ice cream.

Essentials

This is our go-to grocery store. They don't always have EXACTLY what you need, but something close.
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Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
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This is our go-to grocery store. They don't always have EXACTLY what you need, but something close.
HUGE grocery store. Has everything, but it's too big for my taste!
105 localnici recomandă
Safeway
6310 College Ave
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HUGE grocery store. Has everything, but it's too big for my taste!

Getting Around

Oakland has lots of great options for getting around without a car.
Bart will get you to SF in 1/2 hour. There are also a number of car-sharing options like Zipcar and Gig parked at the station.
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Rockridge Station
5660 College Ave
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Bart will get you to SF in 1/2 hour. There are also a number of car-sharing options like Zipcar and Gig parked at the station.
The closet Ford GoBike station is just a couple of blocks away. Easy to buy a pass on your phone. Great way to get around.
Ford GoBike Station
The closet Ford GoBike station is just a couple of blocks away. Easy to buy a pass on your phone. Great way to get around.