Culture · Downtown
0.3 miBAMPFA
Art museum and repertory film archive in one.
Rating 4.6
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Culture · UC Campus
0.4 miSather Tower (Campanile)
Ride to the top for a full Bay panorama.
Rating 4.8
Shopping · Southside
0.5 miTelegraph Avenue
Street vendors, record shops, Amoeba, Moe's Books.
Rating 4.4
Food · Gourmet Ghetto
0.6 miCheese Board Collective
One pizza a day, live jazz, line down Shattuck.
Rating 4.8
Food · North Berkeley
0.7 miChez Panisse
Alice Waters' birthplace of California cuisine.
Rating 4.7
Nightlife · UC Campus
0.7 miThe Greek Theatre
Open-air amphitheater with hillside sound.
Rating 4.8
Coffee · Gourmet Ghetto
0.8 miPeet's Original Store
Vine & Walnut — where dark roast America began.
Rating 4.6
Nightlife · South Berkeley
1.1 miThe Starry Plough
Irish pub, live bands, and open-mic nights.
Rating 4.5
Shopping · West Berkeley
1.2 miBerkeley Bowl West
The most absurdly good produce aisle in America.
Rating 4.7
Shopping · Elmwood
1.3 miElmwood Village
College Ave strolls, Ici ice cream, Rialto Cinemas.
Rating 4.6
Shopping · West Berkeley
1.5 miFourth Street
Design shops, brunch lines, and Bette's To Go.
Rating 4.6
Coffee · Fourth Street
1.5 miArtis Coffee Roasters
Single-origin nerdery, spotless pour-overs.
Rating 4.7
Family · Strawberry Canyon
1.6 miUC Botanical Garden
34 acres, 10,000 species, redwood-shaded paths.
Rating 4.8
Outdoors · Northbrae
1.9 miIndian Rock Park
Scramble the volcanic outcrop for sunset.
Rating 4.8
Outdoors · Waterfront
2.4 miBerkeley Marina & Cesar Chavez Park
Kite hill, sunset pier, Golden Gate straight ahead.
Rating 4.7
Outdoors · Berkeley Hills
4.1 miTilden Regional Park
Steam trains, Lake Anza, and ridge-top fog views.
Rating 4.9
Things to do & see
Iconic spots, curated for you
From ridge trails to Shattuck dinners — the essentials to hit in Berkeley.
Campus
UC Berkeley & the Campanile
Walk through Sproul Plaza, cut across the glade, then ride the Campanile elevator for the best free view in the East Bay.
Outdoors
Tilden Park & Grizzly Peak
Botanic garden, Lake Anza swims, the little steam train, and a fog-rolling drive along Grizzly Peak Boulevard.
Food
Gourmet Ghetto crawl
Chez Panisse, Cheese Board, Saul's, Vintage Berkeley — four blocks that rewrote how the country eats.
Waterfront
Berkeley Marina at sunset
Fly a kite at Cesar Chavez Park, walk the Adventure Playground shoreline, and watch the Gate light up.
Neighborhoods
Find your corner of Berkeley
Six distinct districts — from student-packed Southside to the fog-lit hills.
Every ZIP code
Berkeley by ZIP code & district
Start with a quick overview, then open the complete index for neighborhood character, landmarks, transit, housing context, PO box ZIPs, and UC Berkeley’s unique ZIP.
94702 — West Berkeley / South of University
Maker · Diverse
San Pablo corridor, breweries, artist warehouses, Ohlone Greenway access.
94703 — Central / South Berkeley
Residential · Mixed
Sacramento Street, Ashby corridor, bungalow blocks and community gardens.
94704 — Southside & Telegraph
Student · Dense
Campus housing, People's Park, Telegraph shops, and late-night eats.
94705 — Elmwood & Claremont
Leafy · Upscale
College Avenue village, the Claremont Club, and Oakland-border streets.
94707 — Northbrae & Thousand Oaks
Family · Rock parks
Solano Avenue, Indian Rock, and quiet curved streets by the Albany line.
94708 — Berkeley Hills & Cragmont
Scenic · Woodsy
Grizzly Peak ridge, Tilden trailheads, and steep stair-path shortcuts.
94709 — North Berkeley / Gourmet Ghetto
Historic · Culinary
Euclid, Cedar-Rose Park, and the Shattuck food strip north of campus.
94710 — Waterfront & Aquatic Park
Industrial · Shoreline
Fourth Street shops, the Marina approach, and I-80 frontage businesses.
94720 — UC Berkeley campus
University
The campus itself — residence halls, labs, and administrative delivery.
94701 · 94712 — PO Box & administrative ZIPs
Non-residential
Post office box and unique-entity ZIPs with no residential delivery area.
Eat & Drink
The city that invented California cuisine
Berkeley's kitchens run from a 1971 farm-to-table landmark to warehouse chaat, Japanese izakaya, and a pizza line that forms before the doors open.
Chez Panisse
The 1971 farm-to-table original — upstairs café or downstairs prix fixe.
Cheese Board Pizza
One vegetarian pie a day, sourdough crust, live jazz on the sidewalk.
Vik's Chaat Corner
West Berkeley warehouse chaat — cholle bhature, samosa cholle, mango lassi.
Great China
Peking duck and an unreasonably deep wine list downtown.
Ippuku
Izakaya yakitori, shochu flights, and a Tokyo-basement feel.
Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen
Beignets, gumbo, and hurricanes on Shattuck.
Shopping
Where locals actually shop
Fourth Street
Design shops, Bette's, Margaret O'Leary, and weekend brunch lines.
Solano Avenue
Two miles of neighborhood retail, bookstores, and taquerias.
Telegraph Avenue
Amoeba Music, Moe's Books, street vendors, vintage racks.
This week in Berkeley
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Berkeley Farmers' Markets
Tue · Thu · Sat · Center St & MLK
Cal Bears football
Sept – Nov · California Memorial Stadium
Solano Avenue Stroll
September · Solano Ave
Berkeley Kite Festival
Summer · Cesar Chavez Park