Guidebook for Oakland

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Guidebook for Oakland

Parks & Nature

it is right near the apartment!
Lowell Park
1180 14th Street
it is right near the apartment!
a short walk away with a good playground for kids and an awesome skate park
DeFremery Park
1651 Adeline St
a short walk away with a good playground for kids and an awesome skate park
Great trails and views
80 habitants recommandent
Réserve régionale de volcans de Sibley
80 habitants recommandent
Great trails and views
Stunning views, epic forests. Easy to get to by car
373 habitants recommandent
Parc régional de Redwood
7867 Redwood Road
373 habitants recommandent
Stunning views, epic forests. Easy to get to by car
Iconic center of Oakland. Wild bird sanctuary, playgrounds, boating... a beautiful 3-ish mile walk around the lake. Lots of open space to lounge and picnic and people watch
751 habitants recommandent
Amphithéâtre du lac Merritt
Lake Merritt Boulevard
751 habitants recommandent
Iconic center of Oakland. Wild bird sanctuary, playgrounds, boating... a beautiful 3-ish mile walk around the lake. Lots of open space to lounge and picnic and people watch
Great SF and Marin views
Shorebird Park Emeryville
Great SF and Marin views
Great views of Port of Oakland and SF. Epic open space, close walk from apartment.
25 habitants recommandent
Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
2777 Middle Harbor Rd
25 habitants recommandent
Great views of Port of Oakland and SF. Epic open space, close walk from apartment.
An awesome, ghostly open space with great views of SF, rare bird watching, a huge antique fair, distilleries, museums and more. Just go
Alameda Point
An awesome, ghostly open space with great views of SF, rare bird watching, a huge antique fair, distilleries, museums and more. Just go
Bring lettuce and celery to feed the farm animals! Pack your own lunch and hang out at the playground after greeting the goats, sheep, pigs, cows and chickens. Great for families, free and nestled in an incredible forest near stunning vistas of the bay
38 habitants recommandent
Tilden Little Farm
1500 Canon Dr
38 habitants recommandent
Bring lettuce and celery to feed the farm animals! Pack your own lunch and hang out at the playground after greeting the goats, sheep, pigs, cows and chickens. Great for families, free and nestled in an incredible forest near stunning vistas of the bay
INCREDIBLE!! My favorite park around.
46 habitants recommandent
Parc régional de Briones
2537 Reliez Valley Rd
46 habitants recommandent
INCREDIBLE!! My favorite park around.
East Bay's big summit
38 habitants recommandent
Parc d'État du Mont Diablo
Summit Road
38 habitants recommandent
East Bay's big summit
Gorgeous eucalyptus forests and incredible views of the bay
214 habitants recommandent
Joaquin Miller Park
3300 Joaquin Miller Rd
214 habitants recommandent
Gorgeous eucalyptus forests and incredible views of the bay
Tiny little Disneyland in the middle of Oakland! It's amazing for kids 0 -12
11 habitants recommandent
Children's Fairyland
699 Bellevue Avenue
11 habitants recommandent
Tiny little Disneyland in the middle of Oakland! It's amazing for kids 0 -12

Essentials

Local grocer, local favorite
Great worker owned coop with local, affordable, organic fare & health-conscious prepared foods, meats, dairy and cold items, essential pantry items, fresh local breads and an in store sandwich shop. www.mandelafoods.com
65 habitants recommandent
Mandela Foods Cooperative
1430 7th St
65 habitants recommandent
Great worker owned coop with local, affordable, organic fare & health-conscious prepared foods, meats, dairy and cold items, essential pantry items, fresh local breads and an in store sandwich shop. www.mandelafoods.com
553 habitants recommandent
Whole Foods Market
230 Bay Pl
553 habitants recommandent
371 habitants recommandent
Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz Ave
371 habitants recommandent

Getting Around

www.bart.gov
79 habitants recommandent
West Oakland station
1451 7th St
79 habitants recommandent
www.bart.gov
www.bart.gov
34 habitants recommandent
12th Street / Oakland City Center station
1245 Broadway
34 habitants recommandent
www.bart.gov

Entertainment & Activities

Live music, performances and $5 movie nights in this incredibly well kept 3,040 seat Art Deco movie theater. So beautiful, so epic, has a bar! www.paramounttheatre.com
120 habitants recommandent
Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway
120 habitants recommandent
Live music, performances and $5 movie nights in this incredibly well kept 3,040 seat Art Deco movie theater. So beautiful, so epic, has a bar! www.paramounttheatre.com
Unique movie theater with comfy couches & a cafe serving American diner fare, plus beer & wine. www.thenewparkway.com
156 habitants recommandent
The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St
156 habitants recommandent
Unique movie theater with comfy couches & a cafe serving American diner fare, plus beer & wine. www.thenewparkway.com
Awesome for kids! Authentic steam train that takes you through the beautiful Berkeley/Oakland hills and forests.
45 habitants recommandent
Chemins de fer de la vallée de Redwood (Tilden Steam Train)
2481 Grizzly Peak Blvd
45 habitants recommandent
Awesome for kids! Authentic steam train that takes you through the beautiful Berkeley/Oakland hills and forests.
Another gem for the families in a gorgeous place.
54 habitants recommandent
Tilden Park Merry Go Round
Lake Anza Road
54 habitants recommandent
Another gem for the families in a gorgeous place.
264 habitants recommandent
Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Ave
264 habitants recommandent
68 habitants recommandent
Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St
68 habitants recommandent

Drinks & Nightlife

Another Oakland theater that will blow you away with it's Bagdad style architecture and rad musical lineups. Live music venue in a historic building housing an art school, bar, restaurant & courtyard. www.thefoxoakland.com
264 habitants recommandent
Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Ave
264 habitants recommandent
Another Oakland theater that will blow you away with it's Bagdad style architecture and rad musical lineups. Live music venue in a historic building housing an art school, bar, restaurant & courtyard. www.thefoxoakland.com
Beautiful interior, great cocktails!
The Miranda
1739 Broadway
Beautiful interior, great cocktails!
craft cocktails, awesome wall paper and sconces.
28 habitants recommandent
Bar 355
355 19th St
28 habitants recommandent
craft cocktails, awesome wall paper and sconces.
Darling's Elixirs sister bar, same building, different door.
44 habitants recommandent
Dogwood
1644 Telegraph Ave
44 habitants recommandent
Darling's Elixirs sister bar, same building, different door.
Amazing DJ's. My favorite dancing spot.
33 habitants recommandent
The Layover
1517 Franklin St
33 habitants recommandent
Amazing DJ's. My favorite dancing spot.
Great local hip hop, DJ's and an amazing Monday night Motown party
14 habitants recommandent
The Legionnaire Saloon
2272 Telegraph Ave
14 habitants recommandent
Great local hip hop, DJ's and an amazing Monday night Motown party
Draft cocktails? Try it!
34 habitants recommandent
The Double Standard
2424 Telegraph Ave
34 habitants recommandent
Draft cocktails? Try it!
Rad, outdoor patios
67 habitants recommandent
Mad Oak Bar
135 12th St
67 habitants recommandent
Rad, outdoor patios
Right down the street from the apartment, always an awesome food truck outside, great local brews. Good for kids as they have lots of games
27 habitants recommandent
Ghost Town Brewing
1960 Adeline St
27 habitants recommandent
Right down the street from the apartment, always an awesome food truck outside, great local brews. Good for kids as they have lots of games
Small but rad gay bar
7 habitants recommandent
The Port Bar
2023 Broadway
7 habitants recommandent
Small but rad gay bar
Serving the LGBT community since 1933, this bar hosts karaoke nights, DJ dance parties & drag shows.
26 habitants recommandent
White Horse Inn
6551 Telegraph Ave
26 habitants recommandent
Serving the LGBT community since 1933, this bar hosts karaoke nights, DJ dance parties & drag shows.
Great indoor/outdoor wine and beer bar, good eats and fun games.
8 habitants recommandent
Lost and Found
1439 Taraval St
8 habitants recommandent
Great indoor/outdoor wine and beer bar, good eats and fun games.
Comfy, cozy basement tavern for Asian Fusion shared plates & drinks plus happy hours.
21 habitants recommandent
Blind Tiger
2600B Telegraph Ave
21 habitants recommandent
Comfy, cozy basement tavern for Asian Fusion shared plates & drinks plus happy hours.
Uptown is easily Oakland's' shopping, nightlife, and artistic hotspot.
45 habitants recommandent
Uptown
45 habitants recommandent
Uptown is easily Oakland's' shopping, nightlife, and artistic hotspot.

Food Scene

They rule. www.kilovolt.coffee
65 habitants recommandent
Kilovolt Coffee
1829 Mandela Parkway
65 habitants recommandent
They rule. www.kilovolt.coffee
www.troublecoffeeco.com/content
41 habitants recommandent
Trouble Coffee
1545 Willow St
41 habitants recommandent
www.troublecoffeeco.com/content
Fried Chicken and Waffles. Amazing new style, down home soul food by award winning Executive Chef Tanya Holland. A West Oakland must. www.brownsugarkitchen.com
109 habitants recommandent
Brown Sugar Kitchen
2295 Broadway
109 habitants recommandent
Fried Chicken and Waffles. Amazing new style, down home soul food by award winning Executive Chef Tanya Holland. A West Oakland must. www.brownsugarkitchen.com
Awesome local brewery in West Oakland from Adam Lamoreaux and James Syhabout who brought you Linden Street Brewery. Great for kicking it in the Cali sunshine with friends, kids and dogs via open indoor/outdoor space, a patio and views of the train yard. Delicious burger, great brews www.old-kan.com
Old Kan Beer & Co.
95 Linden St
Awesome local brewery in West Oakland from Adam Lamoreaux and James Syhabout who brought you Linden Street Brewery. Great for kicking it in the Cali sunshine with friends, kids and dogs via open indoor/outdoor space, a patio and views of the train yard. Delicious burger, great brews www.old-kan.com
Contemporary bakery serving wood-fired Montreal-style bagels, BIG bagel sandwiches & espresso drinks. Amazing trout salad sandwich! Amazing chicken scrapple! Get the chocolate chip cookies with tiny bits of salt on them...www.beautysbagelshop.com
122 habitants recommandent
Beauty's Bagel Shop
3838 Telegraph Ave
122 habitants recommandent
Contemporary bakery serving wood-fired Montreal-style bagels, BIG bagel sandwiches & espresso drinks. Amazing trout salad sandwich! Amazing chicken scrapple! Get the chocolate chip cookies with tiny bits of salt on them...www.beautysbagelshop.com
Lunchtime bakery is a popular take-out stop for hefty fried chicken sandwiches & classic desserts. Get in line! www.bakesalebetty.com
196 habitants recommandent
Bakesale Betty
5098 Telegraph Ave
196 habitants recommandent
Lunchtime bakery is a popular take-out stop for hefty fried chicken sandwiches & classic desserts. Get in line! www.bakesalebetty.com
Cozy corner spot offering espresso & breakfast fare by day & pints & creative pub fare by night. Come for the soccer matches on the tv's. www.commonwealthoakland.com/
27 habitants recommandent
CommonWealth
2882 Telegraph Ave
27 habitants recommandent
Cozy corner spot offering espresso & breakfast fare by day & pints & creative pub fare by night. Come for the soccer matches on the tv's. www.commonwealthoakland.com/
Hip pizzeria features wood-fired pies, casual eats & specialty cocktails in an open modern interior. Get the diablita pie if you can stand the heat! Executive chef Jake Alioto makes art out of his appetizers. www.eastendalameda.com
21 habitants recommandent
East End
1650 Park St
21 habitants recommandent
Hip pizzeria features wood-fired pies, casual eats & specialty cocktails in an open modern interior. Get the diablita pie if you can stand the heat! Executive chef Jake Alioto makes art out of his appetizers. www.eastendalameda.com
Flora is an Art Deco restaurant and bar in downtown Oakland, California. It evokes the opulence of a bygone era with carefully crafted cocktails and a menu of reinvented American classics. Flora is housed in the beautifully ornate Oakland Floral Depot building, built in 1931 by architect Albert Evers. Composed of silver and cobalt glazed terra cotta, it is an East Bay landmark of Art Deco architecture. Fancy Gatsby land. Gorgeous interior, delicious cocktails. www.floraoakland.com
63 habitants recommandent
Flora
1900 Telegraph Ave
63 habitants recommandent
Flora is an Art Deco restaurant and bar in downtown Oakland, California. It evokes the opulence of a bygone era with carefully crafted cocktails and a menu of reinvented American classics. Flora is housed in the beautifully ornate Oakland Floral Depot building, built in 1931 by architect Albert Evers. Composed of silver and cobalt glazed terra cotta, it is an East Bay landmark of Art Deco architecture. Fancy Gatsby land. Gorgeous interior, delicious cocktails. www.floraoakland.com
Bloody Mary's! Get the Bacon Bloody Mary or the veggie Bloody Mary or yes, both. Nice outdoor patio with walk up coffee window. Good place for computer work on weekdays. Rustic-chic gastropub offering all-day American comfort fare & cocktails, plus beer & wine on tap. www.oaklandchopbar.com
55 habitants recommandent
Chop Bar
190 4th St
55 habitants recommandent
Bloody Mary's! Get the Bacon Bloody Mary or the veggie Bloody Mary or yes, both. Nice outdoor patio with walk up coffee window. Good place for computer work on weekdays. Rustic-chic gastropub offering all-day American comfort fare & cocktails, plus beer & wine on tap. www.oaklandchopbar.com
Trendy cafe chain offering cuppings, upscale coffee drinks & pastries, plus beans & brewing equipment. Built in 1923, Blue Bottle’s Jack London Square location in Oakland’s industrious fruit and vegetable district is a scrupulously restored brick warehouse converted into a roastery and production facility. www.bluebottlecoffee.com/cafes/webster-street
173 habitants recommandent
Blue Bottle Coffee
300 Webster St
173 habitants recommandent
Trendy cafe chain offering cuppings, upscale coffee drinks & pastries, plus beans & brewing equipment. Built in 1923, Blue Bottle’s Jack London Square location in Oakland’s industrious fruit and vegetable district is a scrupulously restored brick warehouse converted into a roastery and production facility. www.bluebottlecoffee.com/cafes/webster-street
Neighborhood pizza place with hearty American dishes & drinks served in hip, industrial-chic digs. Great sparkling rose! Fantastic pizza and big tv's good for debates, special games or shows.
15 habitants recommandent
Philomena
1801 14th Ave
15 habitants recommandent
Neighborhood pizza place with hearty American dishes & drinks served in hip, industrial-chic digs. Great sparkling rose! Fantastic pizza and big tv's good for debates, special games or shows.
Delicious iced tea, interesting, asian inspired breakfast items. Coffee's good too!
11 habitants recommandent
Drip Line
1940 Union Street
11 habitants recommandent
Delicious iced tea, interesting, asian inspired breakfast items. Coffee's good too!
The Cook and Her Farmer
510 9th St
Delicious Vietnamese food
28 habitants recommandent
Le Cheval
1007 Clay St
28 habitants recommandent
Delicious Vietnamese food
Local fave, Oakland vibes
73 habitants recommandent
Luka's Taproom & Lounge
2221 Broadway
73 habitants recommandent
Local fave, Oakland vibes

Shopping

Named one of the world's best spice shops by Food & Wine Magazine, Oaktown Spice Shop offers the freshest, most delicious, high-quality spices and hand-mixed spice blends in the Bay Area. www.oaktownspiceshop.com
34 habitants recommandent
Oaktown Spice Shop
546 Grand Ave
34 habitants recommandent
Named one of the world's best spice shops by Food & Wine Magazine, Oaktown Spice Shop offers the freshest, most delicious, high-quality spices and hand-mixed spice blends in the Bay Area. www.oaktownspiceshop.com
Lots of local shops with beautiful charm
25 habitants recommandent
Old Oakland
25 habitants recommandent
Lots of local shops with beautiful charm
Great local shops, check out Temescal Alley too!
89 habitants recommandent
Temescal
89 habitants recommandent
Great local shops, check out Temescal Alley too!
Cute shops, eateries and Oakland flavor
81 habitants recommandent
Piedmont Avenue
81 habitants recommandent
Cute shops, eateries and Oakland flavor
Great shops, great food, great views
22 habitants recommandent
Grand Lake
22 habitants recommandent
Great shops, great food, great views
Great walks up College ave/Claremont ave for food, shops and drinks.
97 habitants recommandent
Rockridge
97 habitants recommandent
Great walks up College ave/Claremont ave for food, shops and drinks.
Great grocers, shops and parks. Amazing food
551 habitants recommandent
Chinatown
551 habitants recommandent
Great grocers, shops and parks. Amazing food