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Contents Berkeley Playhouse 3 Welcome 4 Discover Berkeley 6 Accommodations 16 Restaurants 28 Berkeley Local Libations 34 Arts & Culture 40 Things to Do 46 Shopping Districts 58 Outdoor Adventures & Sports 60 Berkeley Marina Corso Pathos 62 Architecture 64 Meetings & Celebrations 68 UC Berkeley 70 Berkeley Travel Information 72 Transportation 73 Visitor & Community Services 74 Maps www.visitberkeley.com BERKELEY WELCOMES YOU! The 2016-17 Official Berkeley Visitors Guide is published by: Hello, Visit Berkeley, 2030 Addison St., Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 549-7040, Fax (510) 644-2052 • www.visitberkeley.com Berkeley is an innovative city with economic vitality, diverse population and unique arts EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and cultural experiences. We are nationally Harry LeGrande, Past Chairman; Vice Chancellor Student Affairs, UC Berkeley Greg Mauldin, Vice Chair; General Manager, Hotel Shattuck Plaza recognized as a very livable and sustainable city with the number one Thomas Burcham, Secretary/Treasurer; Worldwide Farmers public university in the country. Our distinctive neighborhood districts Barbara Hillman, President & CEO, Visit Berkeley are filled with world-class restaurants, great independent shops and BOARD OF DIRECTORS galleries, acclaimed theatres, and wonderful parks. John Pimentel, Account Exec/Special Projects, Hornblower Cruises & Events Lisa Bullwinkel, Owner; Another Bullwinkel Show In other words, Berkeley is an amazing place to visit! I encourage you to Tracy Dean, Owner; Design Site experience Berkeley’s signature elements and events during your stay Bruce Carleton, General Manager; DoubleTree by Hilton Berkeley Marina with us. And, please stop by the Visit Berkeley Information Center if you Michaela Winn, General Manager, Berkeley City Club LaDawn Duvall, Executive Director, Visitor & Parent Services UC Berkeley need any assistance during your stay (they’re located right across the Matt Terwilliger, Business Development; Cal Alumni Association street from the Berkeley Rep in our Downtown Arts District). As Visit Dell Dellinger, General Manager, Hotel Durant Berkeley suggests, “Come for the Culture, Stay for the Food“ – you’ll be Chris Koertge, General Manager; Golden Bear Inn / America’s Best Value Inn KP Patel, Owner, Rose Garden Inn glad you did! VISIT BERKELEY STAFF Sincerely, Barbara Hillman – President/CEO Daniel Marengo – Communications Manager Jeffrey Blair – Sales Manager Adele McQuade – Visitor Center Coordinator Tom Bates, Mayor of Berkeley, CA. DESIGNED & PUBLISHED BY: Design Site 1942 Bonita Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 843-7483 x126 • [email protected] © Copyright 2016 Visit Berkeley. All rights reserved. All photographs are property of Visit Berkeley and/or PRESIDENT’S the credited photographers and may not be reproduced without permission. Visit Berkeley provides the Official Berkeley Visitors Guide as a service. Visit Berkeley has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the material in WELCOME the Guide. Visit Berkeley and the Publisher assume no responsibility or liability for errors, changes, omitted or outdated information contained in this Guide. No parts of this publication may be reproduced in any form or Welcome to Berkeley! by any means without the written consent of Visit Berkeley and Design Site. Today, the world is filled with travel A special thank you to all our marketing partners. Without your advertising destinations offering something novel, support the Official Berkeley Visitors Guide would not be possible. trendy or new. While Berkeley is a place PHOTO CREDITS: that is constantly evolving, we also offer Cover: (clockwise from upper right): UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley; Richelle something that’s harder to pin down: authenticity. Renowned travel Gribble/Kala Gallery; DJM Photoworks; Ben Krantz Studio/Berkeley Playhouse; guidebook publisher Lonely Planet’s founder, Tony Wheeler, called Nader Khouri/Rivoli; Pathos; Iwan Baan/Diller Scofidio + Renfro, EHDD, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA); Amanda Marsalis/ Berkeley one of the most authentic places on earth. Chez Panisse; (center) Chao Kusollerschariya 1: Nancy Rubin; Ben Krantz Studio/Berkeley Playhouse; Clay McLachlan/Corso; 4: Cheshire Isaacs/ Berkeley visitors will discover a compact city of vibrant neighborhood Berkeley Rep; Nancy Rubin; 5: Visit California; 6: Chao Kusollerschariya; districts. Each has a fascinating set of places to see, things to do, and 12-13: Ira Serkes; 16: Clay McLachlan; 17: Nader Khouri/Rivoli; Clay an energy all its own. As you discover Berkeley, I hope you will have McLachlan/Corso; 26: Visit California; 27: Nader Khouri/Rivoli; 29-30: Nancy Rubin/Torpedo Room; 31-33: Nancy Rubin; 35: Iwan Baan/Courtesy time to stop by our Visitor Information Center downtown. Here you Diller Scofidio + Renfro, EHDD, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film can speak with our staff for directions, information, and assistance Archive (BAMPFA); J. Norrena/Berkeley Playhouse; 36: Pak Han/Shotgun Players; KevinBerne.com/Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Andrew Eccles/Cal to optimize your time here. Performances; 37: Ben Krantz Studio/Berkeley Playhouse; 38: mellopix. com/Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Ben Krantz Studio/Berkeley Playhouse; To help you plan your trip, our official travel website, VisitBerkeley.com Hali McGrath/Freight & Salvage; 39: Richelle Gribble/Kala Gallery; 40: Steve offers hotel and dining reservations and information, tour and shopping McConnell/UC Berkeley; 41: Tracy Dean/Donkey & Goat; Nancy Rubin/ tips, and an up-to-date event calendar, so you’ll know what’s going on Tilden Park; 42: Chao Kusollerschariya; Jeff Wason/UC Berkeley; 44-45: Nancy Rubin; 52: CM Howard/Freight & Salvage; Diller Scofidio + Renfro, during your time here. BAMPFA; KevinBerne.com/Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Andy Isaacson; 56: Nancy Rubin; 57: Robert E. Johnson/BerkeleyWalks.com; 59: Nancy Rubin/ If you’re reading this before your arrival, we look forward to seeing Berkeley Rose Garden; Keegan Houser/Cal Memorial Stadium; Robert E. you soon. If you are already in Berkeley, welcome! Johnson/BerkeleyWalks.com; 61: Alan Nyiri; 62-63: Robert E. Johnson/ BerkeleyWalks.com; 65: Tiffany Walker/Adeline & Grace Photography/Hotel Very best regards, Shattuck Plaza; Dianne Jones Photography/www.photosdiannejones.com/ Brazilian Room; 68: Alan Nyiri; 69: Nancy Rubin; Robert E. Johnson/ BerkeleyWalks.com; Virginia Yeh/UC Berkeley; 70: JMB Photography. Printed on 10% PCW recycled paper. Barbara Hillman, President, Visit Berkeley Discover Berkeley Berkeley Repertory Theatre Set on sparkling San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Berkeley offers a cultural and culinary bounty – a regional and is a spirited city that will surprise and delight national center for theater and the arts, food and culture, and those who still see it as the counter-culture of course, progressive politics with a strong legacy to the Free center of the Sixties. Free speech and flower Speech Movement. power are forever in the city’s “DNA,” but Berkeley wonders range from vibrant street art and public galleries, Berkeley has evolved into a culinary and to major venues such as the Downtown Arts District and Berkeley cultural destination with a “green” soul. Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Central Works, Berkeley Playhouse, the UC Theatre, and the Freight & Salvage present world- class Berkeley spans 10.5 square miles of terrain with a population productions applauded by audiences and acclaimed by critics. of about 119,000 (2015). San Francisco is just across the bay, and Oakland is next door. The world-famous University of Berkeley’s cultural scene engages at every turn. Wander through California, known to locals as Cal, was founded here in 1868. an artists’ collective gallery, go behind the scenes at an artisan’s Today the campus rises from the heart of the city, with topo- studio, experience edgy theater or tap your toes to folk rock – there graphical drama, into a forested foothill range. are many ways to connect with Berkeley’s creative side. COME FOR THE CULTURE COME Bay Area Book Festival Chez Panisse A culinary wonderland, the food scene in Berkeley is renowned Independent merchants are ever-present in Berkeley’s business and legendary. Close your eyes, place your finger on the city districts.That, and the city’s twists and turns of terrain give its map, and chances are there’s something fresh, local and organic neighborhoods room to establish signature personas, moods to taste on the block. Berkeley is passionate about cuisine, and and mantras. From foodie North Shattuck and stylish Fourth it shows – on the menus of the city’s innovative, influential Street, to hip-hop Telegraph, chic Solano and the vibrant Downtown hub, each of Berkeley’s “boroughs” has hyper-local authenticity. restaurants, and inside dozens of artisan food stores and stands. Visitors have more places to stay and play than ever before, from With all the cultural and culinary experiences to savor indoors, “green” hotels and charming boutiques to well-known national Berkeley balances that with at least as many ways to enjoy the brands. Groups will discover a climate of thought leadership that great outdoors. Walking is woven into the very “sole” of Berkeley; fuels innovation, great ideas and productive meetings. city planners included a network of some 140 public paths through- Yes, chances are that you’ll still see more tie-dye per capita in out the city’s hillside neighborhoods. Hiking and biking trails race Berkeley, but a closer look