Guidebook for Oakland

Ruthie
Guidebook for Oakland

Drinks & Nightlife

One block from apartment. Delicious food, swanky scene, and tasty cocktails. Trendy spot.
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Hopscotch
1915 San Pablo Ave
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One block from apartment. Delicious food, swanky scene, and tasty cocktails. Trendy spot.
Cool vibes and cool mural artwork.
Beer Gardens
2040 Telegraph Ave
Cool vibes and cool mural artwork.
Local brewery- kid and dog friendly. They have food trucks on the weekend. Beautiful views of San Francisco and excellent beer selection.
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Faction Brewing
2501 Monarch St
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Local brewery- kid and dog friendly. They have food trucks on the weekend. Beautiful views of San Francisco and excellent beer selection.

Food Scene

Not your usual coffee shop. Full food menu, pay workers a fair living wage, feature local non-profits and artists monthly. Beautiful sunny parklet in front of cafe to sit at, and extensive magazines.
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Farley's East
33 Grand Ave
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Not your usual coffee shop. Full food menu, pay workers a fair living wage, feature local non-profits and artists monthly. Beautiful sunny parklet in front of cafe to sit at, and extensive magazines.
Delicious food and only one block from apartment.
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Belly
1901 San Pablo Ave
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Delicious food and only one block from apartment.
Cheap and delicious Mexican fast food- take out.
Burrito Express
582 14th St
Cheap and delicious Mexican fast food- take out.
Cheap diner breakfast food and is the earliest restaurant to open up for breakfast service walking distance from the apartment. Pretty good breakfast burritos.
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Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe
1805 Telegraph Avenue
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Cheap diner breakfast food and is the earliest restaurant to open up for breakfast service walking distance from the apartment. Pretty good breakfast burritos.
Breakfast served by and for hipsters. Delicious. Be prepared to wait in line to get seated. Show up before you are actually hungry.
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Mama's Royal Cafe
4012 Broadway
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Breakfast served by and for hipsters. Delicious. Be prepared to wait in line to get seated. Show up before you are actually hungry.
Excellent service, delicious coffee, and easily walkable from the apartment.
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Tierra Mia Coffee
3188 Mission St
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Excellent service, delicious coffee, and easily walkable from the apartment.

Essentials

High quality organic and specialty food. A little bit pricy, but always an enjoyable experience shopping there. Close to lake- good for picnic shopping.
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Whole Foods Market
230 Bay Pl
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High quality organic and specialty food. A little bit pricy, but always an enjoyable experience shopping there. Close to lake- good for picnic shopping.
Budget Friendly grocery shopping with fresh produce.
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KP Asian Market
2370 Telegraph Ave
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Budget Friendly grocery shopping with fresh produce.
Budget friendly grocery shopping close to the lake.
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Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
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Budget friendly grocery shopping close to the lake.

Sightseeing

bay water front, restaurants, and Sunday Farmers market.
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Jack London Square
472 Water St
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bay water front, restaurants, and Sunday Farmers market.
Nice day adventure to walk or bike around the lake. On saturdays there is live music, slack lining, and afro-yoga.
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Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Lake Merritt Boulevard
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Nice day adventure to walk or bike around the lake. On saturdays there is live music, slack lining, and afro-yoga.
Historic building and easily accessible via BART and walking. Beautiful views of the water front bay, and the Bay Bridge. Blue Bottle Coffee, swanky restaurant, and specialty food markets.
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Ferry Building Marketplace
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Historic building and easily accessible via BART and walking. Beautiful views of the water front bay, and the Bay Bridge. Blue Bottle Coffee, swanky restaurant, and specialty food markets.
Public Park/ Hipster central/ babes-vill. The place to see and be seen on a sunny day. If you go here, check out Bi-rite creamery.
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Mission Dolores Park
19th Street
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Public Park/ Hipster central/ babes-vill. The place to see and be seen on a sunny day. If you go here, check out Bi-rite creamery.

Arts & Culture

Historic with beautiful architecture. Excellent line up of world-class musicians come through this venue. I have never been disappointed with the music at the Fox.
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Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Ave
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Historic with beautiful architecture. Excellent line up of world-class musicians come through this venue. I have never been disappointed with the music at the Fox.
First Friday of the month burlesque dance show. Experimental and punk rock shows the rest of the month.
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Stork Club
2330 Telegraph Ave
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First Friday of the month burlesque dance show. Experimental and punk rock shows the rest of the month.
Unique Indie movie theater experience with couch seating, a bar, and full restaurant food menu.
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The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St
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Unique Indie movie theater experience with couch seating, a bar, and full restaurant food menu.
stunning architecture and impressive art.
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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
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stunning architecture and impressive art.
World class art museum in beautiful Golden Gate park. It takes a while to get here by bus from down town SF (BART). If you have the money to take a LYFT or Uber, I recommend that. Walkable to Haight.
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de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
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World class art museum in beautiful Golden Gate park. It takes a while to get here by bus from down town SF (BART). If you have the money to take a LYFT or Uber, I recommend that. Walkable to Haight.
World class Asian art.
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Asiatiska konstmuseet
200 Larkin St
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World class Asian art.
Catch a game and cheer on the best baseball team ever! The Oakland A's Athletics! GO A's!
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RingCentral Coliseum
7000 Coliseum Way
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Catch a game and cheer on the best baseball team ever! The Oakland A's Athletics! GO A's!
They say "If you have played at the Fillmore, then you have made it as a music artist."
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Fillmore District
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They say "If you have played at the Fillmore, then you have made it as a music artist."

Everything Else

Your go-to BART station stop two blocks from the apartment.
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19th St / Oakland station
1900 Broadway
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Your go-to BART station stop two blocks from the apartment.
Yoga classes and rock climbing to get your fitness fix.
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Great Western Power Company
520 20th St
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Yoga classes and rock climbing to get your fitness fix.
All- day community yoga classes. I recommend bring $5-$10 cash to donate. They have mat rentals.
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Yoga to the People
64 Shattuck Square
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All- day community yoga classes. I recommend bring $5-$10 cash to donate. They have mat rentals.