Guidebook for Oakland

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Guidebook for Oakland

Drinks & Nightlife

Lake Merritt view, bottomless mimosas, eat community style with fun people on outdoor deck, the garbage bread and salads are worthwhile. $$ to $$$
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Portal Oakland
1611 2nd Ave
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Lake Merritt view, bottomless mimosas, eat community style with fun people on outdoor deck, the garbage bread and salads are worthwhile. $$ to $$$
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The Starry Plough Pub
3101 Shattuck Ave
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Small place, hang out close to your friends, cute venue
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Sister
3308 Grand Ave
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Small place, hang out close to your friends, cute venue
Dive bar where you sing with others with a live piano player, like karaoke but the way they did it in the old days!
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The Alley | Piano Bar & Restaurant
3325 Grand Ave
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Dive bar where you sing with others with a live piano player, like karaoke but the way they did it in the old days!
Great beer and place to hang out with friends!
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The Trappist
460 8th St
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Great beer and place to hang out with friends!

Shopping

Cute books, gifts, stuff to bring home, a bit of everything!
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Therapy Stores
1428 Park St
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Cute books, gifts, stuff to bring home, a bit of everything!
Scents, soaps, teas, herbal remedies, tinctures. Recently I had a cough and I got great tea and a herbal remedy to drop into water.
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Homestead Apothecary
486 49th St
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Scents, soaps, teas, herbal remedies, tinctures. Recently I had a cough and I got great tea and a herbal remedy to drop into water.
This is a classic natural food store with bulk almond butter, honey, peanut butter that you grind in the store! anything bulk they have it. Fruits, veggies, teas. Somewhat high priced but great to support a local store with a wonderful natural food selection and local products.
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The Food Mill
3033 MacArthur Blvd
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This is a classic natural food store with bulk almond butter, honey, peanut butter that you grind in the store! anything bulk they have it. Fruits, veggies, teas. Somewhat high priced but great to support a local store with a wonderful natural food selection and local products.
Incredible produce and a great way to have lunch on a Saturday!
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Grand Lake Farmers Market
746 Grand Ave
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Incredible produce and a great way to have lunch on a Saturday!
This is a great place to Shop on Sundays for the farmer's market produce.
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Temescal Farmer's Market
5300 Claremont Ave
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This is a great place to Shop on Sundays for the farmer's market produce.
Sunday's Farmer's market, for all things related to produce, fruits, veggies, bread. A smaller market but the neighborhood is super cute to visit and its only around 3 exits up the 13 highway from our house!
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Montclair Farmers' Market
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Sunday's Farmer's market, for all things related to produce, fruits, veggies, bread. A smaller market but the neighborhood is super cute to visit and its only around 3 exits up the 13 highway from our house!
Used clothing store with a great selection, locally owned, high quality selection.
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Knimble
3258 Grand Ave
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Used clothing store with a great selection, locally owned, high quality selection.
Its good to support local bookstores!
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Pegasus Books
1855 Solano Ave
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Its good to support local bookstores!
Great selection of books and close to lots of incredible restaurants and the Hudson Bay Cafe.
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East Bay Booksellers
5433 College Ave
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Great selection of books and close to lots of incredible restaurants and the Hudson Bay Cafe.
Great selection, large bookstore, good place to shop for gifts, close to restaurants and a great used clothing store, Knimble.
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Walden Pond Books
3316 Grand Ave
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Great selection, large bookstore, good place to shop for gifts, close to restaurants and a great used clothing store, Knimble.

Sightseeing

This is a beautiful campus to walk or to swim laps or to go for recreational swim to cool off. Dropping in as a friend of the college (FOC) is around $7. I can lend you googles if needed. Its a 5 minute walk down Buell Street.
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Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd
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This is a beautiful campus to walk or to swim laps or to go for recreational swim to cool off. Dropping in as a friend of the college (FOC) is around $7. I can lend you googles if needed. Its a 5 minute walk down Buell Street.
Great restaurants, bakeries and local culture!
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Chinatown
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Great restaurants, bakeries and local culture!
You want to take a day trip! See the Redwoods in Santa Cruz, see the Boardwalk, take a hike on the Cliff walk.
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park
400 Beach St
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You want to take a day trip! See the Redwoods in Santa Cruz, see the Boardwalk, take a hike on the Cliff walk.

Parks & Nature

This is an easy 5-7 minute drive up from our house. It has a number of beautiful hiking trails. It's 1,830 acres also contain other evergreens, chaparral, and grasslands. Wildlife within the park includes rare species such as the golden eagle and Alameda striped racer. Deer, raccoons, rabbits, and squirrels are often seen.
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حديقة ريدوود الإقليمية
7867 Redwood Road
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This is an easy 5-7 minute drive up from our house. It has a number of beautiful hiking trails. It's 1,830 acres also contain other evergreens, chaparral, and grasslands. Wildlife within the park includes rare species such as the golden eagle and Alameda striped racer. Deer, raccoons, rabbits, and squirrels are often seen.
(2079 acres) 18 mins from our house and an incredible amount to see with many hiking trails.
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تيلدن بارك الإقليمي
2501 Grizzly Peak Blvd
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(2079 acres) 18 mins from our house and an incredible amount to see with many hiking trails.
Beautiful and easy walk/hike to take, less than a 15-20 minute drive away from our house.
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Lafayette Reservoir
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Beautiful and easy walk/hike to take, less than a 15-20 minute drive away from our house.
(500 acres) 5 minutes from our house, beautiful hiking and views!
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Joaquin Miller Park
3300 Joaquin Miller Rd
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(500 acres) 5 minutes from our house, beautiful hiking and views!
I do the 3.24 mile walk nearly every week, there is a botanical garden, a community garden, a boathouse to rent boats, a restaurant for brunch in the area, a bird sanctuary, benches. I LOVE THIS AREA!!
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مدرج بحيرة ميريت
Lake Merritt Boulevard
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I do the 3.24 mile walk nearly every week, there is a botanical garden, a community garden, a boathouse to rent boats, a restaurant for brunch in the area, a bird sanctuary, benches. I LOVE THIS AREA!!
Its a great place to walk, quiet, by water, takes you out of the busy chaos of Bay area life for a bit of time.
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ألباني بولب
1 Buchanan St
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Its a great place to walk, quiet, by water, takes you out of the busy chaos of Bay area life for a bit of time.

Getting Around

Though it is 7 miles away, it is easy to get to if the Lyft or Uber driver takes the freeway or highway 13 to get there. It takes around 7-9 minutes to drive and its the safest station in my opinion.
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Rockridge Station
5660 College Ave
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Though it is 7 miles away, it is easy to get to if the Lyft or Uber driver takes the freeway or highway 13 to get there. It takes around 7-9 minutes to drive and its the safest station in my opinion.
This is the closest BART station, 2.5 miles away, but I feel its not the safest station to get to, usually drivers take city streets and I always rather take the freeway to get to Rockridge and its nearly as close.
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Fruitvale Station
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This is the closest BART station, 2.5 miles away, but I feel its not the safest station to get to, usually drivers take city streets and I always rather take the freeway to get to Rockridge and its nearly as close.
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Getaround
55 Green St
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I like renting a car from this company and have used them repeatedly, great selection!
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
3001 Shattuck Ave
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I like renting a car from this company and have used them repeatedly, great selection!
Bus Stop at Mills College Entrance, Take Bus to San Francisco from here!
Pierson Street
Pierson Street
Bus Stop at Mills College Entrance, Take Bus to San Francisco from here!

Entertainment & Activities

My fav. movie place. Shows second run movies, classics and gotta see movies, trivia night, open mics. Dinner served with comfy couches as seating options (near downtown). $$
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The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St
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My fav. movie place. Shows second run movies, classics and gotta see movies, trivia night, open mics. Dinner served with comfy couches as seating options (near downtown). $$
Completed in 1931, with its art deco style, has public tours twice a month and shows classic films and has other great events in downtown Oakland. Go to the website to learn about their events and tour schedule.
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Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway
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Completed in 1931, with its art deco style, has public tours twice a month and shows classic films and has other great events in downtown Oakland. Go to the website to learn about their events and tour schedule.
If you are visiting when it’s the FIRST FRIDAY http://oaklandfirstfridays.org/ of the month there is a great street festival with open artist studios, music and food in the Temescal neighborhood in Oakland.
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First Fridays
2633 Telegraph Ave
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If you are visiting when it’s the FIRST FRIDAY http://oaklandfirstfridays.org/ of the month there is a great street festival with open artist studios, music and food in the Temescal neighborhood in Oakland.
They have a working Wurlitzer organ that plays on the weekend! Its a beautiful old theater that plays first run movies in Lake Merritt, you gotta go!
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Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Ave
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They have a working Wurlitzer organ that plays on the weekend! Its a beautiful old theater that plays first run movies in Lake Merritt, you gotta go!
Hang out with kitties in Cat Town's non profit Cat Cafe, maybe take home a friend while you are at it! Happy to have you bring a kitty into your life, we will make it work in the house if you want to adopt a new kitty.
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Cat Town
2869 Broadway
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Hang out with kitties in Cat Town's non profit Cat Cafe, maybe take home a friend while you are at it! Happy to have you bring a kitty into your life, we will make it work in the house if you want to adopt a new kitty.
Great yoga and meditation classes, right up the street 5 minutes away by car on Macarthur blvd.
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Loka Yoga
2701 MacArthur Blvd
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Great yoga and meditation classes, right up the street 5 minutes away by car on Macarthur blvd.
Diverse classes for yoga, 2 minutes driving distance, 15 minute walk from home!
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Anasa Yoga
4232 MacArthur Blvd
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Diverse classes for yoga, 2 minutes driving distance, 15 minute walk from home!
$10 wine tasting in the Livermore wine country. They have a great space in the back for a picnic and there is no charge to use their picnic tables. Get a driver via uber or Lyft to take you out there and add on other wineries such as Darcy Kent, or Retzlaff.
Fenestra Winery
83 Vallecitos Rd
$10 wine tasting in the Livermore wine country. They have a great space in the back for a picnic and there is no charge to use their picnic tables. Get a driver via uber or Lyft to take you out there and add on other wineries such as Darcy Kent, or Retzlaff.
Meditation is good for you!
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East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th St
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Meditation is good for you!
This place has GREAT pilates classes with attentive, experienced teachers. The Sunday class is by donation and all the funds go to a non profit.
Powerline Pilates + Wellness
Buena Vista Avenue
This place has GREAT pilates classes with attentive, experienced teachers. The Sunday class is by donation and all the funds go to a non profit.

Arts & Culture

Incredible place to hear music, medium sized venue, great artists.
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Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St
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Incredible place to hear music, medium sized venue, great artists.
Great shows, memorable themes and great actors!
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison St
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Great shows, memorable themes and great actors!
See top performers and musicians in downtown Oakland.
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Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Ave
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See top performers and musicians in downtown Oakland.