Housing | Transportation | Restaurants | Coffee and Tea | Entertainment | Sports | Grocery Stores | Pharmacies | Medical
Housing
During your stay here in Berkeley for the summer school, your housing is provided by the lab. For other goods and services, please check the links below.
Transportation
A basic map of the freeways in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.
A local map of the area immediately around LBNL.
Map of downtown Berkeley.
LBNL site map.
Information on local rental car offices.
For local train/bus service try these providers.
A schedule and map for the LBNL shuttle buses.
Restaurants
Too many great places in Berkeley to list here! Try here instead. (The webmaster also highly recommends West Coast Pizza, Stuffed Inn sandwiches, Berkeley Thai House, Steve's Korean BBQ, and Joshuya sushi.)
Coffee and Tea
Brewed Awakening, 1807 Euclid, 510-540-8865
Peet's Coffee, 2124 Vine St. 510-841-0564
Caffé Strada, 300 College Ave. 510-843-5282
Java City, 2172 Shattuck Ave. 510-848-7035
Royal Ground, 2409 Shattuck Ave. 510-849-9888
Starbucks, 2224 Shattuck Ave. 510-848-7155, 1799 Solano Ave. 510-525-5885
Entertainment
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2626 Bancroft Way, 510-642-0808 Collections, exhibits, events
Berkeley Parks and Recreation, 2016 Center Street, 510-981-5150
Berkeley Potters Guild, 731 Jones at 4th St., 510-524-7031 Ceramics & pottery
Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, 510-642-5132 Many "hands-on" exhibits for adults & children
Shattuck Cinemas, 2220 Shattuck Ave, 510-843-3456 Movies
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2025 Addison St., 510-647-2949 A variety of performance arts
Cal Performances, 510-647-2949 UC Berkeley performance arts
Berkeley Convention and Visitor Center, 1834 University Ave., 510-549-7040
Many links for information & activities!
Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Avenue, 510-THE-ROCK (for music info), 510-THE-TAPS (for directions) Pub, grill, and live music
Pyramid, 901 Gilman St., 510-528-9880 Alehouse, Brewery & Restaurant
Beckett's Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave., 510-647-1790, Irish pub and restaurant, call for music info
Sports
24 Hour Fitness, 2072 Addison St.,510-548-4653 Exercise Gymnasium
Berkeley Iceland, 2727 Milvia St., 510-843-8800 Hockey & public ice skating
UC Berkeley Recreational Sports Facility, 2301 Bancroft Way, 510-642-7796
Berkeley Swim Facilities, Public swimming pool facilitites
Tilden Park Golf Course, Golf Course Dr., 510-848-7373
West Wind Karate School, 1551 University Ave., 510-841-1426
Oakland A's Baseball
Network Associates Coliseum, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, 510-569-2121. Ball park is accessible via car, AC transit bus and BART
San Francisco Giants Baseball
Pacific Bell Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, 415-972-2000. Ball park is accessible via car, AC transit bus and BART - vehicle parking is limited
Grocery Stores
Andronicos:1550 Shattuck Ave. 510-841-7942, 1414 University Ave. 510-548-7061, 2655 Telegraph Ave. 510-845-1062
Safeway:1444 Shattuck Ave. 510-526-3086, 6310 College Ave. 510-654-6992
7-Eleven: 2601 Telegraph Ave. 510-841-8248, 2887 College Ave.
Pharmacies
Elephant Pharmacy:1607 Shattuck Ave. 510-549-9200
Walgreens:2187 Shattuck Ave. 510-849-4286, 2995 San Pablo Ave. 510-548-0377
Longs:1451 Shattuck Ave. 510-849-0832
Medical
Call 911 for all emergencies!
Alta Bates Hospital, 2450 Ashby Ave. 510-204-4444, 2655 Telegraph Ave. 510-845-1062
Urgent Care Center, 2636 Telegraph Ave. 510-841-1647
Berkeley Free Clinic, 2339 Durant Ave. 510-548-2570 Medical, 510-548-2745 Dental
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