Guidebook for Oakland

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Guidebook for Oakland

Food Scene

New school Oakland, and one of our absolute favorites. Great food with inspiration from local ingredients and Indian flavor profiles.
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Juhu Beach Club
5179 Telegraph Avenue
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New school Oakland, and one of our absolute favorites. Great food with inspiration from local ingredients and Indian flavor profiles.
A classic of the modern Oakland food scene: wood-oven pizza, handmade pasta, seasonal ingredients, great cocktails. Also a morning cafe with excellent coffee and killer wood-fired bread.
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Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave
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A classic of the modern Oakland food scene: wood-oven pizza, handmade pasta, seasonal ingredients, great cocktails. Also a morning cafe with excellent coffee and killer wood-fired bread.
Great spot for an easy-going dinner. Fish tacos, pulled pork and sweet potato sandwich, blackberry agua fresca, can’t go wrong.
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Cholita Linda
4923 Telegraph Ave
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Great spot for an easy-going dinner. Fish tacos, pulled pork and sweet potato sandwich, blackberry agua fresca, can’t go wrong.
Delicious filled to order doughnuts and amazeballs iced coffee.
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Doughnut Dolly
482 B 49th Street
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Delicious filled to order doughnuts and amazeballs iced coffee.
Wide selection of old-school donuts. Nothing fancy, just good work on the standards.
Golden Gate Donuts
4201 Telegraph Ave
Wide selection of old-school donuts. Nothing fancy, just good work on the standards.
Montreal-style bagels, homemade lox, and whole lot of other deliciousness. Don’t sleep on the fried chicken sandwich, which might be the best in the neighborhood. Open til 3, closed Mondays.
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Beauty's Bagel Shop
3838 Telegraph Ave
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Montreal-style bagels, homemade lox, and whole lot of other deliciousness. Don’t sleep on the fried chicken sandwich, which might be the best in the neighborhood. Open til 3, closed Mondays.
Excellent whole animal butchery, but they also serve lunch and dinner.
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Clove And Hoof
4001 Broadway
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Excellent whole animal butchery, but they also serve lunch and dinner.
Informal, super delicious kebab spot using pastured meat and organic produce.
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The Kebabery
2929 Shattuck Avenue
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Informal, super delicious kebab spot using pastured meat and organic produce.
Awesome Indian/Italian spot from Juhu Beach Club chef Preeti Mistry.
Navi Kitchen
5000 Adeline Street
Awesome Indian/Italian spot from Juhu Beach Club chef Preeti Mistry.

Essentials

Surprisingly comprehensive corner store: a really good job of getting you the basics - produce, dry goods, fancy ice cream sandwiches - when you don’t want to bother getting to a real grocery store.
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Temescal Produce Market
4001 Broadway
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Surprisingly comprehensive corner store: a really good job of getting you the basics - produce, dry goods, fancy ice cream sandwiches - when you don’t want to bother getting to a real grocery store.
Another basic corner store. Decent beer selection, some wine and liquor, butcher counter.
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Take 5 Cafe and Gallery
3130 Sacramento St
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Another basic corner store. Decent beer selection, some wine and liquor, butcher counter.

Drinks & Nightlife

Full page beer list, will let you sample any of them before you commit. Also great sausages. If you want an $8 corn dog (worth it), this is your place.
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Hog's Apothecary
375 40th St
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Full page beer list, will let you sample any of them before you commit. Also great sausages. If you want an $8 corn dog (worth it), this is your place.

Everything Else

Bike rentals daily and weekly.
Lulu's Cyclery
1944 University Avenue
Bike rentals daily and weekly.