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Museums
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For decades, Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley and its surrounding community have been a multi-cultural mecca for entertainment and food. Museums, theaters, and restaurants infuse the Telegraph Area with the energy of university students, local residents, and visitors just out for a day of fun. Many of the establishments in the Telegraph Neighborhood have established international reputations for excellence. Zellerbach Hall presents the best of the world's companies in dance, music, & theater. The Berkeley Museum is world renowned for its magnificent permanent collection and wonderful, illuminating traveling shows. Coffee houses and cafés provide a sanctuary for quiet reflection or study, a break from shopping, and a gathering place for friends. Museums, art galleries and record stores infuse the Telegraph Area with the energy of university students, local residents, and visitors just out for a day of fun. The Best of Berkeley 2008 is the Daily Californian’s annual reader-voted contest to find the best people, places, and businesses in Berkeley. Naturally, Telegraph Avenue has more of these "Best" than any other area in Berkeley or the East Bay. This is another reason why people love to come to Telegraph Ave. From Ann's Kitchen's ongoing win for the Best Breakfast 2008 to Zellerbach for the Best Performance Theater 2008, Telegraph won most of the awards. Check it out and visit our great area. |
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Berkeley, the mecca of cultural diversity, offers a vast array of ethnic restaurants. With over 50 restaurants in and around the Berkeley campus, your choices are unlimited. Enjoy unique blends of aromatic herbs and spices from the Orient with irresistible dishes sautéed and cooked over simmering fires. Tantalize your taste buds in Mediterranean ambiance with refreshing salads and cheeses. Or try mouth-watering, succulent seafood, African and Mexican specialties, or distinctive pastas and traditional dishes of Europe with a glass of fine wine. And to end your meal, indulge in homemade desserts and a cup of your favorite coffee. If you can't resist fine food, come to Berkeley, home of great ethnic food, and treat yourself to a meal you won't forget! Ann's Kitchen
Bancroft Café
Bear Ramen Berkel Berkel
Berkeley Sushi House Berkeley Thai House
Blakes on Telegraph
Bongo Burger Cafe A Go Go
Cafe Durant
Cafe Intermezzo Cafe Mediterranean Cafe Strada Chinese Express Chipotle Mexican Grille Eat a Pita FinFine Ethiopian Cuisine Fondue Fred Gomnaru Korean BBQ House Gou Bu Li Chinese Restaurant Gypsy's Trattoria Italiana Henry's Publick House & Grill House of Curries House of Kabob Japanese Snacks Joshu-Ya Japanese
Kip's Restaurant Koko Express Gormet Food Koryo BBQ L.B. Hoagies & Cheeseteaks La Bateau Ivre
La Burrita Le Petit Cheval Restaurant Lotus House
Mandarin House Mario's "La Fiesta"
Naan N Curry
Norikonoko Japanese The Orchid Racha Café Raleigh's American Pub & Grill Saigon City Restaurant Satay House Slurp Noodle House Smart Alec's Intelligent Fast Food Steve's Korean BBQ Sufficient Grounds Tako Sushi Tandor Kitchen
Taste of Taipei Thai Basil The Patio
Unicorn
Vietnam Village Yokohama Station
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Cafes are a major attraction of the Telegraph Area. With the rich blend of French Roast, Colombian, Italian and other coffee beans, you can smell the aroma of freshly brewed coffee from blocks away! And the bakeries! For the adventurous there are rhubarb pies and kahlua cheesecakes; for the sweet-toothed, there are the chocolate raspberry truffles; and for traditional, there are the tangy fruit tarts. With over 20 cafes, there is one that will suit your style and taste! You can relax on a patio and bathe in the warm Bay Area sun while sipping a cup of tea. You can socialize amid a lively, vibrant atmosphere with classical music playing in the background over a cappuccino. Whatever your pleasure, come to the cafes on Telegraph and indulge! Café Grace Café Mediterranean
Café Milano Cést Café & Subway Café Strada Coffee Source Espresso Experience Peet's Coffee & Tea
Sorrento Café Sufficient Grounds |
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Telegraph Avenue makes sure that everyone is well fed. In order to service such a diverse population, Telegraph has a plethora of delis, pizza parlors, take-out restaurants, yogurt candy and cookie stores, pubs and grocery stores. Telegraph Avenue, known for having won more awards for the "Best Of" from the local weekly periodicals than any other community in the Bay Area, has many of these award winning quick food places scattered all along the Ave. You can get turkey sandwiches with crandberry sauce at Sam's Deli in the Sather Gate Mall, fallafal at one of the many Middle Eastern stores, vegetarian take-out at Smart Alec's, freshly made donuts at King Pin or pizza at Greg's or Blondies. You will never be hungry on Telegraph.
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Anchored in the northern end of the Telegraph Area is the UC campus, the cultural center of the East Bay. This great public university offers and unparalleled array of theaters, museums, and art galleries. International artists perform festivals and dramatic production in Hertz Hall, Zellerbach Auditorium, and in the outdoor Greek Theater.
Cal Performances
Pacific Film Archives Theater The New York Times, 3/30/08, calls this a Cinema Paradise. It state "the theater offers one of the most eclectic moviegoing experiences in the Bay Area. At the archive’s theater across the street from the museum, you might find a French New Wave festival, followed by a collection of shorts from West Africa. The archive is particularly strong on Japanese cinema — and grungy-looking grad students." Hertz Hall Concerts Morrison Hall Noon Concerts Consortium For The Arts at UC Berkeley
Sather Tower Carillon Museums The cultures and peoples of the world are the focus of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology's collection and changing exhibitions. Within the museum's vast collection of art, artifacts, ethnological documents, and archeological finds, you'll find everything from Egyptian tomb sculpture to Incan textiles and native American basketry. Other museums include the Worth Ryder Art Gallery spotlighting works by students and the Museum of Paleontology and Zoology. Berkeley Art Museum Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthroplogy
Museum of Paleontology Essig Museum of Entomology Museum of Vertebrate Zoology UC Herbarium Jepson Herbarium |
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