Guidebook for Alameda

Pat And Dell
Pat And Dell
Guidebook for Alameda

Essentials

About 600 meters from our front door, excellent produce and butcher shop.
8 locals recommend
Encinal Market
3211 Encinal Ave
8 locals recommend
About 600 meters from our front door, excellent produce and butcher shop.
A 5 minute drive.
582 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
582 locals recommend
A 5 minute drive.

Food Scene

The highest rated restaurant in Alameda.
146 locals recommend
Burma Superstar
4721 Telegraph Ave
146 locals recommend
The highest rated restaurant in Alameda.
Our favorite place to eat...located in a nondescript shopping mall, this place feels like something right out of San Francisco.
71 locals recommend
Trabocco Kitchen and Cocktails
2213 S Shore Center
71 locals recommend
Our favorite place to eat...located in a nondescript shopping mall, this place feels like something right out of San Francisco.
Great for coffee or lunch, beer and wine, the outside seating area is sort of hidden away in the rear, find it.
34 locals recommend
Julie's Coffee & Tea Garden
1223 Park St
34 locals recommend
Great for coffee or lunch, beer and wine, the outside seating area is sort of hidden away in the rear, find it.
German food and beer...outside seating, a favorite place.
39 locals recommend
Speisekammer
2424 Lincoln Ave
39 locals recommend
German food and beer...outside seating, a favorite place.
The best for sandwiches. Good chicken.
9 locals recommend
Lola's Chicken Shack
1417 Park St
9 locals recommend
The best for sandwiches. Good chicken.
The best local Mexican food. Tequila bar and unsurpassed margaritas.
33 locals recommend
La Penca Azul
1440 Park St
33 locals recommend
The best local Mexican food. Tequila bar and unsurpassed margaritas.
Mojtos and do a little dancing on weekend nights.
Habanas Cuban Cuisine
1518 Park St
Mojtos and do a little dancing on weekend nights.
On the "other" end of the island. Great breakfast. Sit outside after the Tuesday farmer's market.
40 locals recommend
Cafe Jolie
1500 Webster St
40 locals recommend
On the "other" end of the island. Great breakfast. Sit outside after the Tuesday farmer's market.

Arts & Culture

Just go inside and enjoy the restored lobby...it's really something. They also have food and spirits from the next-door restaurant.
87 locals recommend
Alameda Theatre & Cineplex
2317 Central Ave
87 locals recommend
Just go inside and enjoy the restored lobby...it's really something. They also have food and spirits from the next-door restaurant.

Everything Else

Great wine tasting, great views of San Francisco.
56 locals recommend
Rock Wall Wine Company
2301 Monarch St
56 locals recommend
Great wine tasting, great views of San Francisco.
Near Rock Wall...a truly unique experience tasting amazing distilled spirits.
65 locals recommend
St. George Spirits
2601 Monarch St
65 locals recommend
Near Rock Wall...a truly unique experience tasting amazing distilled spirits.
Tuesday morning...small but good.
19 locals recommend
Alameda Farmers' Market
710 Haight Ave
19 locals recommend
Tuesday morning...small but good.
A great walk/hike in the redwoods...about a 6 mile loop.
Redwood Gate
7867 Redwood Rd
A great walk/hike in the redwoods...about a 6 mile loop.
A great hike...about an hour's drive into Marin County...be sure and use a map...you can get lost coming down the Dipsea trail...magnificent views of SF.
14 locals recommend
Steep Ravine Trail
Steep Ravine Trail
14 locals recommend
A great hike...about an hour's drive into Marin County...be sure and use a map...you can get lost coming down the Dipsea trail...magnificent views of SF.
The best place to listen to traditional, folk music.
87 locals recommend
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St
87 locals recommend
The best place to listen to traditional, folk music.

Shopping

Absolutely the best bread ever...also fantastic pastries. In a food court with the best butcher shop in Alameda and a natural food store
15 locals recommend
Feel Good Bakery
1650 Park St
15 locals recommend
Absolutely the best bread ever...also fantastic pastries. In a food court with the best butcher shop in Alameda and a natural food store

Drinks & Nightlife

The best jazz club in the area...check out listings.
136 locals recommend
Yoshi's Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
136 locals recommend
The best jazz club in the area...check out listings.