Heading up to attend the Tea Festival and visit family! It’s been two years since our last visit and this time we’ll be staying in Berkeley near Cheese Board. We’ll have a car, but will be mostly getting around via transit.
I put together this collection for the trip. If there is any place we should take out or add in, that would be awesome! We love casual eats (still allergic to reservations) and we likely will be going on a picnic as well (hence Cheese Boar Proximity). Things we love: Noodles. Pie. Breakfast Sandwiches, Cesar Salads and Soft Serve.
HA! We have a branch of Farmhouse in our neighborhood! Not my vibe. But thanks for the warning! Thanks for Andronico’s rec! I would have likely passed it up.
I have it on good authority that Patisserie Rotha in Albany is excellent. I’ll probably never get there because of their insane hours.
Fournée Bakery near the Claremont Hotel is great but similar (not as bad) problem, sells out early.
Don’t miss Maison Nico. So good.
Bageltopia makes the best bagels in the area these days. Nice dine-in restaurant but does a big to-go business as well. Excellent house-smoked salmon. https://www.thebageltopia.com/