<p>So I'm driving up to Berkeley on Friday with my family from southern california and my family wants to visit places around the Berkeley/Bay Area before moving-in. </p>
<p>Are there any particular places we should go see?<br>
Good places to sight-see?
Restaurants to eat at, shop, etc?</p>
<p>If anyone could help, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.</p>
<p>does san francisco count?
golden gate, fisherman’s wharf (pier 39), shop at union square, get sundaes at ghirardelli square, take a cable car :)</p>
<p>well berkeley is obviously a must. visit your unit, go to the “Durant Food Court” (coughcough Asian Ghetto), walk around Sproul, look at Sather’s Gate, see Memorial Glade, and just walk around the campus.</p>
<p>SF is the only other exciting place here – pretty much what flutterfly said for SF and you also may want to visit Chinatown/Japantown, Coit tower, drive up the steep hills, take a ferry to Alcatraz if you have the time</p>
<p>Just eat calamari and clams from fisherman’s wharf while watching them seals on pier 39. like, for the whole night. they’re so entertaining. at least for me.</p>
<p>Cheeseboard, Mission District in SF for mexican food, north beach for cool stuff and making fun of strip clubs.</p>
<p>Just stay away from Hunter’s Point. The Tenderloin is apparently a ghetto but it’s disneyland compared to most of Baltimore etc</p>
<p>cheeseboard qfe</p>
<p>SF is good and an obvious one. I guess the good parts of Oakland (Jack London Square for one) aren’t a high priority.</p>
<p>There’s a beach? where?
What about Lombard St. and Haight-Ashbury?</p>
<p>Lombard St is pretty blah and good for one visit. Haight is p much a tourist trap now but good if you like being surrounded by hipsters.</p>
<p>Jack London Square is pretty blah. The only reason to go there is the Chicken and Waffles place which is basically a rip off of Roscoes (literally)</p>
<p>thanks for all the suggestions.
now i just have to plan out the day.</p>
<p>Jack London Square has an awesome Farmers’ Market on Sundays (9am-2pm). There is also Miss Pearl’s and Yoshi’s, and historic Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon.</p>
<p>Really, not enough to plan a day around, but a good brunch/explore option. Unless someone really likes jazz, in which case it’s good to plan a dinner!</p>