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Guerilla Café
CAFE
510-845-2233;
www.guerillacafe.com
;
1620 Shattuck Ave;
7am-2pm
Mon, 7am-4:30pm Tue-Fri, 8am-4:30pm Sat & Sun)
Exuding a 1970s flavor, this small and sparkling cafe has a creative political vibe, with
polka-dot tiles on the counter handmade by one of the artist-owners, and order numbers
spotlighting guerillas and liberation revolutionaries. Organic and Fair Trade ingredients
feature in the breakfasts and panini sandwiches, and locally roasted Blue Bottle coffee is
served.
Entertainment
The arts corridor on Addison St between Milvia and Shattuck Sts anchors a lively down-
town entertainment scene.
Live Music
Berkeley has plenty of intimate live-music venues. Cover charges range from $5 to $20,
and a number of venues are all-ages or 18-and-over.
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
FOLK, WORLD
This legendary club has almost 50 years of history and is conveniently located in the
downtown arts district. It features great traditional folk and world music and welcomes all
ages, with half-price tickets for patrons under 21.
La Peña Cultural Center
WORLD
( 510-849-2568;
www.lapena.org
;
3105 Shattuck Ave)
A few blocks east of the Ashby BART station, this cultural center and Chilean cafe
presents dynamic musical and visual arts programming with a peace and justice bent. Look
for the vibrant mural on its facade.
Ashkenaz
FOLK, WORLD
510-525-5054;
www.ashkenaz.com
;
1317 San Pablo Ave;
)
