Marin County & the Bay Area - California - page 296

19 Awaken Cafe B5
20 Beer Revolution A6
21 Blue Bottle Coffee Company B7
22 Blue Bottle Coffee Company D1
23 Café Van Kleef B5
Heinold's First & Last Chance B7
24 Make Westing B5
25 Trappist B6
26 Tribune Tavern B5
Entertainment
Fox Theater B5
27 Luka's Taproom & Lounge C4
28 New Parkway Theater C4
29 Paramount Theatre C4
30 Uptown B4
31 Yoshi's A7
Named for the grand oak trees that once lined its streets, Oakland is to San Francisco what
Brooklyn is to Manhattan. To some degree a less expensive alternative to the nearby city
of hills, it's often where people have fled to escape pricey San Francisco housing costs. An
ethnically diverse city, Oakland has a strong African American community and a long
labor union history. Urban farmers raise chickens in their backyard or occupy abandoned
lots to start community gardens, families find more room to stretch out, and self-satisfied
residents thumb their noses at San Francisco's fog while basking in a sunnier Mediter-
ranean climate.
Sights & Activities
Broadway is the backbone of downtown Oakland, running from Jack London Sq at the
waterfront all the way north to Piedmont and Rockridge. Telegraph Ave branches off
Broadway at 15th St and heads north straight to Berkeley via the Temescal neighborhood