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23 La Note B4
Drinking & Nightlife
24 Caffe Strada D4
25 Guerilla Café A2
26 Jupiter B3
27 Triple Rock Brewery & Ale House A3
Entertainment
28 Aurora Theatre Company A3
29 Berkeley Repertory Theatre A3
30 Cal Athletic Ticket Office B4
31 Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse A3
32 Marsh B4
33 Pacific Film Archive D4
34 Zellerbach Hall C4
Shopping
35 Amoeba Music C4
36 Moe's C4
37 Rasputin C4
38 University Press Books C4
As the birthplace of the free speech and disability rights movements, and the home of the
hallowed halls of the University of California, Berkeley is no bashful wallflower. A na-
tional hotspot of (mostly left-of-center) intellectual discourse and one of the most vocal
activist populations in the country, this infamous college town has an interesting mix of
graying progressives and idealistic undergrads. It's easy to stereotype 'Beserkeley' for
some of its recycle-or-else PC crankiness, but the city is often on the forefront of environ-
mental and political issues that eventually go mainstream.
Berkeley is also home to a large South Asian community, as evidenced by an abundance
of sari shops on University Ave and a large number of excellent Indian restaurants.