shopping and services
shopping and servicesart and architectural supply store
The Art Store: 811 University Ave, Berkeley: 510-486-2600
The Inkstone: 2302 Bowditch Ave, Berkeley: 510-883-1162: Friendly and helpful staff, since many of them are students of Encironmental Design in Berkeley.
barbershop
The Cutting Room: 2079 University Ave, Berkeley: 510-845-7553: Reasonable price (12.95$ for cut) and need no reservation and fast.
bookstore
Builders Booksource: 1817 fourth st, Berkeley: 510-845-6874: New books on architecture, construction, landscaping, urban design, and interior design.
Cody's Books: 2454 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley: 510-559-9500: biggest general bookstore in Berkeley
Collected Thoudhis bookshop: 1816 Eucrid Avenue: 510-843-1816:compact bookstore in North Gate Shopping District
Kinokuniya Bookstores: 1581 Webster St, SF: 415-567-7625:Japanese bookstore, english books for japanese culture
Moe's Bookstore: 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley: 510-849-2087: Biggest used bookstore in the Bay Area
William Stout Architectural Books: 804 Montgomery, SF: 415-391-6757: The most comprehensive and biggest art architecture, landscape architectiure, and urban planning bookstore in the Bay Area. Large selection of international journals, magagines, annuals, hard to find, and used books.
bicycle
Missing Link: 1988 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley: 510-843-7471:Provides expert advice and terrific customer service. You will find all the necessary clothing and accessories at this one-stop bike shop.
boutique
Banana Republic: 256 Grant Ave. SF: 415-788-3087: Stylish casual wears for men and wemen, tablewares, interior goods
By Hand: 1741-43 Solano Ave, Berkeley:510-526-3212: stylish men and wemen wear, bags
computer
The Scholar's Workstation Educational Computing Sales Program: 2200 University Ave,.,Room 41#3808,Berkeley: 510-643-9451: Helpful stuff. Good for Machintoch and PC especially for DELL. Discount for student, fuculty of UC Berkeley.
electronics
Berkeley Lighting Co.: 1623 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley: 510-524-1782: Wide variety of interior ond outdoor lighting stuffs
eyewear
School of Optometry UC Berkeley: 2222 Bancroft Way, Berkeley: 510-642-5761: Careful examination services and glasses and contact lenses.
flower shop
Darling Flower Shop: 2008 University Ave, Berkeley: 510-843-7044:
foods
Acme Bread Company: 1601 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley: 510-524-1024: So delicious breads!
Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant: 1605 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley: 510-524-1524: variety of french wine and ample stock.
Yerba Buena: 1809 Forth St, Berkeley: 510-548-3500: various selestion of tea, aloma therapy oil
graphic production and copying
COPY WORLD: 2154 University Ave, Berkeley: 510-849-9701
Copy Central: 2560 Bancroft Way, Berkeley:
Kinko's Copy: 901 University Ave, Berkeley: 510-644-9701: Fairly helpful staff. Open 24 hours. Lowest priced color xeroxes around Berkeley. Volume discount. Great place for getting color xeroxes from slides, since the images are scanned into the machine-rather than projected. Large format xerox copying and reductions are also available.
hotel
Bancroft Hotel:2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley:510-549-1000:Reasonable price, nice location next to the campus, Designed by Walter T. Steilberg, National Landmerk Hotel is part of the rich and diverse history of the Bay Area.
interior
Miki's Paper: 1801 Fourth St, Berkeley:510-845-9530:japanese handmade paper
Riprint Mint: 2484 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley:510-841-9423: variety of fine art print and posters, mounting service
Stained Glass Garden: 1800 Forth St, Berkeley:510-841-2200: stained glass products
Thousand Cranes: 1803 Fourth St, Berkeley:510-849-0501:japanese interior, futon set
photography resources
Presto Prints: 2315 Telegraph Avr, Berkeley: 510-845-5268: fast, cheap, discount for student by 15%
Sarber Cameras: 1747 Solano Ave, Berkeley: 510-526-0775: variety of photp suppliers, student discount available
Ziba Color Lab: 64 Shuttuck sq, Berkeley: 510-849-0776: high quality
maps
rental video
Pal Japanere Video: 734 San Pablo Ave, Albany: 510-524-2005: Japanese drama, variety etc.
stationary
Papyrus: 1793 Fourth Street, Berkeley:510-524-4580: stylish envelope, papers
sports gear
travel agency
Berkeley's Northside Travel: 1824 Euclid Ave, Berkeley: 510-843-1000: Helpful stuff. Reasonable price.
reastaurants and cafes
($ is an indicator of price)
african
Blue Nile $$: 2525 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley: 510-540-6777: Authentic Ethiopian cuisine. Use your fingers and bread to scoop up the food.
american
Laleighs $$: 2438 Telegrapf Ave, Berkeley: delicious humberger dishes, cozy courtyard
california (french style)
Crustacean $$$: 1475 Polk St at California, SF: 415-776-2722: euro asian cuisine featuring crab
cafe
Berkeley Espresso $: Hearst+Shuttuck, Berkeley: nice BGM of classic all day
Cafe Fanny $$: 1603 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley: 510-524-5447: Nice place for pleasant weekend lunch. Most delicious cafe au lais in the Bay Area (I feel).With outdoor tables under pergola.
Cafe Strada $: Bancroft Way+College Ave, Berkeley: Most popular cafe in Berkeley
Juicy News $: 1778 Forth St, Berkeley:510-558-8415: juice stand and magazine shop
Odyssia $: 1849 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley: 510-849-1319: good for lunch also, with sunny sidewalk table, sometimes dance show and jazz live at night
chinese
Cafe de Bardeaux $$$: 326-7th St, Oakland: 510-891-2338: french style chinese reastaurant, nice taste
Hong Kong Flower Lounge $$$: 5322 Geary Boulevard, SF:415-668-8998: refined small dishes ,delicious
Kirin $$$: around 1740 Solano Ave, Berkeley: stylish chinese cuisine, french style interioor, delicious
Sun Hong Kong Reastaurant $: 91 Shuttuck Square, Berkeley: 510-841-2288: So cheap for the good cuisine. And variety. Open till late at anight.
indian's
Kamal Palace Indian Cuisine $$$: 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley: 510-848-9906: reasonable price
italian
Cafe Rouge$$$: 1782 Fourth Street,Berkeley:510-525-1440
Cugini $$: 1556 Solano Ave, Albany: 510-558-9000: Good interior with oven for pizza. Reasonable place with nice cuisine.
Ginger Island $$$: 1820 Foutth St, Berkeley: 510-644-0444: fashionable interior
japanese
Katanaya Ramen $$: 10546 San Pablo Ave, El Cerito: 510-528-1678: Goog place to have ramen for lunch.
Kantaro Sushi $$: 124 Ellis St, SF: 415-986-2339: reasonable price
Kirala $$$: 2100 Ward St, Berkeley: 510-549-3486: Fresh fish and lightly seasoned rice distinguish the sushi.
O Chame $$$: 1830 4th St, Berkeley: 510-841-8783: The food is a perfectly balanced marriage of Japanese and California cuisine.
Tokyo Sukiyaki $$$$: 225 Jefferson St, Fisherman's Warf,SF: 415-775-9030: So authentic Japanese reasutaurant as if you were in Japanese. It's one of oldest reastaurant at Fisherman's Warf. One of the waitress is the Miss Japan forty years ago.
Yoshy's at Jack London Square $$$: 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland: 510-238-9200: Authentic Japanese cuisine and world class jazz live spot, most popular in the Bay Area.
mexican
Cafe Durant $$: 2517 Durant Ave, Berkeley: 510-841-9905: Rise above the noise and pollution of the city and enjoy the view from this rooftop cafe. Featuring Mexican and American food. Good for lunch. Near campus.
mediterranean
La Mediterranee $$: 2936 College Ave, Berkeley: 510-540-7773: Delicious Lebanon cuisine. Try mezza with ten dishes. So nice.
southeast asian
Boran $$: 1892 Solano Ave, Berkeley: 510-525-3625: Thai reastaurant
Plearn $$: 2050 University Ave, Berkeley: 510-841-2148: Nice Thai cuisine. Authentic dish with exotic dishes.
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