Guidebook for Alameda
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Alameda is a charming small town on an island in San Francisco Bay with beaches, restaurants, biking, windsurfing, little crowding, and a high safety rating. This island has the appeal of a small town while just a few miles from San Francisco. Travel by car or public transit to great East Bay destinations like Berkeley and Oakland, or to SF.
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Alameda
Alameda is a charming small town on an island in San Francisco Bay with beaches, restaurants, biking, windsurfing, little crowding, and a high safety rating. This island has the appeal of a small town while just a few miles from San Francisco. Travel by car or public transit to great East Bay destinations like Berkeley and Oakland, or to SF.
Neighborhood Dining...starting a block away
walk block to Webster Street for more than a dozen restaurants to choise from.
Great Steak and Eggs. Indoor and outdoor seating for breakfast and lunch. Their donut shop is also really good and right next door.
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Cafe Jolie
1500 Webster StGreat Steak and Eggs. Indoor and outdoor seating for breakfast and lunch. Their donut shop is also really good and right next door.
Wescafe
1518 Webster StSuper Dim Sum as well as excellent Chinese dinner and banquets.
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East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
1713 Webster StSuper Dim Sum as well as excellent Chinese dinner and banquets.
Great local experience are rare and hard to find. In this waterfront deli by day find Saturday night prix fixe dinners with a belly dancing show.
Abigail's Moroccan Cuisine
1132 Ballena BlvdGreat local experience are rare and hard to find. In this waterfront deli by day find Saturday night prix fixe dinners with a belly dancing show.
Excellent burritos in the Mission style. Carnitas are great and I like the bar offering salsas, pickled veg and lime. Right 9n the corner
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Calafia Taqueria
1445 Webster StExcellent burritos in the Mission style. Carnitas are great and I like the bar offering salsas, pickled veg and lime. Right 9n the corner
Excellent Cambodian food a few blocks from the house.
It can be noisy.
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Phnom Penh House
1514 Webster StExcellent Cambodian food a few blocks from the house.
It can be noisy.
Superb, fresh Laotian food just a few blocks from the cottage.
Great Papaya salad and noodle dishes
Bhan Mae Vane
1511 Webster StreetSuperb, fresh Laotian food just a few blocks from the cottage.
Great Papaya salad and noodle dishes
This is the most elevated dinner restaurant in the neighborhood. The Berkshire pork chop is amazing. It is on the pricey side but we liked it. Particularly the innovative cocktails and Paris Brest
Ceron Kitchen
1619 Webster StreetThis is the most elevated dinner restaurant in the neighborhood. The Berkshire pork chop is amazing. It is on the pricey side but we liked it. Particularly the innovative cocktails and Paris Brest
Drinks & Nightlife
fun place to taste all the St George's fine spirits selection and then toddle back home.
This is a remarkable place - great architecture on the old Naval base facing the water with a view of the city offers a variety of tastings. I like the brandy and liqueurs.
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St. George Spirits
2601 Monarch StThis is a remarkable place - great architecture on the old Naval base facing the water with a view of the city offers a variety of tastings. I like the brandy and liqueurs.
Parks & Nature
This beach is a short walk from the house and runs several miles along the island with views of San Francisco and south. You can hire a bike at Park Street and there are many restaurants and cafes within strolling distance.
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Playa Estatal Robert W. Crown Memorial
Otis DriveThis beach is a short walk from the house and runs several miles along the island with views of San Francisco and south. You can hire a bike at Park Street and there are many restaurants and cafes within strolling distance.
Entry to the park is just a block from the house. Each day we stroll this waterfront preserve which includes past duck pond, sand beach and cove. Wonder representation of local sea birds (plover, egret, heron, bufflehead)
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Crab Cove Visitor Center
1252 McKay AveEntry to the park is just a block from the house. Each day we stroll this waterfront preserve which includes past duck pond, sand beach and cove. Wonder representation of local sea birds (plover, egret, heron, bufflehead)
Entertainment & Activities
a 10 minute drive from the cottage is the hub of Oakland's lively food and entertainment scene. Two great theatres for performance and classic theatre architecture (Paramount and Fox) dozens of great restaurants (Plum Bar, Parlor, Calavera, Flora) and the site of the Oakland First Friday art murmur - a crawl of
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Uptown
a 10 minute drive from the cottage is the hub of Oakland's lively food and entertainment scene. Two great theatres for performance and classic theatre architecture (Paramount and Fox) dozens of great restaurants (Plum Bar, Parlor, Calavera, Flora) and the site of the Oakland First Friday art murmur - a crawl of
Sightseeing
Fantastic relic of the '49ers with wooden cottages and gardens dribbling down the back of a hill inaccessible to cars. Great viewing for the parrots of Telegraph Hill.
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Filbert Steps
Fantastic relic of the '49ers with wooden cottages and gardens dribbling down the back of a hill inaccessible to cars. Great viewing for the parrots of Telegraph Hill.
Alameda Theatre & Cineplex
2317 Central AveFantastic Deco Movie Theatre
Arts & Culture
Museo de Arte Moderno de San Francisco
151 3rd St
Museo de California en Oakland
1000 Oak St800 Vintage Pinball tables that you can play on until you tilt for an entry fee. Just two blocks from the cottage.
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Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St800 Vintage Pinball tables that you can play on until you tilt for an entry fee. Just two blocks from the cottage.