Guidebook for Alameda

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Guidebook for Alameda

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Old school family owned ice cream shop
31 locals recommend
Tucker's Super Creamed Ice Cream
1349 Park St
31 locals recommend
Old school family owned ice cream shop
Take the ferry to SF in 20 minutes!
41 locals recommend
Alameda Main Street station
2990 Main St
41 locals recommend
Take the ferry to SF in 20 minutes!
Find out all about the wildlife in the SF Bay. Cycle around, explore, have a picnic and visit the beach.
63 locals recommend
Crab Cove Visitor Center
1252 McKay Ave
63 locals recommend
Find out all about the wildlife in the SF Bay. Cycle around, explore, have a picnic and visit the beach.
Main shopping street in Alameda.
22 locals recommend
Park Street
Park Street
22 locals recommend
Main shopping street in Alameda.
Lovely old cinema.
87 locals recommend
Alameda Theatre & Cineplex
2317 Central Ave
87 locals recommend
Lovely old cinema.
One of the nicest parks in Alameda
10 locals recommend
Franklin Park
1432 San Antonio Ave
10 locals recommend
One of the nicest parks in Alameda
Right at the end of the street is this little park with a great enclosed playground for younger children
Littlejohn Park
1401 Pacific Ave
Right at the end of the street is this little park with a great enclosed playground for younger children
This park in Alameda's East End is super pretty.
8 locals recommend
Lincoln Park
3412 Clement St
8 locals recommend
This park in Alameda's East End is super pretty.
Another great park, a short cycle ride away.
9 locals recommend
Washington Park
740 Central Ave
9 locals recommend
Another great park, a short cycle ride away.
Trader Joe's - the best supermarket in Alameda - is here as well as a few big box stores
26 locals recommend
South Shore Center
South Shore Center
26 locals recommend
Trader Joe's - the best supermarket in Alameda - is here as well as a few big box stores
I recommend doing your food shopping here
582 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
582 locals recommend
I recommend doing your food shopping here
Nice (but not cheap) natural grocery store, with a lovely bakery, butcher's and fishmongers inside
32 locals recommend
Alameda Marketplace
1650 Park St
32 locals recommend
Nice (but not cheap) natural grocery store, with a lovely bakery, butcher's and fishmongers inside
Nice shop for gifts
8 locals recommend
Daisy's
1347 Park St
8 locals recommend
Nice shop for gifts
Pretty good skate park
City View Skate Park
West Red Line Avenue
Pretty good skate park
Awesome gym
Bladium Sports & Fitness Club
800 W Tower Ave
Awesome gym
This museum is supposed to be pretty good - I have never been! http://www.uss-hornet.org/
88 locals recommend
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum
707 W Hornet Ave
88 locals recommend
This museum is supposed to be pretty good - I have never been! http://www.uss-hornet.org/
Catch the BART into SF from here
12th Street
12th Street
Catch the BART into SF from here
Catch the BART into SF from here
48 locals recommend
Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Avenue
48 locals recommend
Catch the BART into SF from here
It's worth cycling over here - there's a cycle path that runs around the edge and there are great views of SF
Bay Farm Island
It's worth cycling over here - there's a cycle path that runs around the edge and there are great views of SF
Really nice book store
13 locals recommend
Books Inc.
1344 Park St
13 locals recommend
Really nice book store
Fun tiki bar with great cocktails
71 locals recommend
Forbidden Island
1304 Lincoln Ave
71 locals recommend
Fun tiki bar with great cocktails
Another supermarket - pretty expensive though
54 locals recommend
Safeway
2600 Fifth St
54 locals recommend
Another supermarket - pretty expensive though

Food Scene

One of the nicest cafes in Alameda
33 locals recommend
Blue Dot Cafe & Coffee Bar
1910 Encinal Ave
33 locals recommend
One of the nicest cafes in Alameda
Probably the closest cafe
11 locals recommend
Jay's Coffee Teas and Treats
1414 Encinal Ave
11 locals recommend
Probably the closest cafe
Nice restaurant
17 locals recommend
Pappo
2320 Central Ave
17 locals recommend
Nice restaurant
Nice, relaxed cafe - good for brunch
CAFE Q
2302 Encinal Ave
Nice, relaxed cafe - good for brunch
Nice place for lunch with outside garden
26 locals recommend
Wescafe
1518 Webster St
26 locals recommend
Nice place for lunch with outside garden
'French' cafe - pretty good for lunch
40 locals recommend
Cafe Jolie
1500 Webster St
40 locals recommend
'French' cafe - pretty good for lunch
Old fashioned breakfast place
30 locals recommend
Ole's Waffle Shop
1507 Park St
30 locals recommend
Old fashioned breakfast place
Inexpensive sushi
12 locals recommend
Yojimbo
1221 Park St
12 locals recommend
Inexpensive sushi
Yummy food - our favourite!
146 locals recommend
Burma Superstar
4721 Telegraph Ave
146 locals recommend
Yummy food - our favourite!

Shopping

Good family restaurant - Italian
36 locals recommend
Tomatina
1338 Park St
36 locals recommend
Good family restaurant - Italian

Drinks & Nightlife

Decent bar
30 locals recommend
Fireside Lounge
1453 Webster St
30 locals recommend
Decent bar

Places to eat

The food here is amazing! This is our fave restaurant in Alameda.
146 locals recommend
Burma Superstar
4721 Telegraph Ave
146 locals recommend
The food here is amazing! This is our fave restaurant in Alameda.
Cute, laid-back little cafe for lunch.
33 locals recommend
Blue Dot Cafe & Coffee Bar
1910 Encinal Ave
33 locals recommend
Cute, laid-back little cafe for lunch.
This Japanese restaurant is amazing and it's an experience to go there. They only seat 8 people in two sittings per night and the food is incredible. You often have to book weeks in advance.
Utzutzu
1428 Park St
This Japanese restaurant is amazing and it's an experience to go there. They only seat 8 people in two sittings per night and the food is incredible. You often have to book weeks in advance.
Cheap sushi - good!
12 locals recommend
Yojimbo
1221 Park St
12 locals recommend
Cheap sushi - good!
Good sandwich/lunch place and they do nice coffee and hot chocolates too.
26 locals recommend
Wescafe
1518 Webster St
26 locals recommend
Good sandwich/lunch place and they do nice coffee and hot chocolates too.
Good place for breakfast or lunch. French(ish)! They have yummy beignets.
40 locals recommend
Cafe Jolie
1500 Webster St
40 locals recommend
Good place for breakfast or lunch. French(ish)! They have yummy beignets.
This place is perfect if you want to go to an old-school diner for an enormous American breakfast!
Marti's Place
1905 1/2 Encinal Ave
This place is perfect if you want to go to an old-school diner for an enormous American breakfast!
It's a bit weird going out for dinner in a shopping mall, but this Italian has really good food!
71 locals recommend
Trabocco Kitchen and Cocktails
2213 S Shore Center
71 locals recommend
It's a bit weird going out for dinner in a shopping mall, but this Italian has really good food!
Perfect pizza place to take kids and families.
36 locals recommend
Tomatina
1338 Park St
36 locals recommend
Perfect pizza place to take kids and families.
Indian street food.
63 locals recommend
Curry Up Now
129 S B St
63 locals recommend
Indian street food.
Another pizza place that's good for kids. There's a hill outside that kids love running up and down.
SPIN! Pizza
2670 Fifth St
Another pizza place that's good for kids. There's a hill outside that kids love running up and down.
The biggest flea market in Northern CA comes to Alameda on the first Sunday of every month. There are about 10,000 stalls each time. Go - it's great fun and you can get lunch there too. Bring suncream if it's sunny!
42 locals recommend
Alameda Point Antiques Faire 1st Sunday Every Month
3900 Main St
42 locals recommend
The biggest flea market in Northern CA comes to Alameda on the first Sunday of every month. There are about 10,000 stalls each time. Go - it's great fun and you can get lunch there too. Bring suncream if it's sunny!
Old fashioned local ice cream shop.
31 locals recommend
Tucker's Super Creamed Ice Cream
1349 Park St
31 locals recommend
Old fashioned local ice cream shop.

Parks and beaches

Lovely little park really close by with a play area for kids. A good place for a picnic.
10 locals recommend
Franklin Park
1432 San Antonio Ave
10 locals recommend
Lovely little park really close by with a play area for kids. A good place for a picnic.
The other end of the island there's another nice park.
8 locals recommend
Lincoln Park
3412 Clement St
8 locals recommend
The other end of the island there's another nice park.
This beach is a great place to cycle to. You can cycle quite a long way along the shore in either direction.
106 locals recommend
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach
Otis Drive
106 locals recommend
This beach is a great place to cycle to. You can cycle quite a long way along the shore in either direction.
This park is just at the end of the street and has a new play structure.
Littlejohn Park
1401 Pacific Ave
This park is just at the end of the street and has a new play structure.
This new park is fun for kids.
7 locals recommend
Jean Sweeney Open Space Park
1100 Atlantic Ave
7 locals recommend
This new park is fun for kids.

Bars

Tiki bar that serves cocktails. It's really near by!
71 locals recommend
Forbidden Island
1304 Lincoln Ave
71 locals recommend
Tiki bar that serves cocktails. It's really near by!