The best bars and cafés Berkeley

In front of the BART station, a brick building where you can come for a drink or a very good pizza or a big salad while listening to a live band. The program extends all week long, and is rather jazz oriented. Its main asset? The beer garden style outdoor patio, heated in winter and sunny in summer. The best place to remake the world while sipping your glass. On the menu: delicious craft beers, alternative drinks and good bottles of wine.

Tupper and Reed has a subdued atmosphere, with a brick wall and leather seats, for a most charming decor. On the menu of this bar installed in a former record shop with a gothic decoration, cocktails that have the reputation of being the best in town, made with passion by barmen who work here as masters. If you prefer to drink on the rocks, the spirits menu is very extensive and of excellent quality. The nightly music selections range from jazz and funk to electronic and rock. Not to be missed for a night of drinking and style.

This chain created in 1966 by Alfred Peet has more than 200 coffee shops in 9 states. This Dutch immigrant from a family of coffee roasters settled in Berkeley at the age of 35, and set up this small coffee shop with the aim of highlighting his know-how and the quality of the coffee beans. The elder statesman and main inspiration for the giant Starbucks, Peet's Coffee & Tea now offers more than thirty premium coffee and tea products in their stores. Don't miss, behind the marble counter, the small museum of the brand with vintage coffee grinders!

A chain of fresh organic detox juices, this franchise operates all around the San Francisco Bay Area and in the city of San Francisco itself. Everything is fresh and prepared on site. You will have the choice between smoothies in all their forms to fill up with vitamins, iced drinks for the strong Californian heat, bowls for the greedy ones and some sweets (sandwiches, waffles, eggs) to nibble. Order takeout and sip your smoothie while walking around the UC Berkeley campus.