Eat: Chez Panisse
It would be a crime to visit Berkeley and not stop into the iconic culinary temple of Chez Panisse. Really though, the celebrated restaurant is one of the best in not just the Bay Area, but also the nation. We could rave for days. The food tastes like it was freshly picked minutes before landing on your plate — and that’s because it was. A trailblazer in California cuisine, Alice Waters’ famed restaurant has been crafting farm-to-table dishes (using ingredients that come from local ranchers and farmers) since the ‘70s and continues to make mouths water on the reg.
Chez Panisse, 1517 Shattuck Avenue (between Cedar and Vine Streets); 510-548-5525.

Photos: Courtesy of Chez Panisse