Using the term “dining” loosely here’s what we like best for our family…
Cafe Durant (Berkeley) has a large upstairs patio with umbrellas/awnings and a great inexpensive menu including breakfast all day type stuff (like crepes, chilaquiles, hash and eggs, benedicts) done well. Also tacos, nachos, burgers, wings, beer and that sort of thing. Great price, friendly family owned and operated and overall unpretentious and fun spot to take the kids if you are going to the lawrence hall of science, tilden park or just want to mess around the campus area.
Just a few doors up on Durant is the “Asian Ghetto” which is a sort of courtyard surrounded by Indian, Thai, Chinese, Sushi, Korean BBQ, falafel stuff you can enjoy outside. Chose your own adventure. Also a decent donut shop there. Folks in Berkeley surely know these joints but folks coming from across the bay or elsewhere may not. I wouldn’t call any of these joints in the Ghetto remarkable, but they are good cheap and fast and outdoors.
2517 Durant Ave, Berkeley, 94704
