Chez Panisse Cafe ★ 4.7
Chez Panisse Cafe serves a la carte California lunch Tuesday to Saturday. Pizza, rotisserie chicken and salads. The most accessible Alice Waters experience.
Boichik Bagels is a jewish-american brunch spot in Elmwood, Berkeley.
Nationally acclaimed best bagels in America. Available from 07:30 daily until sold out. Smoked salmon on an everything bagel is the Berkeley Sunday pick.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 3170 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
Chez Panisse Cafe serves a la carte California lunch Tuesday to Saturday. Pizza, rotisserie chicken and salads. The most accessible Alice Waters experience.
Gather's weekend brunch Saturday and Sunday. Farm-sourced egg dishes, grain bowls and plant-forward plates. Hotel Shattuck dining room fills fast. Book ahead.
Berkeley's most in-demand weekend brunch. Provencal courtyard with pain perdu, lavender lemonade and eggs with herbes de Provence. Waits run 30-45 minutes.
Cajun weekend brunch: shrimp and grits, biscuits and red-eye gravy, New Orleans French toast and eggs Creole. House-spiced Bloody Marys. Live music Sundays.
Berkeley Jewish deli for weekend brunch. Lox and bagels, matzo brei, pastrami eggs and Dr. Brown's soda. Open from 09:00. Booths fill by 10:30 on Saturdays.
Gourmet Ghetto brunch with a plant-filled patio. Fried Chicken and Waffles Benedict, omelets, Avocado Toast and mimosas. Open from 09:30 six days a week.