Best Bar
Cafe Van Kleef 1621 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CafeVanKleef.com
runner up
Hotsy Totsy Club
601 San Pablo Ave, Albany, HotsyTotsyClub.com
Best Chinese
Shan Dong 328 10th St, Oakland, 510-839-2299
runner up
Little Shin Shin
4258 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, LittleShinShin.com
Best Barbecue
Everett & Jones BBQ various locations, EAndJBBQ.com
runner up
Smoke Berkeley
2434 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, SmokeBerkeley.com
Best Cocktails
Starline Social Club 2236 MLK Way, Oakland, StarlineSocialClub.com
runner up
Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge
1304 Lincoln Ave, Alameda, ForbiddenIslandAlameda.com
Best Sandwiches
Bakesale Betty 5098 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, BakesaleBetty.com
runner up
The Butcher’s Son
1941 University Ave, Berkeley, TheButchersVeganSon.com
Best Coffee Company
Bicycle Coffee 364 Second St, Oakland; 1745 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, BicycleCoffeeCo.com
runner up
Highwire Coffee Roasters
various locations, HighwireCoffee.com
Best Place For Wine
Rosenblum Cellars 10 Clay St, Oakland, RosenblumCellars.com
runner up
Ordinaire
3354 Grand Ave, Oakland, OrdinaireWine.com
Best Mexican
Picante 1328 Sixth St, Berkeley, PicanteBerkeley.com
runner up
Comal
2020 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, ComalBerkeley.com
Best Beer Bar
The Trappist 460 Eighth St, Oakland, TheTrappist.com
runner up
Beer Revolution
464 Third St, Oakland, Beer-Revolution.com
Best Donuts
Colonial Donuts various locations
runner up
Donut Savant
1934 Broadway, Oakland, DonutSavant.com
Best Breakfast
Brown Sugar Kitchen 2534 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, BrownSugarKitchen.com
runner up
Mama’s Royal Cafe
4012 Broadway, Oakland, MamasRoyalCafeOakland.com
Best Ice Cream
Fenton’s Creamery And Restaurant 4226 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, FentonsCreamery.com
runner up
Tara’s Organic Ice Cream
3713 College Ave, Berkeley, TarasOrganic.com
Best Italian
Pizzaiolo 5008 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, PizzaioloOakland.com
runner up
Lo CoCo’s
4270 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, LoCoCosPiedmont.com
Best Sushi
Kirala 2100 Ward St, Berkeley, KiralaBerkeley.com
runner up
Geta
165 41st St, Oakland
Best Food Truck
Taqueria Sinaloa 2138 International Blvd, Oakland
runner up
Tacos Mi Rancho
1434 First Ave, Oakland
Best Cafe
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St, No. 170, Oakland, OaklandOctopus.org
runner up
Awaken Cafe
1429 Broadway, Oakland, AwakenCafe.com
Best Soul Food
Brown Sugar Kitchen 2534 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, BrownSugerKitchen.com
runner up
Souley Vegan
301 Broadway, Oakland, SouleyVegan.com
Best Pizza
Zachary’s Chicago Pizza various locations, Zacharys.com
runner up
Arizmendi Bakery
various locations, ArizmendiBakery.com
Best Middle Eastern
La Méditeranée Cafe 2936 College Ave, Berkeley, CafeLaMed.com
runner up
Oasis Kitchen
346 Grand Ave, Oakland
Best Vegan Food
Souley Vegan 301 Broadway, Oakland, SouleyVegan.com
runner up
Millennium
5912 College Ave, Oakland, MillenniumRestuarant.com
Best Farmers Market
Grand Lake Farmers Marketrunner up
Saturday Downtown Berkeley Farmers Market
Best Ethiopian/Eritrean
Enssaro Ethiopian Cuisine357A Grand Ave, Oakland, Enssaro.com
runner up
Café Colucci
6427 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CafeColucci.com
Best Happy Hour
Starline Social Club 2236 MLK Way, Oakland, StarlineSocialClub.com
runner up
Missouri Lounge
2600 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
Best Greek
Ikaros Greek Restaurant 3268 Grand Ave, Oakland, IkarosGR.com
runner up
Oasis Kitchen
346 Grand Ave, Oakland
Best Ramen
Ramen Shop 5812 College Ave, Oakland, RamenShop.com
runner up
Sobo Ramen
988 Franklin St, Oakland, SoboRamen.com
Best Burritos
Gordo Taqueria various locations, GordoTaqueria.com
runner up
Cactus Taqueria
various locations, CactusTaqueria.com
Best Tacos
Cholita Linda4923 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CholitaLinda.com
runner up
Taqueria Sinaloa
2138 International Blvd, Oakland
Best Thai/Lao Food
Champa Garden 2102 Eighth Ave, Oakland, ChampaGardenOakland.com
runner up
Neecha Thai Cuisine
3236 Grand Ave, Oakland
Best Bakery
Arizmendi Bakery various locations, ArizmendiBakery.com
runner up
The Acme Bread Company
various locations, AcmeBread.com
Best Distillery
St. George Spirits 2601 Monarch St, Alameda, StGeorgeSpirits.com
runner up
Hangar One
2505 Monarch St, Alameda, HangarOne.com
Best Lunch Under $10
Arizmendi Bakeryvarious locations, ArizmendiBakery.com
runner up
Cam Huong Cafe
various locations, CamHuong.com
Best Brewery
Drake’s Brewing Company 1933 Davis St, No. 177, San Leandro, DrinkDrakes.com
runner up
Fieldwork Brewing Co.
1160 Sixth St, Berkeley, FieldworkBrewing.com
Best Pop-Up
Tacos Oscar@TacosOscar
runner up
Taqueria La Venganza
@TheVeganTaqueria
Best Barbershop
Slick and Dapper 4121 Broadway Oakland and 3619 Grand Ave Oakland, SlickAndDapper.com
runner up
Temescal Alley
49th St between Telegraph Ave and Clarke St, Oakland, TemescalAlleys.com
Best Bike Shop
Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative 1988 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, MissingLink.org
runner up
Alameda Bicycle
1522 Park St, Alameda, AlamedaBicycle.com
Best Bookstore
Pegasus Books various locations, PegasusBookstore.com
runner up
Walden Pond Books
3316 Grand Ave, Oakland, WaldenPondBooks.com
Best Boutique
Oaklandish 1444 Broadway, Oakland, Oaklandish.com
runner up
Owl N Wood
471 Ninth St, Oakland,
Owl-N-Wood.myshopify.com
Best Vape Shop
Tasty Vapor 1017 22nd Ave. No. 110, TastyVapor.us
runner up
CloudHouse
15251 Hesperian Blvd, Ste. A2, San Leandro, CloudHouseVape.com
Best Nonprofit
East Bay SPCA8323 Baldwin St, Oakland, EastBaySPCA.org
runner up
Alameda County Food Bank
7900 Edgewater Dr, Oakland, ACCFB.org
Best Shoes
SoleSpace 3304 Grand Ave, and 1714 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, SoleSpace.MyShopify.com
runner up
The Walk Shop
2120 Vine St, Berkeley, WalkShop.com
Best Hair Salon
Glama-Rama Salon6399 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, GlamaRama.com
runner up
Manifesta Salon
831 Broadway, Oakland, ManifestaOak.com
Best Game Shop
Games of Berkeley2510 Durant Ave, Berkeley, GamesOfBerkeley.com
runner up
Dr. Comics & Mr. Games
4014 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, About.Me/DrComicsMrGames
Best Pet Store
Paws And Claws 3436 Dimond Ave, Oakland, PawsNClawsOakland.com
runner up
Holistic Hound
1510 Walnut St, Berkeley, HolisticHound.com
Best Vintage Shop
Pretty Penny 5488 College Ave, Oakland, PrettyPennyClothing.com
runner up
Mercy Vintage
4188 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, MercyVillage.com
Best Place For A Tattoo
Sacred Rose Tattoo 1728 University Ave, Berkeley, SacredRoseTattoo.com
runner up
Diving Swallow Custom Tattoo
264 14th St, Oakland, DivingSwallow.com
Best Doggy Daycare
Happy Hound 2101 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, HappyHound.com
runner up
Every Dog Has Its Day Care
1315 16th St, Oakland, EveryDog.com
Best Home Furnishings
Urban Ore 900 Murray St, Berkeley, UrbanOre.com
runner up
Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles
3742 Grand Ave, Oakland, UhuruFurniture.Blogspot.com
Best Place For Gardening
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery 1310 McGee Ave, Berkeley, BerkeleyHort.com
runner up
East Bay Nursery
2332 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, EastBayNursery.com
Best Jewelry
Esqueleto 482A 49th St, Oakland, ShopEsqueleto.com
runner up
Pavé Fine Jewelry
5496 College Ave, Oakland, 1778 Fourth St, Berkeley, PaveFineJewelry.com
Best Women’s Apparel
Pretty Penny 5488 College Ave, Oakland, PrettyPennyClothing.com
runner up
Knimble
3258 Grand Ave, Oakland, Knimble.com
Best Men’s Apparel
Standard & Strange5010 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, StandardAndStrange.com
runner up
Maple Street Denim
465 Ninth St, Oakland, MSDOak.com
Best Bowling
Albany Bowl 540 San Pablo Ave, Albany, TheAlbanyBowl.com
runner up
Plank
98 Broadway, Oakland, PlankOakland.com
Best Late-Night Eats
Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe 1805 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, IAmRudy.com
runner up
Tacos Mi Rancho
1434 1st Ave, Oakland
Best All-Ages Music Venue
The Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, TheFoxOakland.com
runner up
924 Gilman
924 Gilman St, Berkeley, 924Gilman.org
Best Shop For Spirits
Alchemy Bottle Shop3256 Grand Ave, Oakland, AlchemyBottleShop.com
runner up
Ledger’s Liquors
1399 University Ave, Berkeley, LedgersLiquors.com
Best Place For Comedy
Man Haters at White Horse Inn
6551 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, ManHaters.org
runner up
Comedy Oakland at Spice Monkey
1628 Webster St, Oakland, ComedyOakland.com
Best Karaoke
The Alley in Oakland 3325 Grand Ave, Oakland
runner up
Starline Social Club
2236 MLK Jr. Way, Oakland, StarlineSocialClub.com
Best Trivia Night
Albatross Pub 1822 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, AlbatrossPub.com
runner up
Cato’s Ale House
3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, catosalehouse.com
Best Cheap Drinks
Missouri Lounge 2600 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Missouri-Lounge.com
runner up
Heart and Dagger Saloon
504 Lake Park Ave, Oakland, HeartAndDaggerSaloon.com
Best Place For a Concert
The Fox Theater 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, TheFoxOakland.com
runner up
The Greek Theater
2001 Gayley Road, Berkeley, TheGreekBerkeley.com
Best Place For Local Music
Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, TheFreight.org
runner up
Starline Social Club
2236 MLK Jr. Way, Oakland, StarlineSocialClub.com
Best Festival
Art + Soul ArtandSoulOakland.com
runner up
Burger Boogaloo
BurgerBoogaloo.com
Best Open Mic
The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, TheStarryPlough.com
runner up
Freight & Salvage
2020 Addison St, Berkeley, TheFreight.org
Best Gallery
Betti Ono Gallery 1427 Broadway, Oakland, BettiOno.com
runner up
SoleSpace
1714 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, SoleSpace.MyShopify.com
Best Yoga
Yoga to the People 64 Shattuck Square, Berkeley, YogaToThePeople.com/Berkeley
runner up
Left Coast Power Yoga
3702 Grand Ave, Oakland, LeftCoastpPowerYoga.com
Best Place To See A Play
Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2025 Addison St, Berkeley, , BerkeleyRep.org
runner up
Shotgun Players
1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, ShotGunPlayers.org
Best Musical Instruments
The Starving Musician 2474 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, StarvingMusician.com
runner up
Piedmont Piano Company
1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, PiedmontPiano.com
Best Record Shop
Amoeba Music Berkeley 2455 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, Amoeba.com
runner up
Rasputin Music
2401 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, RasputinMusic.com
Best Art Supplies
FLAX art & design1501 MLK Jr Way, Oakland, FlaxArt.com/oakland-store
runner up
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse
4695 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CreativeReuse.org
Best Museum
Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak St, Oakland, MuseumCa.org
runner up
BAMPFA: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St, Berkeley, Bampfa.Berkeley.edu
Best Place To See A Film
Grand Lake Theater 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, RenaissanceRialto.com
runner up
The New Parkway
474 24th St, Oakland, TheNewParkway.com
Best Place For Literary Events
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St. No. 170, Oakland, OaklandOctopus.org
runner up
Pegasus Books
5560 College Avenue, Oakland, PegasusBookstore.com
Best Art Classes
The Crucible 1260 7th St, Oakland, TheCrucible.org
runner up
Richmond Art Center
2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, RichmondArtCenter.org
Best CBD Product
CBD OG by C.R.A.F.T. BayAreaCRAFT.org
runner up
Rainbow Gummeez by Speciale
Sold at Phytologie, 8440 Enterprise Way, Oakland, PhytologieOakland.com
Best Place for Medical Cannabis Rec
420 MD.org MCE2633 Telegraph Ave., Ste. 109, Oakland, 510-832-5000, 420MD.org
runner up
Eaze MD
Eaze.md
Best Dispensary
Harborside 1840 Embarcadero, Oakland, ShopHarborside.com
runner up
Magnolia Wellness
161 Adeline St, Oakland, MagnoliaWellness.org
Best Strain
Gorilla Glue by Harborside 1840 Embarcadero, Oakland, ShopHarborside.com
runner up
Super Lemon Haze by C.R.A.F.T.
BayAreaCRAFT.org
Best Edible
Terra-Bites from Kiva KivaConfections.com
runner up
Black Bar from Korova
KorovaEdibles.com
Best Concentrate
Jetty Extracts JettyExtracts.com
runner up
Extra Virgin Rosin by Baroni
Sold at 510Healing.com
Best Flower Selection
Harborside 1840 Embarcadero, Oakland, ShopHarborside.com
runner up
Magnolia Wellness
161 Adeline St, Oakland, MagnoliaWellness.org
Best Customer Service
Magnolia Wellness 161 Adeline St, Oakland, MagnoliaWellness.org
runner up
Cannabis Buyers Club of Berkeley
3033 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CBCBBerkeley.com
Best Cannabis Delivery
Harborside 1840 Embarcadero, Oakland, ShopHarborside.com
runner up
Eaze
Eaze.com
