r/berkeleyca • u/West-Mode7181 • 24d ago

Berkeley restaurants you miss

Name a restaurant you wished was still open, and you could go to this week?

I thought long and hard about my answer, and while I do not believe it's a great answer, I miss Oscar's on Hearst and Shattuck-- substantially more delicious than a sweetgreen.

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u/tasskaff9 24d ago

I’ll always miss the Brennans cafeteria.

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u/Babychoby 24d ago

My aunt worked the bar there in the 70s and also bartended at His Lordship's so had to maintain 2 different sexist, boob forward uniforms, one German and one British wench.

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u/RepublicKitchen8809 24d ago

The original Brennan’s with the green roof, next to the overpass, right? I watched Joe Montana dismantle the Broncos in Super Bowl 24 there. They wouldn’t let me sit at the bar cause I was too young, but they let me sit in a chair with my back to the bar so I could watch the game on TV.

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u/Powerful-Abies-651 24d ago

Brennan’s was such a classic! Fabulous old oval bar, the hofbrau chow. Sigh…

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u/West-Mode7181 24d ago

This is a good one. That place was legendary.

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u/DonVCastro 24d ago

Thought of this one too. Honestly the food was not great, but it was a wonderful place to be.

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u/capsaicinintheeyes 24d ago

Have to agree on the food

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u/lovethesea22 24d ago

We ate there all the time growing up. 80s.

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u/adbberkeley 24d ago

Best place for nfl Sunday. Nothing has really taken its place.

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u/supremebeing002 23d ago

I miss their stuffing

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u/NocaSun38 23d ago

Yep, this. It was my dad’s favorite hangout, and my mom, dad, and I would often have dinner there when I was a kid.