Best of Berkeley

The Daily Californian’s 2023 pick for best food.

This compilation serves as a guide to UC Berkeley and the city in a time when activities estranged by the pandemic finally resume. It also commemorates the memories made over the years and ushers in the promise of new ones.

The smell of freshly cooked falafel wafts from beneath an inviting green awning, beckoning passers-by on Durant Street to eat at D’yar Mediterranean Cuisine — The Daily Californian’s 2022 pick for best Mediterranean food.

Conveniently located just above Memorial Glade, the East Asian Library is relatively accessible for students coming from all directions.

The Berkeley Rose Garden proves to be more than just a garden, with its four tennis courts, a redwood pergola, picnic tables, hiking trails and more.

Let this compilation be a guide to UC Berkeley and the city for when normal activities can finally resume, as well as a celebration of the memories made over the past years.