Berkeley, California - home of the prestigious University of California: Berkeley, but what else? Standing in the shadow of the university's reputation and San Francisco's appeal as a tourist destination, is Berkeley's food scene.
There are two main advantages to dining in Berkeley. The first is that the multicultural and international flair that characterizes San Francisco spills over into Berkeley, granting the city a diverse array of cuisines to choose from for its dining needs. The second is that it's a college town, where menu prices are typically a cheaper than the big city. Couple the two together and its makes for a satisfying meal for both your stomach and your wallet.
The Cheeseboard Pizza Collective is an institution when it comes to Berkeley dining. The restaurant is independently operated and worker-owned and only serves one kind of pizza day. Meat-lovers will be disappointed to hear that all their pizzas are vegetarian, but it will only take one slice of Cheeseboard's pizzas to melt away that disappointment.
A slice will cost you $2.75, but it won't be enough, so you can get half a pizza for $10 or a whole for $20. Each slice comes with an extra mini-slice as an incentive. The crust is a perfect mix of chewy and crispy and it's not overloaded with toppings.
The small restaurant tends to crowd up, especially when there are live musicians playing, and so do the tables and benches outside, but you can always eat out on the grassy traffic median, if that's not too crowded as well.
The Cheeseboard Pizza Collective
1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
