Friendly, casual, coffee place that is a local favourite and haunt and as it turned out of visitors from the City as well. I chose a chai instead of coffee and my friend a coffee. Both were great. Many people within a small space and yet not noisy. Spent well over an hour ordering nothing else, felt guilty. Great place to be. I love their coffee and buy it for home use.

This is the original Peets, and if for no other reason this is a good reason to visit. But, the atmosphere is authentic, with Berkeley locals always hanging out inside and just outside the corner coffee shop, and they are low key and thoughtful types. Also, there are a bunch of small shops right around the corner that are worth visiting (a shoe store, a wine shop built into an old pumping station, multiple clothes shops, in the heart of the Gourmet Ghetto).