Best of the East Bay
Subcultures: Best of the East Bay 2009
In the era of social networking, satellite radio, and DIY everything, there is no more mass market. There are only smaller and more numerous Subcultures.
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Intro
Best of the East Bay 2017: Readers' Poll Winners
Best of the East Bay 2018: Arts & Music
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- Best Actor
- Best Aggregator of Mainstream Rap and the Thug Life
- Best Animal Lover's Call to (Ideological) Arms
- Best Art Blog
- Best Band
- Best Book on an Unsolved East Bay Murder
- Best Books for Self-Helpers
- Best Cover Band
- Best Cultural Festival
- Best Cultural Improvement
- Best Digital Artist
- Best Director
- Best DJ
- Best East Bay Book
- Best Electro-Acoustic Live Act
- Best Graffiti Artist
- Best Kanji Crash Course
- Best Local Portrait of Indie-Film Angst
- Best Musician with a Cause
- Best New Art Walk
- Best New Film Director
- Best New Slang Word
- Best Oh-So-Shocking Wine Bar Newsletter
- Best Painter
- Best Photographer
- Best Place to Do Indian Dance and Possibly Get Married Off to Someone's Daughter
- Best Place to Realize How Privileged You Really Are
- Best Rapper-Producer
- Best Sculptor
- Best Singer
- Best Strategies for Soulful Vegans
- Best Synagogue Music
- Stoutest Dancehall DJ with International Flavor
- Best Art Gallery
- Best Art House Coffee Shop
- Best Dance Joint at Which to Hear Real Smokin' Louisiana Music
- Best Bluegrass Bar
- Best Intersection of Art, Politics, and PowerPoint
- Best Large Theater Company
- Best Museum
- Best Music School
- Best New Art Gallery
- Best Place to Hang Out on a Monday Night
- Best Punk Rock Dive Bar with Cheap-Ass Food
- Best Purveyor of Local Crafts
- Best Small Theater Company
- Best Space for the Budding Artist
- Best Theatrical Production
- Best Tightwad Concert Club
- Best Venue
Best of the East Bay 2017: Goods & Services
- All
- Best Alternative to Babies "R" Us
- Best Ambiance at a Bike Store
- Best Antique Prices
- Best Aspiring Homemade Cheesecake Maker
- Best Bang for Your Buck at a Farmers' Market
- Best Biennial Book Sale
- Best Bookstore for Really Smart People
- Best Brewery
- Best Car Repair
- Best Cheap Counseling
- Best Cheap Haircut
- Best Chic Boutique
- Best Chinese Sports Medicine
- Best Dispensary
- Best Distillery Tasting Room
- Best Eastern European Grocery
- Best Emporium for Fanatical Bakers
- Best Endangered Place to Have a Good Time at 3 a.m.
- Best Foot Reflexology
- Best Free Tax Preparation
- Best Hair Alchemist
- Best Hair Salon
- Best Hat Store
- Best Hipster Fanny Pack
- Best Hobbyist's Basement
- Best Horse and Human Mind-melder
- Best Hot Tub Scrub
- Best Indigenous Bay Area Pastry
- Best Indoor Growing Supply Store
- Best Lawn Flamingo Rental
- Best Liquor Store for Aspiring Mixologists
- Best Local T-Shirt Makers
- Best Magazine Shop
- Best Middle Eastern Treats
- Best Music Store for Folkie Hippies
- Best New Space for Tots
- Best One-Stop Shop for Foodies
- Best Parrot Nanny
- Best Photo Lab
- Best Place to Be Left High & Dry
- Best Place to Miss the Ferry
- Best Place to Pick Up Chicks
- Best Place to Reclaim the Childhood Your Mother Threw Out
- Best Place to Smoke in Public
- Best Punk Record Store
- Best Real Estate Agent
- Best Recycling Microbusiness
- Best Roadside Cornfield Stand
- Best Shop for Bird Nerds
- Best Sound for the Dollar
- Best Thing to Happen in Berkeley This Millennium
- Best Toy-Store Surprises
- Best Untapped, Warehouse-Size Thrift Store
- Best Urban Farming Supply Store
- Best Winemaker Without a Vineyard
- Best Women's Athletic Store
- Cheapest Dispensary
- Best Bakery
- Best Bookstore
People & Places
- All
- Best "Boatnik" Marina Neighborhood
- Best Architectural Repurposing
- Best Art Contest
- Best Church Name ... In the Twilight Zone
- Best Collection of Craftsman Bungalows
- Best Community Garden
- Best Community Health Center
- Best Converted Church
- Best Crowded Library
- Best East Bay Extreme Pet Fad
- Best Encounter with Polka Dancers in the Forest
- Best Environmentalist
- Best Fossil Hunting
- Best High School Teacher
- Best Homeless Encampment
- Best Hope for Oakland
- Best Hope for the Planet
- Best Inspiration for Active Seniors
- Best Least Known Wine "Trail"
- Best Mountain
- Best Net Radio Hero
- Best Nonprofit Event
- Best Notes from the 19th-Century Underground
- Best Obscure 1950s Beat History Site
- Best Oft-Told East Bay Urban Legend
- Best Park for Critter Watching
- Best People-Watching
- Best Place for Fans of Outmoded Transportation to One-Up San Francisco
- Best Place to Improve Yourself
- Best Place to Shunt the Boys Out of the House To, Whatever Their Age
- Best Place to Study
- Best Place to Watch Small Planes and Blimps
- Best Place Where the Wild Things Are
- Best Place You Can't Get to Without Risking Arrest
- Best Scrounging Spot for Literary Dumpster Divers
- Best Stained Glass Windows
- Best Staircase Up A Waterfall
- Best Still-Current Berkeley Ordinance to Preserve the Public Morals
- Best Unknown Park
- Best Urban Park
- Best Urban Wildlife Phenomenon
- Best Use of Abandoned Railroad Tracks
- Best View
- Best Way to See the Best 4th of July Parade
- Most Beautiful Place to Spend Eternity
- The Best Cartoon History Pilgrimage Sites
- The Best Place to Watch the Oakland Fireworks
Restaurants & Bars
- All
- Best Bar to Collapse at After Climbing Mt. Diablo by Accident
- Best Bulgoki Burritos
- Best Chinese Food and Wine Matcher
- Best Cuban Sandwich
- Best Deals on Breakfast at 3 a.m. While Playing Cards
- Best Dim Sum
- Best French Pot Roast
- Best Ice Cream Flavors
- Best Italian Pot Roast
- Best New Gourmet Ghetto
- Best place for Midnight Chess and Mid-Evening Doughnuts
- Best Place to Cook Your Own Food
- Best Punk Bar
- Best Pupusas
- Best Antipasti
- Best Baklava
- Best Bar to Take the Kids To
- Best Bastardization of the Caipirnha
- Best Bloody Mary
- Best Brunch
- Best Brunch Place for Vegans and Carnivores to Coexist
- Best Cafe to Loiter at All Day Long and Do "Work"
- Best Chicken and Waffles
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Best Cold Soup
- Best Dive Bar Renovation
- Best Doughnut Holes
- Best Fast Food You'll Want to Eat Very Slowly
- Best Free Food Spread
- Best French Restaurant
- Best Goat
- Best Handmade Noodles
- Best Honey Wine
- Best House-made Sodas
- Best Insomniac Hangout
- Best Italian Soul Food
- Best Lebanese Greek Restaurant Inside a Predominantly African-American Bar That Used to Be a Bank
- Best Lengua Nachos
- Best Momo
- Best Moros y Cristianos
- Best Mud Pie
- Best New Fast Food Place
- Best New Restaurant
- Best Panna Cotta
- Best Pisco Sour
- Best Pizza
- Best Place to Contemplate Unemployment and a Grim Future
- Best Place to Convince Out Of Towners That We're A Bit Different
- Best Place To Try Wine
- Best PotPies
- Best Recession Menu
- Best Red Beans and Rice
- Best Restaurant for Foodie Seniors
- Best Reuben Sandwich
- Best Salad
- Best Sandwiches
- Best Showman Chef
- Best Smoker-Friendly Bar
- Best Southeast Asian Cuisine
- Best Southern/Soul Food
- Best Spätzle
- Best Sushi Joint to Get as Drunk as a Japanese Salaryman
- Best Sushi Joint to Take a Vegetarian
- Best Tea House
- Best Thai/Burmese
- Best Vietnamese Restaurant
- Best Western Supper Club
- Freshest Sushi
- Most Considerate Menu
- Most Original Sushi
Sports & Leisure
- All
- Best (and Craziest) East Bay Climb
- Best Adventure Game
- Best Beer Hike
- Best Bocce Ball Courts
- Best Flat Place to Run
- Best Heart-Pumping Bike Ride
- Best Hell-on-Two-Wheels Bike Race
- Best in the West
- Best League of Your Own
- Best Place to Let Kids Bang Things With a Hammer
- Best Place to Play a Mean Pinball
- Best Place to Play with Sharp Objects
- Best Reason to Keep an AM Radio
- Best Running Club
- Best Tethered Model Airplane Park
- Best Toddler Park
- Best Ultramarathon
- Best Virtual Bleacher Experience
- Best Water-Borne Escape from Humanity in the Middle of Oakland
- Best Weekly Bike Ride
- The Best Place in the East Bay for (Legal) Camping
- Best Cheap Betting
- Best Full-Service Playground
- Best Hikes
- Best Hot Yoga
- Best New Looks
- Best Place for Bangers, Beer, and Baseball
- Best Place to Score a Triple Eagle
- Best Reason to Borrow Someone Else's Kid
- Best Skaters' Haven
- Best Warriors Basketball
- Best Way to Crash the Party
- Best Way to Get Fit Without Noticing
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