Live Oak Park Playground

Big Jewish deli open since 1986 in a 1930s produce depot by the railroad tracks, known for matzo ball soup and potato latkes with applesauce.

One vegetarian pizza a day from a worker-owned co-op, with live musicians playing while you eat.

A Berkeley toy shop and kids' bookstore, the one people send you to for the thing you cannot find anywhere else.

Family-style restaurant and bakery known for breakfast, burgers and desserts, with fresh apple pie and cheese puffs by the baker's dozen.

Climbing gym with a relaxed youth climbing club for ages 7 to 15 and an advanced youth bouldering team for kids 9 and up, coached at local competitions.

Home of the 40-foot concrete slide big kids bomb down on cardboard, plus a creek, a fenced toddler area, and a tunnel under Euclid to the rose garden.