Saturn Cafe

Taqueria focused on fresh ingredients with a big salsa selection.

Art museum with a weekend Art Lab, free entry for kids under 13 plus one adult.

Wood-fired pizza on a big two-level garden patio that forgives kid volume, with downtown Berkeley bustle all around. The grown-ups get good beer; the kids get room to be kids.

The UC Berkeley campus, good for scootering on paths, running on lawns, and wading in the creek.

A downtown Berkeley restaurant good for an early dinner if you want better food than typical kid spots.

Gelato made daily downtown, with dairy-free in the case too, which matters when one of them cannot have the real thing.