Sticky Art Lab

A community-built tot lot, fully fenced, with a wooden play structure, a mural-covered clubhouse and a steady rotation of shared sand toys.

All plant-based deli and bakery that calls itself California's original vegan butcher, with sandwiches like the Killer BLAT.

Five blocks of green with a fenced tot area in the middle and, at the east end, wooden logs and ropes to climb, tall towers and metal slides.

Salvadoran restaurant with pupusas and a kids' menu.

Fully fenced and built for toddlers, with stone cats, a two-level slide, a spinning teacup and a sand pit with water.

West Berkeley's go-to: a long hillside slide, a restored creek older kids migrate to, and the Hidden Cafe right in the park. Basketball and tennis at the south end.