Widely considered to be the place that brought sustainable and locally-sourced food to national attention, Berkeley's Chez Panisse and its owner, Alice Waters, are two of the crown jewels of the San Francisco Bay Area. The downstairs restaurant serves daily fixed menu dinners of fresh, seasonal ingredients, with midweek meals focusing on more rustic fare and weekend meals featuring ingredients and presentation suitable for the most celebratory occasions. The more casual upstairs Café also features a menu that changes daily, with an open kitchen, grill and wood-burning over. Call ahead for reservations.

For the first time in 30 years, the artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun return to the de young museum. Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs present over 130 important objects inducing 50 from the tomb of king Tut. The exhibition places Tutankhamun in a larger context though an additional 80 objects from the tombs of his ancestors, which provide insight into the daily life and royal burial practices of the 18th dynasty, Egypt’s Golden Age.