A local's guide to Lamorinda

My Favorite Local Spots

Lamorinda Favorites

Shemmoon Cafe

Coffee

Shemroom Cafe

Croissants and muffins displayed at a bakery, with handwritten flavor and price signs.

Breakfast

Town Bakery & Cafe

HEBLY

Locals Lunch

Shelby's

Bacon cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, and onion beside golden french fries.

Burger

Nation's

Restaurant dining room with set wooden tables, framed artwork, and wagon-wheel chandeliers.

Old School

Casa Orinda

Assorted sushi rolls and nigiri on a blue plate with ginger and wasabi.

Sushi

Hanazen

Sideboard

Kid Friendly

Sideboard

Postino restaurant entrance framed by ivy, with a slate roof and outdoor seating.

Date Night

Postino

The Fourth Bore Tap Room & Grill sign on a glass storefront, with dining tables visible inside.

Alfresco

Fourth Bore

Social Bird Kitchen & Bar sign above the entrance of its blue facade.

Cocktails

Social Bird

Assorted pastries with two croissants, a powdered almond pastry, spiral pastries, and an apricot tart.

Croissants

La Châtaigne

Diablo Foods Lafayette

Grocery

Diablo Foods

Assorted beer bottles, including Duvel and Chimay, displayed on a wooden shelf.

Wine

Jackson's Wine & Spirits

The reCHIC storefront sign hangs above the shop windows.

Pre-loved

reChic

Beige house with a double garage behind a mature tree and colorful landscaped flower beds.

Botanicals

Garden Nest

Solano Jewelers

Sparkle

Solano Jewelry

Orinda Theatre’s neon sign glows above the street at night.

The Arts

Orinda Theatre

Children play on a large wooden playground structure in a tree-shaded park.

Play

Orinda Community Park

A miniature train carrying families passes a tree-lined platform where visitors watch.

Kid Fun

Tilden Steam Train

A blue lake winds between wooded hills, with dry golden slopes along the distant ridge.

Outdoors

Lafayette Reservoir

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