Graduate by Hilton Berkeley
Hotel · Southside ·
Historic hotel with retro college vibe, great location
Historic hotel with retro college vibe, great location
"An all-day cafe inside the Graduate hotel near UC Berkeley at 2600 Durant Avenue, Poindexter serves fresh bakery items from Starter Bakery, coffee from Saint Frank, specialty beverages, grab-and-go items, and more." - Paolo Bicchieri
"This one, a block from the University of California’s Berkeley campus, has plenty of fun with its concept, though; the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones was a professor as well, and the Graduate Berkeley imagines what he might have done with a 1928-vintage, 144-room hotel designed by W.H. Weeks in Spanish Colonial style." - Mark Fedeli
"I learned that the Graduate Hotel — which housed Tartine’s Berkeley cafe in a sunny room near the UC Berkeley campus and benefited from students and professors returning to classes — ended its contract with the bakery, citing business decline and COVID-19; owner Liz Pruiett confirmed the closure was the hotel’s decision, and workers say the cafe struggled when students weren’t on campus." - Becky Duffett
"Housed in a nearly $50 million transformation from the Hotel Durant into a boutique Graduate Hotel aimed at college towns, this property at 2600 Durant Ave has been overhauled to include new food and beverage partners and sits just steps from campus. The renovation paved the way for Tartine to occupy a window-lined sunroom in the hotel, and the property now features updated outlets like Henry’s under new culinary direction." - Caleb Pershan
"Following a $47.5 million transformation from Hotel Durant to the Graduate Hotel in 2017, the property continues upgrades and is taking over a long, narrow space lined with windows facing Durant Avenue that’s been empty for several years; Studio BBA is handling the design and the space is under construction with a summer opening expected, where the new Tartine cafe will share duties with Henry’s." - Ellen Fort