Sightglass Coffee, a beloved San Francisco institution, is opening a new café in Berkeley on May 7, 2026, marking its first new café in six years and its first Bay Area opening in nearly a decade. The new Berkeley café will be located at 2169 University Ave., at the corner of University and Oxford, on the ground floor of UC Berkeley’s Helen Diller Anchor House, where a portion of the café’s rent supports housing and scholarships for transfer students.
Sightglass Coffee, a beloved San Francisco institution, is opening a new café in Berkeley on May 7, 2026, marking its first new café in six years and its first Bay Area opening in nearly a decade. The new Berkeley café will be located at 2169 University Ave., at the corner of University and Oxford, on the ground floor of UC Berkeley’s Helen Diller Anchor House, where a portion of the café’s rent supports housing and scholarships for transfer students.