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California

1. Draftfcb Roastery

17600 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA
Coffee Shop · 1 tip

Curtis E.Curtis Elliott: Ask the barista for the Milky Way Latte.

Restaurant Soleil is one of California.

2. Restaurant Soleil

6.2
675 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA
American Restaurant · No tips or reviews

3. Meta HQ

1 Hacker Way (at Bayfront Expy), Menlo Park, CA
Office · 100 tips and reviews

Colin B.Colin Burns: Check-in on Foursquare and push them to Twitter.

Klout is one of California.

4. Klout

77 Stillman St (btwn 2nd & 3rd St.), San Francisco, CA
Tech Startup · SoMa · 26 tips and reviews

Matthew T.Matthew Thomson: Get some caffeine gum at Matt's desk.

5. Twitter, Inc.

795 Folsom St Ste 600 (btwn 3rd & 4th), San Francisco, CA
Tech Startup · SoMa · 59 tips and reviews

Geek&HypeGeek&Hype: Tweet from Twitter, create a black hole.

Foursquare SF is one of California.

6. Foursquare SF

363 Clementina St (btwn 4th & 5th St), San Francisco, CA
Tech Startup · SoMa · 86 tips and reviews

HoldenHolden: Try the macallan, it is amazing.

7. LinkedIn

2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA
Office · 21 tips and reviews

Frank Y.Frank Yoo: create a crazy soda concoction from one of the coke freestyle machines (400+ possible flavor combos FTW!) and finish what you make.

8. Birthplace of Apple Computer

Los Altos, CA
Home (private) · South Los Altos · 2 tips and reviews

RazorfishRazorfish: Perhaps the most famous garage in history. Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak tinkered with the first Apple computers here and never looked back. — Ben T., Creative

9. Apple Inc.

1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA
Office · North De Anza Boulevard · 139 tips and reviews

Lindsay E.Lindsay Eyink: Look up and to the right when you enter, that is Steve's office.

10. Pixar Animation Studios

1200 Park Ave (btwn Watts & Hollis St), Emeryville, CA
Office · Central Emeryville · 15 tips and reviews

MENACEMENACE: Go to the cereal room it's awesome!

Googleplex is one of California.

11. Googleplex

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway (at Charleston Rd), Mountain View, CA
Office · 147 tips and reviews

S. J.S. Johnson: "Drive down Amphitheater Parkway behind Google, admiring all the buildings and realize that they were built by an extinct company, Silicon Graphics"

Computer History Museum is one of California.

12. Computer History Museum

9.1
1401 N Shoreline Blvd (btwn Pear & La Avenida), Mountain View, CA
Science Museum · 148 tips and reviews

S. J.S. Johnson: "Small but important, this museum is the real deal with almost every artifact of the computing and pre-computing age (make sure you check out their events calendar)"

13. Dutch Goose

8.5
3567 Alameda de Las Pulgas (at Avy Ave), Menlo Park, CA
Burger Joint · 93 tips and reviews

Fast CompanyFast Company: Before he was brought on as CEO of YouTube, Salar Kamangar met cofounder Chat Hurley for burgers at this pub, which was located near both of their homes.

14. The Tech Interactive

7.8
201 S Market St, San Jose, CA
Science Museum · Downtown San Jose · 78 tips and reviews

NASANASA: Visit the To Infinity and Beyond Exhibit to scan radio frequencies from outer space. You can even listen to the audio recording and view the images that were sent out on the Voyager 1 spacecraft too. Read more.

Fuki Sushi is one of California.

15. Fuki Sushi

8.5
4119 El Camino Real (at W. Meadow Drive), Palo Alto, CA
Sushi Restaurant · 85 tips and reviews
Coupa Café is one of California.

16. Coupa Café

8.0
538 Ramona St (btwn Hamilton & University), Palo Alto, CA
Café · University South · 269 tips and reviews
Billy's Stone Crab is one of California.

17. Billy's Stone Crab

8.1
400 N Ocean Dr, Hollywood, FL
Seafood Restaurant · Hollywood Beach · 47 tips and reviews
Truchard Vineyards is one of California.

18. Truchard Vineyards

7.5
3234 Old Sonoma Rd, Napa, CA
Vineyard · 8 tips and reviews

19. Ceja Vineyards Sonoma Tasting Room

22989 Burndale Rd, Sonoma, CA
Vineyard · 20 tips and reviews

Napa Valley Film FestivalNapa Valley Film Festival: Legendary Pinot Noir is best followed by Cabernet Chocolate Sauce. Yum!

Domaine Carneros is one of California.

20. Domaine Carneros

9.0
1240 Duhig Rd (Sonoma Highway), Napa, CA
Winery · 151 tips and reviews

So' K.So' K: Great vineyard and winery by Taittinger in Sonoma. Try the Grande Tasting! Great sparkling rose <3 and it comes out with smoked almonds pairing very well with wines as usual :)

21. Coupa Café

6.9
655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA
Coffee Shop · 10 tips and reviews

Ian S.Ian Shakil: want something healthy and caffeine free? Get a non-fat flamingo ... so good!

Stanford Shopping Center is one of California.

22. Stanford Shopping Center

8.6
660 Stanford Shopping Ctr (Sand Hill Rd), Palo Alto, CA
Shopping Mall · 103 tips and reviews

23. Oren's Hummus

8.8
261 University Ave (btwn Ramona & Bryant), Palo Alto, CA
Israeli Restaurant · Downtown North · 239 tips and reviews

Rain R.Rain Rannu: Best hummus in the Bay area, tastes exactly like in the Middle East.

AngelList is one of California.

24. AngelList

16 Maiden Ln Fl 6, San Francisco, CA
Tech Startup · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 1 tip

25. Coupa Café

6.9
655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA
Coffee Shop · 10 tips and reviews

Maria L.Maria Lambert: get the spicy maya mocha. you can make non fat, but you probably shouldn't.