The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley, the nation’s leading public research university. Our mission is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film, engaging audiences from the UC Berkeley campus, the Bay Area, and beyond. Each year BAMPFA presents more than twenty art exhibitions, 450 film programs, and dozens of performances, as well as lectures, symposia, and tours. Located at 2155 Center Street in Berkeley, BAMPFA also has a fabulous cafe Babette, open Wednesday–Friday, 9 AM to 7 PM and Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM to 7 PM. Proprietors Joan Ellis and Patrick Hooker have over twenty years experience cooking, baking, and catering in the Bay Area. Their cafe, on BAMPFA's second floor, offers monthly changing breakfast and lunch menus as well as scrumptious housemade pastries and French press, pour-over, and espresso coffee drinks from Verve, Catahoula, and Ritual Roasters. With a menu that changes monthly, Babette is the perfect place to compliment your cinema or gallery experience with a sweet treat, savory bite, or relaxing glass of beer or wine.
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley, the nation’s leading public research university. Our mission is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film, engaging audiences from the UC Berkeley campus, the Bay Area, and beyond. Each year BAMPFA presents more than twenty art exhibitions, 450 film programs, and dozens of performances, as well as lectures, symposia, and tours. Located at 2155 Center Street in Berkeley, BAMPFA also has a fabulous cafe Babette, open Wednesday–Friday, 9 AM to 7 PM and Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM to 7 PM. Proprietors Joan Ellis and Patrick Hooker have over twenty years experience cooking, baking, and catering in the Bay Area. Their cafe, on BAMPFA's second floor, offers monthly changing breakfast and lunch menus as well as scrumptious housemade pastries and French press, pour-over, and espresso coffee drinks from Verve, Catahoula, and Ritual Roasters. With a menu that changes monthly, Babette is the perfect place to compliment your cinema or gallery experience with a sweet treat, savory bite, or relaxing glass of beer or wine.
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley, the nation’s leading public research university. Our mission is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film, engaging audiences from the UC Berkeley campus, the Bay Area, and beyond. Each year BAMPFA presents more than twenty art exhibitions, 450 film programs, and dozens of performances, as well as lectures, symposia, and tours. Located at 2155 Center Street in Berkeley, BAMPFA also has a fabulous cafe Babette, open Wednesday–Friday, 9 AM to 7 PM and Saturday & Sunday, 11 AM to 7 PM. Proprietors Joan Ellis and Patrick Hooker have over twenty years experience cooking, baking, and catering in the Bay Area. Their cafe, on BAMPFA's second floor, offers monthly changing breakfast and lunch menus as well as scrumptious housemade pastries and French press, pour-over, and espresso coffee drinks from Verve, Catahoula, and Ritual Roasters. With a menu that changes monthly, Babette is the perfect place to compliment your cinema or gallery experience with a sweet treat, savory bite, or relaxing glass of beer or wine.