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The name says it all, and if that doesn’t, then the subtitle “whole cookery” does.
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There’s a fairly new restaurant in West Oakland that’s got locals talking, and it even has a well-known chef in the kitchen.
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Best Mexican Restaurants in the U.S. - At Nido, many of the seasonal large and small plates are based on Silvia’s family recipes.
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Everyone’s favorite food truck extravaganza, Off the Grid, brings a fleet of food on wheels to the Oakland Museum of California OMCA every Friday night.
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It's the food: Eateries feed Oakland rise.
Oakland's burgeoning restaurant scene is no longer up-and-coming - it has arrived. And the city has the
numbers to prove it.
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Now, we’re observing the Brooklynization of America, as cities like Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California, become centers of food ferment.
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Whatever reason, from the day it opened, Oakland's Ramen Shop has been more crowded than a Tokyo bus at rush hour.
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Bollywood street food: Preeti Mistry, the "Top Chef" Season 6 chef-testant and former chef at Google and the deYoung Museum, is opening her eagerly-anticipated Juhu Beach Club in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood on Friday.
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Chef Preeti Mistry + Juhu Beach Club in Oakland’s Temescal
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Temescal has achieved hot status as a destination for culinary delights: Pizzaiolo, Doña Tomás, and relative newcomers like Scream Sorbet, soon-to-open Juhu Beach Club, and kickstarter-funded Doughnut Dolly.
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Cancel your reservations at the fancy, overpriced restaurant this Valentine’s Day. Instead, stay in, cook this deliciously simple three-course meal.
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Lungomare Makes An Opening Splash in Jack London Square - The 120-seat restaurant offers a little something for everyone--a spacious, glass-paneled heated patio for watching the marina, a large bar and lounge specializing in craft cocktails
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The stretch of Telegraph Avenue between Berkeley and downtown Oakland has emerged as a richly diverse culinary destination.
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A couple of pop-up restaurants, several pilgrimages to Japan and countless slurped bowls later, the three Alice Waters alums opened Ramen Shop, Oakland’s newest dining destination, in early January.
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Tanya Holland's Brown Sugar Kitchen and B-Side BBQ are changing the face of West Oakland.
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Bobby Flay protégé Tanya Holland brought quality food to gritty West Oakland when she opened Brown Sugar Kitchen in 2008. The new B Side BBQ furthers her mission with spot-on barbecue.
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Daniel Patterson's Haven gets rave reviews as a newcomer to Jack London Square.
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Oakland's diversity and affordability have played a large part in the rise of the city's recognition as a food destination.
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Oakland's beer craft scene has been going through a major transformation. Classic venues such as Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon and newcomers such as Linden Street Brewery are among the favorites here in Oakland.
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Cities change faster than their reputations, none more so than Oakland, a vibrant urban center that defies the easy labels of its past.
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Now with eight locations between the Bay Area and New York, Blue Bottle has become a household name in boutique coffee brands with small batches of organic beans roasted in vintage machines.
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With a celebratory clink of the glass, Oakland winds down its second annual Oakland Restaurant Week on Sunday. The culinary event features 10 days of deals at 37 local restaurants as part of a statewide campaign.
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More than 30 Oakland eateries -- including Encuentro Wine Bar, Lin Jia, Flora and Pican -- are participating in the city's second annual Restaurant Week.
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Explore Oakland's booming restaurant scene with ten days of special deals including prix fixe meals for $20, $30 and $40.
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Oakland Restaurant Week is included as a great January deal in the Bay Area, with more than three dozen of the city's top restaurants participating.
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A number of local favorites near Piedmont will participate in Oakland Restaurant Week, offering prix fixe menus at $20, $30 and $40.
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More than two dozen Oakland eateries are participating in Oakland's Restaurant Week, which will be held January 20-29.
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Oakland's Uptown bustles with hip bars, places to hear music and interesting restaurants that have even lured San Franciscans across the bay.
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Restaurant Week has become a popular event for travelers across the globe. Oakland's Restaurant Week is featured as one of the destinations participating next year.
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Nearly twenty urban wineries dot the industrial west side of Oakland and Berkeley. Exploring the wineries by bike has become a popular way to go tasting.
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Oakland wineries lead the trend in urban wine tasting, including a passport wine tasting event through East Bay Vintners Alliance.
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Blue Chair Fruit's Rachel Saunders makes the top 7 list of women who have turned their passion for food into a career.
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The Temescal neighborhood is the East Bay's new gourmet destination, with new restaurant openings including Morrocan, Italian, Burmese, Korean and East African.
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San Francisco Magazine Food & Wine editor Jan Newberry highlights her favorite Oakland hot spots.
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A newborn by comparison, Oakland Restaurant Week launches for the first time on Jan. 23, and ends Jan. 29. Both promotions offer bargains on lunch and dinner, but Oakland's version is different.
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Oakland, which is fast becoming an HQ for the Bay’s top talent, is hosting its very own Oakland Restaurant Week promotion January 23–29.
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Plum adds gourmet cred to Oakland's hottest neighborhood.
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Oakland's Michelin Star restaurant, Commis, is included in a list of America's top 10 new restaurants. Deemed as having SoHo savoir faire: stark and simple, with opaque glass and no name on the door.
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Between Michelin-starred restaurants and a ever-growing cast of three-star restaurants, it’s no secret that the Oakland restaurant scene is as vibrant as ever.
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Camino, a favorite of Oakland, is on the cutting edge of rebirth in fireplace cooking. Read more about owner Russell Moore's kitchen techniques using the fireplace.
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Oakland encompasses the California Spirit, with more and more travelers coming to explore culinary treats such as Commis, Camino, Penelope and Flora. Attractions such as Oakland Museum of CA and local vendor Oaklandish are also highlighted.
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Camino's marjoram, parsley and walnut pesto combination is included in the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 11 notable pesto concoctions.
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The warehouse-y back streets of Oakland and the East Bay have become havens for urban wine warriors who’ve realized they would rather make wine and live close to the crowds than pour every cent they have into a rolling piece of land.
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Micro-seasonal restaurants, urban wineries, and artisanal cocktail lounges have transformed San Francisco’s sister city into a culinary hub. The article mentions many of Oakland's best restaurants, hotels and venues, such as The Waterfront Hotel,The Hills Bed and Breakfast,The Bellevue Club,Commis,Picán,Lake Chalet, Bocanova,Blue Bottle Coffee, East Bay Winery Bike Tours,Vessel Gallery, Flora,The Fox Theater, Adesso,Remedy Coffee, Bakesale Betty, Bay Area Bikes, and Chabot Space & Science Center.
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Oakland is going through a revival. A civic push in recent years to revitalize the city has resulted in the opening of new restaurants and bars, housing developments, shopping centers and tourist attractions.
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A handful of Bay Area chefs are reinventing fast food. Oakland's Trueburger sells a great burger at an affordable price.
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Good Libations
A long weekend trek through Sonoma County, Oakland/Berkeley and San Francisco is sure to keep any visitor well-fed, well-hydrated and full of great memories that don’t require a passport. Oakland stops include Waterfront Hotel, Bocanova, Camino, Barlata, Pizzaiolo, Mua, Oakland Museum of California and Lake Chalet.
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Artists and entrepreneurs give Oakland's gourmet scene an idealistic edge that sets it apart.
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Oakland California's Best Hot Spots
A thriving restaurant scene has put this East Bay city back on the traveler’s map. Here, the best places to eat, plus what to see and do right now.
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In Oakland, Innovation is on the Menu
BOCANOVA, a new industrial-chic restaurant on Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif., has all the characteristics of a sophisticated urban restaurant: banquette seating, wooden tables, irregularly shaped Edison light bulbs hanging from the ceiling, and a stained-glass bar in the middle of the spacious dining room.
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The Oakland/Brooklyn Culinary Connection
You’re hearing it a lot from bicoastal foodies these days: “Oakland is the new Brooklyn.” Search Twitter and see. No, this is nothing to do with NY pizza. Read Article
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The Quiet Man
James Syhabout’s subtle style makes a big impression at his spectacular new Commis. Read Article
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Oakland's Got Soul
She tried New York, then France. Now Tanya Holland has found home at Brown Sugar Kitchen in Northern California. Read Article
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A New Restaurant Gets Noticed in Oakland.
James Syhabout didn’t open his restaurant in Oakland, Calif., because he couldn’t have San Francisco. Yes, the cheaper rents and lower operating costs had persuaded many alluring restaurants to opt for Oakland, particularly in the Temescal neighborhood and on nearby Piedmont Avenue. Read Article
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Commis Restaurant Earns a Michelin Star
For the fourth consecutive year, the French Laundry in Yountville has earned a rare three stars from Michelin, a name synonymous with fine dining in Europe. Thomas Keller's restaurant in Yountville tops the ratings for Michelin's 2010 San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country Guide, which is being released today. Read Article
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Oakland Gets a Taste For Gourmet
When Jeremy Umland was considering opening a second location of his popular San Francisco restaurant, Ozumo, he considered Napa and Walnut Creek. Instead, he decided to follow the money. "Investors and developers, all with a lot more cash to risk than I had, were going to Oakland," said Umland. "So I figured if that's where they saw the future, it was a pretty good bet." Read Article
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Fanny Singer’s Bay Area Picks
When I’m not eating at Chez Panisse confession: Alice Waters is my mom, I gravitate toward the kinds of low-key restaurants — many serving authentic ethnic eats—that dot the Bay Area. Read Article
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They're laying eggs at an Oakland restaurant.
At Oakland's Pizzaiolo, diners can view the coop that supplies eggs for dishes. It's all part of the city's urban chicken renaissance. Read Article
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Eat your vegetables
Easy-does-it sources of all that's good in the garden.
Don’t get stuck with a lemon
You will, if you have a tree that produces more than you can use—an all-too-common embarrassment of riches that inspired Chez Panisse bartender Asiya Wadud to establish Forage Oakland. Read Article
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Bryant Terry
Oakland-based chef Bryant Terry has turned the notion of soul food on its head with his new cookbook, Vegan Soul Kitchen. Read Article
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