Nearly four years ago, the Oakland International Airport announced plans to open a smorgasbord of exciting new restaurants for Bay Area travelers. But then, the pandemic hit, air travel took a nosedive and those plans were put on hold. Now, with air travel finally rebounding — in June, the Oakland […]
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New restaurants that opened in Oakland and Berkeley in July 2022
It was a month of fireworks — from the usual eye-popping East Bay pyrotechnics on and around the Fourth, to many, many local rapid tests flaring “positive purple” thanks to the latest COVID variant BA.5. Meanwhile, piles of colorful produce hit markets and plates (the stone fruit this year…), and […]
Oakland Barbecue Restaurant Finally Set to Open After Delays
Foodies in the Bay Area are counting down the days until a much-talked-about barbecue joint opens in Oakland. © Provided by NBC Bay Area A worker at Horn Barbecue. (Oct. 9, 2020) After one year of jumping through hoops, Horn Barbecue is set to open next week. Pitmaster and […]
The pandemic won’t hinder meal prep for this Oakland youth catering business
At the posterior side of the Filoli gardens, vast oak trees frame a former tennis court at the historic grounds. The foliage creates a canopy that cools guests while they enjoy lunch prepared by Oakland’s catering business, The Town Kitchen. An outdoor satellite café has been set up at Filoli’s […]
Vibrant Oakland restaurant Sister brings on a former ‘Top Chef’ contestant
Oakland’s typically bumpin’ Cal-Italian restaurant Sister has been quiet lately — a normal state of being for restaurants during the pandemic. But the storied space is now entering yet another new chapter: a new chef, who has none of the ties to its controversial previous incarnation, Charlie Hallowell’s Boot & […]
This Oakland Dive Bar Used to Be an Italian Restaurant. Because of COVID-19, It’s Serving Meatballs Once Again.
For more than 100 years, Merchant’s Saloon has earned its reputation as one of Oakland’s grungiest dive bars, with its tagline, “Poisoning Oakland Since 1916,” and its most prominent piece of decor: the big trough that everyone mistakes for a urinal, but was actually used as a spittoon back in […]