Fun decor, comfy seating, great beer and food selection, cheap movies. Classics like Harold and Maude. What more could you want? So happy we have a view-and-brew in Oakland again.
top-notch, creative upscale mexican. strong delicious margaritas, but rest of the seasonal cocktail list also keeps up. weekend brunch includes different varieties of chilaquiles and highwire coffee.
What a Mexican restaurant in Cuba might feel like. Maybe the East Bay's best fish taco. Killer gauc. Can't wait to come back for the pressed sandwiches and plantains.
The fried chicken sandwich, with its spicy-tangy jalapeno slaw, made this place practically world famous in the last half-decade, and every day they're open, at lunchtime, that's what the line is for. Read more.
Choose from about a dozen versions at Oakland's mac & cheese haven, including the "Mac the Goat," made with tangy chevre, scallions, crispy breadcrumbs, and drizzled with olive oil. Read more.
We’re going to be honest – we came for the pizza but we were more obsessed with everything else (there was not one morsel we put in our mouths that we didn’t love) – the pastas, salads, and apps.
Signature drink: Too many to choose from, but we're especially fond of the spicy Jack Satan and the refreshing Margarita. There are 10 specialty cocktails in all; we've yet to come across a bad one. Read more.
Look out for cool kites! This is a great place for people watching, and has amazing views of SF and the Golden Gate Bridge.
A downtown Berkeley fixture since the 1990s. While their house beers are good, try the guest beers or "beers of interest" – and be rewarded.
The folks at bicycle coffee are awesome. Super chill, good spirited, and the medium roast kills it. Worth the 1.5 minute trip past blue bottle everytime
Indoor bocce ball, great food in jars, spicy popcorn and wild drinks . Chicken sandwich or the three cheese is amazing. Champagne mojito - best! Love the self serve cucumber water too!
The idea here is to recreate Asian-style street food -- in a hip setting. The modest prices more than offset the cost of coming across the Bay to chow down. Read more.
Come for chef-owner Sunhui Chang's Korean-Japanese-Californian skewers, pickles and rice bowls, all precise without being precious. And don’t let the daytime hours keep you from the barrel-aged soju: Read more.
The restaurant may not look like much on the outside, but with authentic Thai cuisine boasting bold, bright flavors, it's worth a visit. Try the pork leg stew and pork stir-fry. Read more.
Signature dishes include the $4.50 fish tacos and the $7.95 torta ahogada, a grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce and avocado smothered in red chili sauce. Read more.
"Chef Sho Kamio is a magician when it comes to flavor. The thin layer of "burnt" garlic oil floating on the deep flavored Sendai miso broth adds another dimension." Chef Staffan Terje Read more.
