Oakland - Food & Drinks

Uber-popular chicken tenders specialists Dave's Hot Chicken keep multiplying, and as of this week there will be a Dave's Hot Chicken in Oakland just a hop and a few skips from a BART stop.

After months of renovating, ACRE Kitchen & Bar has finally opened inside a two-story space at Oakland’s Market Hall just steps from the Rockridge BART Station.

Starline Social Club, a popular concert venue, bar, and restaurant in Oakland, has announced it will permanently shutter as of January 1st.

A coffee shop and wine bar that focuses on Oakland’s Black community is now open in the Uptown neighborhood, but it's only open on Fridays for now.

Taste of Denmark — one of Oakland’s oldest family-owned businesses — announced over the weekend that it would be closing up shop for good. The bakery served its last pastries Sunday at 3 p.m., with people lining up to get one last treat from the dessert shop.

A local couple with major Bay Area wine-and-dining connections is working to open a French-inspired wine bar on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito. It's been a bumpy road, from construction and permitting delays to a freak car accident, but the building at San Pablo and Stockton avenues is now in renovation.

East Bay taco outfit Tacos El Último Baile, which has been evolving since its early days selling its delicious creations from a table outside an Oakland bar in 2016, is about to debut its own brick-and-mortar location starting Saturday.

A new restaurant is opening October 12 in Uptown Oakland, across from the Fox, specializing in handrolls — a sushi trend that is sure to be met with long lines soon enough.

A beloved beer garden, restaurant, art gallery, and classic car dealership in the heart of Uptown Oakland is now closed.

The 20-year-old Emeryville diner will be reopening sometime next month, thanks to a couple of the restaurant's longtime employees.

Oakland will be getting a new spot to get a mind-blowing piece of homemade pie and an alcoholic beverage in the evening, along with a savory breakfast-syle hand pie in the morning.

An oyser pop-up propietor with no formal training is getting ready to open a restaurant focused on raw oysters in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood in a few months.

One of Oakland’s oldest Ethiopian restaurants is moving into a much bigger location next month, which will allow it to expand the menu and add unique cocktails.

It looks like Oakland’s Jack London Square could be back on the map by the end of the year as a dining destination, with six new restaurants expected to open in the next few months.

An Oakland non-profit has plans underway to build an ambitious new food hall and event space that would also include other community amenities and affordable housing.

Owner Joshua Huynh is putting the finishing touches on Town Bar & Lounge inside the historic I. Magnin building at 2001 Broadway (at 20th Street).

A new LGBTQ bar that doubles as an event venue is in the works for downtown Oakland from the founders of Port Bar at 2023 Broadway.

If you miss the remarkable skillet fried chicken from the famed Miss Ollie’s restaurant in Oakland, then you are in luck.

A new California-inspired Mediterranean restaurant called Acre Kitchen will open in a few months in the space long occupied by the beloved Italian restaurant Oliveto in Oakland's Rockridge Market Hall.

A new restaurant about to open in a prime location in Downtown Oakland is promising to bring great dishes, DJs until midnight, and a distinct list of natural wines.

The Oakland Museum of California should see a boost in food-loving visitors thanks to a recognizable chef taking over the menu at the Town Fare Cafe, the restaurant inside OMCA.

A restaurant chain gaining rapid popularity thanks to its crispy chicken fingers is about to open its first location in the Bay Area.

A new restaurant at Jack London Square in West Oakland is serving several different themes thanks to a partnership between three people who know the East Bay food scene very well.

Despite its unpopular religious stances and donations to groups against gay marriage, it appears the East Bay is about to get another Chick-fil-A location.

A wholesale bakery based in Berkeley that has been a hit at farmers’ markets for more than a decade is about to open its first brick-and-mortar shop in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood.