Oakland - Food & Drinks

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.

A new coffeeshop promising cocktail-bar-style service and no long lines is coming to the ground floor of a downtown Oakland highrise, serving Mr. Espresso coffee.

Chef Paul Canales of Oliveto and Duende fame has opened a new restaurant at the Kissel Uptown Oakland hotel, where he serves dishes inspired by southern French cuisine.

Fans of the beloved Cambodian restaurant Nyum Bai in Oakland are now eagerly awaiting the next chapter of the eatery. Nyum Bai’s location on E. 12th Street near the Fruitvale BART Station is now closed.

A Bay Area baker who slings his uber-popular cheesecakes at farmers’ market booths is now about to open up a brick-and-mortar location in Oakland to sell his sweet treats and much more.

Celebrated Oakland Italian restaurant Oliveto is definitively closing down this weekend after a temporary reopening earlier this year.

Fans of the widely-regarded Afro-Caribbean restaurant in the Old Oakland community, Miss Ollie’s, will be happy to know that they will once again be able to get their hands on some of the eatery’s most beloved dishes.

A popular bakery with Estonian roots that got its start in Seattle's Pike Place Market is about to go on tour with three pop-up opportunities for Bay Area foodies to try their world-famous creations.

A new bar is in the works for Uptown Oakland at the former location of Here's How, a cocktail bar that was previously the target of protests from neighbors who live upstairs.

You won’t be able to watch live music outdoors this weekend at Oakland's Molcajete Cocina Mexicana because the restaurant’s robust parklet has been destroyed.

For over 100 years, Oakland’s Stork Club served up cheap drinks and live local music, and under new owners it will live on with distinctive John Waters aesthetic.

Chef Verna McGowan is branching out from her role as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker’s personal chef, and she’s opening her own Caribbean restaurant in Emeryville, Calypso Rose Kitchen.

A catering business that is known to be the Bay Area’s only vegan Puerto Rican food operation will soon open a brick-and-mortar location in North Oakland.

A beloved bakery in Berkeley that was fighting to hold on after being ravaged by the pandemic has now set a closing date.

Some significant redeployments in the ongoing Nashville hot chicken sandwich wars, as Twitter building food hall fave Hotbird heads to Uptown Oakland, and World Famous Hotboys has a new spot in Walnut Creek

An underground dinner club known as Hi Felicia, which became an instant hit in Oakland last year after launching in Feb. 2021, will start taking reservations for a brick-and-mortar location in the city’s Uptown District on April 1st

Bar Comal, near Lake Merritt in Oakland, will start offering brunch this weekend.

A new restaurant opening at 4029 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland is now offering a one-of-a-kind, farm-to-table dining experience that not many other restaurants can match.

Another local restaurant that had a mid-pandemic opening is calling quits already, and that is Daughter's Diner in Oakland.

The revered Italian restaurant in Oakland, Oliveto, has suddenly reopened its doors to patrons who were heavy-hearted when the 35-year-old restaurant went through what it called a permanent shutdown as of New Year's Eve.

Fried chicken fans have a mouth-watering new option in Oakland as rising star barbeque chef Matt Horn expands his footprint with a comfort-food favorite.

A new deli-style Korean restaurant specializing in handmade tofu and unique banchan offerings is now open in Oakland.

A beloved 15-year-old restaurant in Oakland known for its delicious spin on soul food has now permanently closed.

One of the first dining destinations in Uptown Oakland’s restaurant revival is ending their 18-year run, after their new landlord attempted to double their rent, but the restaurant vows that their efforts to feed unhoused neighbors will go on.