Categories We Didn’t Think Of: Restaurants and Bars

Best Sliders
Phil’s Sliders
— Jennifer Levy-Wendt

Best Mobile Food Pod
Bites Off Broadway
Oakland’s first recurring pod, with seven trucks and family fun. BitesOffBroadway.com — Karen Hester

Best Café
Cafe Zoe
— Joy MacKay

Awaken
— Jim Trenkle

Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant
Cactus Taqueria
— Jessie Seyfer

Best Meatballs
Luca Cucina Italiana
They are molto bene. — Naomi Alysia

Best Place to Get a Shaken Jessie
Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe
— Greg Keidan

Best Seafood, Best Dining Experience
Marica restaurant
— Brittney Wendell

Best Beer Bar
Craft beer is huge in this city and there are more and more bars dedicating their menus to beer. Beer bars and other bars are vastly different and they deserve a separate category. — Kelsey Williams