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Aug 30, 2023
Italy in Point Richmond
Biancoverde brings Italian to the Hotel Mac
Before a leisurely Saturday lunch at the refurbished Hotel Mac, we strolled around Point Richmond’s town square—which is really triangle-shaped. Public art in the shape of aquatic animals lined the sidewalks...
Aug 23, 2023
Alma’s Got Soul
Oakland’s new Mexican cocina goes beyond tacos and burritos
Alma’s empanada dough is tender at the center and perfectly crisped around the edges. The chicken tinga ($4) is topped with shreds of iceberg lettuce, queso fresco crumbles, sour...
Aug 16, 2023
3 Bottled Fish
Chef Paulette Tran brings her farmers’ market pop-up to Fruitvale
Before she opened 3 Bottled Fish last month in Fruitvale, Paulette Tran operated her Vietnamese pop-up at the San Francisco Stonestown Farmers Market for a decade. When the...
Aug 9, 2023
Upstairs Downstairs
ACRE Kitchen & Bar honors its Oliveto predecessor
For nearly four decades, Oliveto was the central anchor point in Rockridge that held both sides of College Avenue in place. Located on the corner across the street from BART,...
Aug 2, 2023
Think Pink
La Esquinita is a new taqueria from Doña Tomás co-founder Thomas Schnetz
Barbieland isn’t the only notable source of pink this summer. Thomas Schnetz applies the color in one way or another in all of his restaurants. At...
Jul 26, 2023
Sharing Joy
Café culture is alive and well at Sanaz Shariatzadeh’s Bench
Twenty years ago Sanaz Shariatzadeh went to a café in Tehran with her husband Ali. People were gathered together to socialize and the shelves were lined with books....
Jul 19, 2023
Take Me Out
Good hot dogs come out of Left Field
Former baseball pitcher Dontrelle Willis has a hot dog named in his honor at Left Field Dogs on the West End of Alameda. The “Dontrelle Willis” is a beef frank...
