Temescal Brewing
4115 Telegraph Ave
Oakland
Fri., Jan. 25, 4-9 p.m.
$50-$60
Tickets (available on Eventbrite) are recommended to guarantee your crab, although some extra crab will be available for purchase.
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Montclair gets another SE Asian eatery. This time its Laotian.
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Katherine Hamilton in the East Bay Express:
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There’s no denying that the East Bay has an appetite for regional cuisine. You’ll find Chinese food from Xi’an and Guilin and Vietnamese dishes from the Mekong Delta and Hue. And it’s not too hard to find specialties from Mexico City, Oaxaca, or Jalisco.But according to owner Cecilia Chairez, there’s only one spot in the East Bay to find cuisine from the north-central Mexican state of Zacatecas: Mi Zacatecas, a humble takeout window with a small outdoor dining area, near the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and 98th Avenue in East Oakland.
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I started with the gordita filled with pork and nopalitos (cactus) stew. This stew, Chairez said, is typical of Valparaíso; after all, Zacatecas is a big producer of nopales. The stew was brimming with tangy, crunchy nopalitos, which provided a welcome contrast to the rich yet lean bites of pork shoulder. The stew was robustly flavored with red peppers and garlic, though despite its fiery appearance, the spice level was mild. The handmade gordita, with its subtle, aromatic corn flavor, was an ideal canvas for the stew.
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Mi Zacatecas Mexican Food
9896 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
(510) 491-3133
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cash, all major credit cardsSample Menu
Barbacoa plate … $12 small/$15 large
Gordita … $4
Taco … $2.50
Photo: Yelp
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Momo Chang, Nik Sharma, Christina Mitchell, and Luke Tsai, moderated by Annelies Zijderveld, where we will dig into what differentiates Oakland dining and how it’s a celebration of its people.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm | Cost: FREE
Oakland Public Library (Main Branch) | 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA
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And now there is a Korean grocery with meals to go in Montclair:
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Ayesha Curry opens first pop up store in Jack London Square
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Location can be a double-edged sword:
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12. Banh Mi Ba Le
1909 International Blvd
Oakland, CA 94606
(510) 261-9800
The line moves quickly at Banh Mi Ba Le, which makes what some argue to be the best Vietnamese sandwiches in Oakland. Most sandwiches clock in at about $3 and are stuffed with a generous amount of meat. Don’t miss the version with meatballs and a runny egg — and do throw in a delicious fruit smoothie for kicks.excerpt
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Brown Sugar Kitchen opens on February 20
7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday
Brown Sugar Kitchen
2295 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
(http://www.brownsugarkitchen.com/)
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excerpts from Sarah Han in Berkeleyside today on the opening day of Brown Sugar Kitchen:
Brown Sugar Kitchen is open for breakfast and lunch (starting at 11:30 a.m.), offering favorites like the aforementioned chicken and waffles, oyster po-boys, BBQ shrimp and grits, beignets and the rest of Holland’s comforting favorites. Dinner service will likely start later this spring, but the full-service bar pours wine, beer and cocktails all day.
Photo, above: Chef Tanya Holland on opening day at Brown Sugar Kitchen in Uptown Oakland. Photo: Sarah Han
Photo, above: Brown Sugar Kitchen’s signature buttermilk fried chicken and cornmeal waffles. Photo: Sarah Han
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Cinnamon Tree, a dim sum and Cantonese restaurant situated in the iconic former Legendary Palace location at 708 Franklin at 7th Street, was completely dark as I walked by today around lunchtime. Yelp is reporting that it has closed after being in business there since about October, 2015.
Legendary Palace had occupied that spot for about fifty years until 2015 in a building described as “Chinese-style” which had originally opened around 1924.
There was also a tall building crane being operated directly across the street working on part of the Salvation Army Store on 7th Street.
Here is some history of the building located at the northeast corner of Franklin and 7th Streets:
https://localwiki.org/oakland/700_Franklin_Street
1924 Oakland Tribune 2
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Goat/ Vietnamese specialist in East Oakland?
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Cam Anh is now open at 920 Webster in Oakland Chinatown serving much the same menu as Cam Huang did at that location for decades. Prices for banh mi are about $4.50 each.
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The opening of Oakland United Beerworks‘ new taproom at 262 Second St., near Jack London Square, at the end of March is great news for beer lovers. With four breweries in that area, the Beerworks has teamed up with Federation Brewing, Independent Brewing and Original Pattern Brewing to create the Jack London Brewing District. Soon you’ll be able to pick up a district beer map at any of the breweries, as well as at the Visit Oakland offices in Jack London Square.
There’s a cider bar in the area, too: Crooked City Cider Taphouse at 222 Broadway, with a taps lineup that includes their own cider, along with other local ciders and craft beers.
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excerpt:
{will} begin offering limited evening menus through partnerships with local chefs. Starting Thursday, April 4, the Octopus will host Oakland’s Louisiana-Creole catering company Creole Creed on a weekly basis. The menu offers dishes like crawfish handpies, red beans and rice, and sweet honey cornbread.
The Octopus Literary Salon
2101 Webster St. (at 22nd)
Oakland
tel (510) 844-4120
HOURS
Mon - Fri 7:30am to either 9:00pm or later (as late as 12am) depending on the night’s feature.
Saturday 6pm to midnight
Sunday closed (usually)
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Songkran will be celebrated at Jack London Square for the first time, with an all-day event happening 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 27, in front of Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Cuisine [ 336 Water St
Oakland, CA].…
Although the event is free, those seeking a special Songkran experience should RSVP in advance for a seat at the VIP Lao Table. Farmhouse Kitchen will set up a long communal table topped with tempting Thai and Lao fare served family-style and eaten with hands.…
and a som tum dancing competition, where people make the traditional spicy green papaya salad and dance at the same time.
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