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Fungi Foods in Oakland

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Fungi Foods, 434 25th St., Oakland. Open Thursday through Sunday, 5-8:30 p.m., closed Monday through Wednesday.

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Five years later, Stolz is celebrating the grand opening of Fungi Foods, his new Uptown Oakland restaurant dedicated to the humble, endlessly versatile mushroom. In the playful space, rainbow mushroom vases filled with wildflowers decorate the tables, and neon mushroom lights hang on the walls. Diners chomp into crispy fried maitake sandwiches and fried oyster mushroom-topped mashed potato bowls, all while golden afternoon light bathes the brick walls.

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