Guidebook for Oakland

Alissa
Guidebook for Oakland

Food Scene

The PIZZA! The BREAD! The BAKED GOODS!
198 habitants recommandent
Arizmendi Bakery
3265 Lakeshore Ave
198 habitants recommandent
The PIZZA! The BREAD! The BAKED GOODS!
Their DEEP DISH pizza is our fav. The rest of their food is also really good, especially the green goddess salad.
64 habitants recommandent
The Star on Grand
3425 Grand Ave
64 habitants recommandent
Their DEEP DISH pizza is our fav. The rest of their food is also really good, especially the green goddess salad.
Sunday Salsa! Gets super crowded, a totally fun scene. The food is pretty good too.
54 habitants recommandent
CAÑA Cuban Parlor & Cafe
530 Lake Park Ave
54 habitants recommandent
Sunday Salsa! Gets super crowded, a totally fun scene. The food is pretty good too.
Best indie coffee shop. They serve great coffee, have outdoor seating, wifi, and also pastries and empanadas.
30 habitants recommandent
Haddon Hill Cafe
504 Wesley Ave
30 habitants recommandent
Best indie coffee shop. They serve great coffee, have outdoor seating, wifi, and also pastries and empanadas.
BRUNCH! Get there early or make a reservation. Their savory french toast is the best. They have gluten-free bread but most of their dishes are pretty bread-heavy. Also doubles as a deli.
117 habitants recommandent
Grand Lake Kitchen - Lake Merritt
576 Grand Ave
117 habitants recommandent
BRUNCH! Get there early or make a reservation. Their savory french toast is the best. They have gluten-free bread but most of their dishes are pretty bread-heavy. Also doubles as a deli.
Great mexican food, good quality meat and ingredients. They have a little nightclub and bar that is right next door.
La Estrellita
446 E 12th St
Great mexican food, good quality meat and ingredients. They have a little nightclub and bar that is right next door.
Great DRINKS, and BRUNCH. They have outdoor seating in back.
15 habitants recommandent
The Grand Tavern
3601 Grand Ave
15 habitants recommandent
Great DRINKS, and BRUNCH. They have outdoor seating in back.
Their ingredients taste super fresh.
16 habitants recommandent
Monster Phở
360 Broadway
16 habitants recommandent
Their ingredients taste super fresh.
Good, basic all around cafe with a snazzy laundromat next door and a mini parking lot.
38 habitants recommandent
Wally's Cafe (Emeryville)
3900 San Pablo Ave
38 habitants recommandent
Good, basic all around cafe with a snazzy laundromat next door and a mini parking lot.
Delicious fare, wide range of beer on tap, awesome outdoor patio facing the lake.
105 habitants recommandent
Portal Oakland
1611 2nd Ave
105 habitants recommandent
Delicious fare, wide range of beer on tap, awesome outdoor patio facing the lake.
It's a BEER GARDEN! The food is good (German inspired, and really excellent eggs benedict options). Sometimes the service is a little slow. It's right on the water, literally. Indoor and outdoor seating. Cornhole available on sunny days ;)
21 habitants recommandent
Brotzeit Lokal | German Restaurant & Waterfront Biergarten
1000 Embarcadero
21 habitants recommandent
It's a BEER GARDEN! The food is good (German inspired, and really excellent eggs benedict options). Sometimes the service is a little slow. It's right on the water, literally. Indoor and outdoor seating. Cornhole available on sunny days ;)
The drinks AND the food--so good. Also the kitchen is open pretty late and the bar menu is plentiful and delish.
36 habitants recommandent
Plum Cocktail Bar
2216 Broadway
36 habitants recommandent
The drinks AND the food--so good. Also the kitchen is open pretty late and the bar menu is plentiful and delish.
Super yummy Israeli/Middle Eastern food. Very fresh.
8 habitants recommandent
Ba-Bite
3905 Piedmont Avenue
8 habitants recommandent
Super yummy Israeli/Middle Eastern food. Very fresh.
If you need to work, eat, enjoy fresh air, good coffee, and get wifi, this is your place. Limited menu but very good lunch items.
15 habitants recommandent
BAR 41 OAKLAND
308 41st St
15 habitants recommandent
If you need to work, eat, enjoy fresh air, good coffee, and get wifi, this is your place. Limited menu but very good lunch items.
Full bar, food, sometimes live music during the day.
165 habitants recommandent
Drake's Dealership
2325 Broadway
165 habitants recommandent
Full bar, food, sometimes live music during the day.
28 habitants recommandent
Neecha Thai Cuisine
3236 Grand Ave
28 habitants recommandent
SO good!!
76 habitants recommandent
Enssaro Ethiopian Restaurant
357-A Grand Ave
76 habitants recommandent
SO good!!
I'm not usually WOWed by Chinese Food. Unless I'm eating here. Lots of meat that falls apart in your mouth full of strongly spiced deliciousness. Only downside is that there's not that many vegetarian dishes. Everything I've tried here is superb.
8 habitants recommandent
Osmanthus
6048 College Ave
8 habitants recommandent
I'm not usually WOWed by Chinese Food. Unless I'm eating here. Lots of meat that falls apart in your mouth full of strongly spiced deliciousness. Only downside is that there's not that many vegetarian dishes. Everything I've tried here is superb.
Good food, decent prices. They have a good posole (considering it is not homemade).
41 habitants recommandent
Xolo
1916 Telegraph Ave
41 habitants recommandent
Good food, decent prices. They have a good posole (considering it is not homemade).
Classic local taco truck. Pretty good, there's almost always a line.
23 habitants recommandent
Tacos Mi Rancho
1434 1st Ave
23 habitants recommandent
Classic local taco truck. Pretty good, there's almost always a line.
They have the best simple mexican food, clean environment, fresh fresh fresh. MUST have the horchata-coffee beverage.
Aztecali
They have the best simple mexican food, clean environment, fresh fresh fresh. MUST have the horchata-coffee beverage.
I'll try almost any decently recommended Korean Food joint, but this is my all time favorite from anywhere I've been.
21 habitants recommandent
Ohgane
3915 Broadway
21 habitants recommandent
I'll try almost any decently recommended Korean Food joint, but this is my all time favorite from anywhere I've been.

Entertainment & Activities

Excellent yoga, beautiful studio off the beaten path and very down to earth.
7 habitants recommandent
Loka Yoga
2701 MacArthur Blvd
7 habitants recommandent
Excellent yoga, beautiful studio off the beaten path and very down to earth.
Typically crowded, heated, but good and challenging Ashtanga.
Monkey Yoga Shala
3215 Lakeshore Ave
Typically crowded, heated, but good and challenging Ashtanga.

Arts & Culture

Sometimes you just need a spontaneous tattoo. Not that they could fit you in, but this would be the first place I stop to see awesome industrial/tribal/hiphop front-of-house art, jewelry, and tats.
Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery
5251 Broadway
Sometimes you just need a spontaneous tattoo. Not that they could fit you in, but this would be the first place I stop to see awesome industrial/tribal/hiphop front-of-house art, jewelry, and tats.

Essentials

Terrible for fresh produce. Great for everything else including ready-made salads and lunchy items.
582 habitants recommandent
Trader Joe's
3250 Lakeshore Ave
582 habitants recommandent
Terrible for fresh produce. Great for everything else including ready-made salads and lunchy items.
Great for produce and also any other grocery item, with some specialty items too.
230 habitants recommandent
Farmer Joe's Marketplace
3501 MacArthur Blvd
230 habitants recommandent
Great for produce and also any other grocery item, with some specialty items too.
You should call ahead and make a reservation. I've only been dissatisfied once in something like 3 or 4 years of mani-pedis here.
6 habitants recommandent
Simply Green Day Spa
630 Grand Ave
6 habitants recommandent
You should call ahead and make a reservation. I've only been dissatisfied once in something like 3 or 4 years of mani-pedis here.
It's a small store stocked with all those natural supplements that maybe you forgot at home.
7 habitants recommandent
Lakeshore Natural Foods
3321 Lakeshore Ave
7 habitants recommandent
It's a small store stocked with all those natural supplements that maybe you forgot at home.

Drinks & Nightlife

Unpretentious, but modern and damn good drinks. Kinda spacious too.
86 habitants recommandent
Prizefighter
6702 Hollis St
86 habitants recommandent
Unpretentious, but modern and damn good drinks. Kinda spacious too.
Best thing about this place is their drinks and their backyard patio with the two huge redwoods.
34 habitants recommandent
The Double Standard
2424 Telegraph Ave
34 habitants recommandent
Best thing about this place is their drinks and their backyard patio with the two huge redwoods.

Parks & Nature

Hiking, frisbee, picnics. Stays pretty shady.
373 habitants recommandent
Parc régional de Redwood
7867 Redwood Road
373 habitants recommandent
Hiking, frisbee, picnics. Stays pretty shady.
Hiking
214 habitants recommandent
Joaquin Miller Park
3300 Joaquin Miller Rd
214 habitants recommandent
Hiking
Public pool, playground, picnics, creek.
43 habitants recommandent
Parc Dimond
3860 Hanly Rd
43 habitants recommandent
Public pool, playground, picnics, creek.
It's so close and so great.
751 habitants recommandent
Amphithéâtre du lac Merritt
Lake Merritt Boulevard
751 habitants recommandent
It's so close and so great.