Guidebook for Oakland

Josh
Guidebook for Oakland

Essentials

A discount grocery store that sells overstocked items--everything from junk food to organic produce. Unpredictable selection but not bad for basics. Great deals on wine.
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Grocery Outlet Bargain Market
2900 Broadway
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A discount grocery store that sells overstocked items--everything from junk food to organic produce. Unpredictable selection but not bad for basics. Great deals on wine.
Large selection of high-quality organic items. Also sells prepared foods.
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Whole Foods Market
230 Bay Pl
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Large selection of high-quality organic items. Also sells prepared foods.
Independent neighborhood grocery store with good selection of high-quality meat, seafood, and produce. A bit expensive, but an easy walk.
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Piedmont Grocery Co
4038 Piedmont Ave
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Independent neighborhood grocery store with good selection of high-quality meat, seafood, and produce. A bit expensive, but an easy walk.
A great neighborhood produce store.
Monte Vista Food Center
4000 Piedmont Ave
A great neighborhood produce store.
A good french bakery that offers bread and pastries.
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La Farine Bakery
4094 Piedmont Ave
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A good french bakery that offers bread and pastries.
Great selection of liquors and craft beers
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Broadway Liquors
2860 Broadway
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Great selection of liquors and craft beers
A Middle Eastern food market with great prepared foods that you can eat there or take with you.
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Oasis Food Market
3045 Telegraph Ave
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A Middle Eastern food market with great prepared foods that you can eat there or take with you.
A Korean supermarket. Sells delicious pre-marinated beef and pork that you can use to make your own Korean BBQ.
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KP Asian Market
2370 Telegraph Ave
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A Korean supermarket. Sells delicious pre-marinated beef and pork that you can use to make your own Korean BBQ.
A full-service grocery store that is sort of like Whole Foods but less expensive. Good selection of organic options. Also has a deli and prepared foods such a sushi and rotisserie chicken.
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Sprouts Farmers Market
1075 Monroe St
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A full-service grocery store that is sort of like Whole Foods but less expensive. Good selection of organic options. Also has a deli and prepared foods such a sushi and rotisserie chicken.

Food Scene

A nice sushi place with great ambiance.
Itaba
3920 Piedmont Ave
A nice sushi place with great ambiance.
A hole-in-the-wall sushi place that offers good sushi for a great price.
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Geta Japanese Restaurant
165 41st St
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A hole-in-the-wall sushi place that offers good sushi for a great price.
Oaxacan/Yucatan-style Mexican restaurant with a menu that includes cochinita pibil , ceviches, and grasshoppers. Beautiful decor.
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Calavera
2337 Broadway
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Oaxacan/Yucatan-style Mexican restaurant with a menu that includes cochinita pibil , ceviches, and grasshoppers. Beautiful decor.
Great sandwiches
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Ike's Sandwiches
2204 Broadway
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Great sandwiches
If you want a really fancy cup of coffee in an interesting environment, this is your place.
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Blue Bottle Coffee
300 Webster St
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If you want a really fancy cup of coffee in an interesting environment, this is your place.
Local coffee chain is a good choice for a quick cup within walking distance.
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Peet's Coffee
3401 Fruitvale Ave
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Local coffee chain is a good choice for a quick cup within walking distance.
One of my favorite restaurants in the area. Popular with the arts crowd. Great food and decor.
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Mua Oakland
2442a Webster St
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One of my favorite restaurants in the area. Popular with the arts crowd. Great food and decor.
My favorite Ethiopian restaurant in the Bay Area
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Enssaro Ethiopian Restaurant
357-A Grand Ave
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My favorite Ethiopian restaurant in the Bay Area
A two-Michelin-star restaurant known for innovative California cuisine.
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Commis
3859 Piedmont Ave
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A two-Michelin-star restaurant known for innovative California cuisine.
A great gelato place with lots of interesting flavors
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Lush Gelato
4184 Piedmont Ave
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A great gelato place with lots of interesting flavors
Montreal-style bagels. Quite possibly the best in the Bay Area.
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Beauty's Bagel Shop
3838 Telegraph Ave
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Montreal-style bagels. Quite possibly the best in the Bay Area.
A Peet's inside the hospital is the closest place to grab a cup of coffee. But I recommend going to the Peet's further up Piedmont unless you are taking it to go. Also has a farmer's market on Fridays
Oakland Care Center
350 30th St
A Peet's inside the hospital is the closest place to grab a cup of coffee. But I recommend going to the Peet's further up Piedmont unless you are taking it to go. Also has a farmer's market on Fridays
A solid Vietnamese restaurant
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Xyclo Restaurant
4218 Piedmont Ave
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A solid Vietnamese restaurant
A Peruvian restaurant the specializes in rotisserie chicken. I have not tried it yet but it is popular.
Mistura
3858 Piedmont Ave
A Peruvian restaurant the specializes in rotisserie chicken. I have not tried it yet but it is popular.
The Oakland outpost of an LA burger chain that specializes in unusual burgers. It's quite good.
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Umami Burger Oakland
2100 Franklin St
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The Oakland outpost of an LA burger chain that specializes in unusual burgers. It's quite good.
A quality Jamaican restaurant
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Kingston 11 Cuisine
2300 Telegraph Ave
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A quality Jamaican restaurant
An old neighborhood favorite with a classic California-style menu. Also has a pinball and billiards room.
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Luka's Taproom & Lounge
2221 Broadway
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An old neighborhood favorite with a classic California-style menu. Also has a pinball and billiards room.
Upscale California-style restaurant that specializes in food cooked over an open-flame wood fire.
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Homestead
4029 Piedmont Ave
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Upscale California-style restaurant that specializes in food cooked over an open-flame wood fire.
Worth trying if you are out this way. California cuisine done well.
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Camino
3917 Grand Ave
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Worth trying if you are out this way. California cuisine done well.
My favorite Greek restaurant
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Ikaros Greek Restaurant
3268 Grand Ave
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My favorite Greek restaurant
A good hole-in-the-wall French restaurant with just a couple of tables. Also sells food for takeout.
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Grégoire
4001 Piedmont Avenue
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A good hole-in-the-wall French restaurant with just a couple of tables. Also sells food for takeout.
Your best bet for top-notch Italian on Piedmont.
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Dopo
4293 Piedmont Ave
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Your best bet for top-notch Italian on Piedmont.
The best pizza in town
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Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave
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The best pizza in town
A Bay Area Burmese chain that is insanely popular.
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Burma Superstar
309 Clement St
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A Bay Area Burmese chain that is insanely popular.
A fried chicken sandwich institution
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Bakesale Betty
5098 Telegraph Ave
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A fried chicken sandwich institution
A gastropub with a huge beer selection that specializes in meats
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Hog's Apothecary
375 40th St
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A gastropub with a huge beer selection that specializes in meats
Just mac and cheese. Enough said.
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Homeroom
400 40th St
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Just mac and cheese. Enough said.
Southern-style comfort food. Great for brunch too.
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Aunt Mary's Cafe
4640 Telegraph Avenue
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Southern-style comfort food. Great for brunch too.
A superb bakery
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Arizmendi Bakery
3265 Lakeshore Ave
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A superb bakery
Great coffee and great magazine selection
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Farley's East
33 Grand Ave
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Great coffee and great magazine selection
Delicious desserts and pastries and great coffee
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Sweet Bar Bakery
2355 Broadway
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Delicious desserts and pastries and great coffee
A Mexican place that specializes in smoked meats. Nice sidewalk seating area.
Descanso
4184 Piedmont Avenue
A Mexican place that specializes in smoked meats. Nice sidewalk seating area.
Casual, pan-Asian street food. A pretty good value.
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Hawker Fare
2300 Webster St
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Casual, pan-Asian street food. A pretty good value.
Upscale soul food. Pricey but good.
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Picán
2295 Broadway
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Upscale soul food. Pricey but good.
Arguably the best Korean restaurant in KoreaTown.
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Gogi Time
2600 Telegraph Ave
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Arguably the best Korean restaurant in KoreaTown.
Casual place specializing in creative burritos and tacos with a Korean flair.
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Belly
1901 San Pablo Ave
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Casual place specializing in creative burritos and tacos with a Korean flair.
A tapas place with great food and ambiance. My favorite restaurant in the area.
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Duende
468 19th St
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A tapas place with great food and ambiance. My favorite restaurant in the area.
A soul food institution in the middle of an industrial area. Great for brunch, but get there early because there's a long wait.
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Brown Sugar Kitchen
2295 Broadway
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A soul food institution in the middle of an industrial area. Great for brunch, but get there early because there's a long wait.

Drinks & Nightlife

A neighborhood pub that also serves food and often has live music.
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Cato's Ale House
3891 Piedmont Ave
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A neighborhood pub that also serves food and often has live music.
A beer garden that also serves food. Great outdoor seating area.
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Drake's Dealership
2325 Broadway
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A beer garden that also serves food. Great outdoor seating area.
Newly renovated hipster bar that also serves food. Looks like a hunting lodge inside. Haven't had a drink there yet but have been wanting to try it.
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The Lodge
3758 Piedmont Ave
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Newly renovated hipster bar that also serves food. Looks like a hunting lodge inside. Haven't had a drink there yet but have been wanting to try it.
A pub that serves Irish-style pub food.
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CommonWealth
2882 Telegraph Ave
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A pub that serves Irish-style pub food.
Absolutely delicious mixed drinks in a hip environment.
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Plum Cocktail Bar
2216 Broadway
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Absolutely delicious mixed drinks in a hip environment.

Arts & Culture

Amazing live music venue in a beautiful, restored Moorish-style theater.
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Fox Theater
1807 Telegraph Ave
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Amazing live music venue in a beautiful, restored Moorish-style theater.
Absolutely beautiful art-deco-style theater hosts many types of performances, including music and dance.
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Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway
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Absolutely beautiful art-deco-style theater hosts many types of performances, including music and dance.
Quaint neighborhood movie theater
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Landmark's Piedmont Theatre
4186 Piedmont Ave
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Quaint neighborhood movie theater
New-release films shown in a beautiful historic theater.
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Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Ave
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New-release films shown in a beautiful historic theater.

Shopping

Drugstore open until 10 pm
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CVS
2655 Telegraph Ave
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Drugstore open until 10 pm