Clik here to view.
Plenty to Take Away at Lena’s Soul Food Cafe in Oakland
I’m pretty sure that for each Yelp page of southern restaurants in the Bay there’s at least five reviews that start with, “I’m from [enter somewhere in the south] and I know my [enter southern dish]...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soriano Twins Bring a Taco Truck to Telegraph
There are many new things happening in North Oakland that I’m not excited about. Increasingly ridiculous rents, for example. Groups of white girls all wearing variants of denim tops and bottoms like...
View ArticleBlack Farmers, Traditional Food and Good Vibes at Oakland’s Freedom Farmers’...
Oakland farmers markets, my friends and family are a few reasons why I love coming home. Now I’m adding a new market to my weekend lineup: the Freedom Farmers’ Market, offering produce from Black...
View ArticleQ & A with the Oakland Food Policy Council on the Oakland Soda Tax
If you live in Oakland like me chances are you’ve been getting a mailbox full of flyers telling you to vote no on Measure HH, the “grocery tax.” But guess what? There is no grocery tax, and when you...
View ArticleObelisco in Fruitvale: Leticia Chavez channels comfort foods from life on the...
This past week has been a sad one for Oakland and I’ve been craving comfort food. The other day inside Berkeley Bowl I even paused in the bulk aisle when overcome by a craving for mashed potatoes, with...
View ArticleFour Juice Bars in Oakland
Juices, smoothies, acai bowls and chia puddings, non-dairy warm drinks… We are on trend in Oakland and thankfully it’s without the activated $12 charcoal waters and bullshit anti-food health diets....
View ArticleTamales Acapulco and the Original Community Organizers Behind Oakland Street...
You can’t miss the street food vendors on the sidewalk on International Blvd in Fruitvale. The fruit carts with peeled and cubed tropical fruits stacked in neat quart containers that go out to...
View ArticleBack to the Emeryville Public Market for Nyum Bai’s Cambodian Cooking
For townies like me, walking into the new Emeryville Public Market might tug at your nostalgic heartstrings for an East Bay of days past. The Public Market was like town square for a lot of us. It was...
View ArticlePop-Up Tacos Oscar Rocked My Monday Night
Tacos Oscar took over Boot & Shoe last night accompanied by fiery sangritas and popsicle micheladas, zebra piñatas, and a salsa-spinning DJ. I don’t know anything about him because he was very busy...
View ArticleRun, Walk, Eat Tacos for BAHIA This Saturday
I recently stopped by my old daycare for lunch. BAHIA (Bay Area Hispanic Institute for Advancement) and its sister preschool Centro Vida, are undeniably where my taste for Mexican food was born. It was...
View Article
