New York Magazine: Eat Hyperlocal in Oakland (dining, places)

[jade408]

Here's the link: Tamarindo Antojeria Mexicana

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by jade408

Here's the link: Tamarindo Antojeria Mexicana

thanks.

[lmk1707]

Originally Posted by jade408

Here's the link: Tamarindo Antojeria Mexicana

Thanks for the rec! Maybe I'll check it out tonight

[18Montclair]

This one is funny...

[LEFT]A huge, incongruous chandelier, four decorated columns and 50-inch plasma televisions seem almost lost in the cavernous restaurant, which seats as many as 300, including two smaller, separate eating areas. Besides the atmosphere, you'll need to ignore the manager's reticent, almost surly disposition and the service, which is brusquely efficient.
[/LEFT]

Century Buffet in Oakland: Lots of food

I ate there with my parents last week-they being the lovalbe senior citizens that they are love buffets(LOL) and I love them so we went, I enjoyed the conversation immensely....the food was standard for this sort of place and the service was well, 'standard' too.

It was really busy and the people watching was cool-just noticed that the article touches on that too.

[Nineties Flava]

lol @ east bay mexican food. Up here everybody's wowed by a taco truck. "omg, they make it OUTSIDE?! AND ITS CHEAP?! wow its so authentic!"


Mexican fast food chains in redwood city **** on anything up here in the east bay... sorry to break it to you guys. lol


You want to see some real, authentic, taco truck AND restaurant Mexican food? Take yourself over to Los Gemelos on Middlefield Rd. Tacos are a dollar each, no tax. 8 different taco meats/styles. They make the tortillas right in front of you. Real Jamaica & Horchata. Everything straight from Michoacan. lol

Los Gemelos - Redwood City, CA


As far as Oakland goes, though, the best place I've been to is either San Jose Tacqueria on International Blvd near Fruitvale or El Jaliciense near Fruitvale & MacArthur Blvd by the Giant Burger.

[mayorhaggar]

Sadly Ben n' Nicks did not seem to have any Linden Street beer.

[lmk1707]

Originally Posted by Nineties Flava

lol @ east bay mexican food. Up here everybody's wowed by a taco truck. "omg, they make it OUTSIDE?! AND ITS CHEAP?! wow its so authentic!"


Mexican fast food chains in redwood city **** on anything up here in the east bay... sorry to break it to you guys. lol


You want to see some real, authentic, taco truck AND restaurant Mexican food? Take yourself over to Los Gemelos on Middlefield Rd. Tacos are a dollar each, no tax. 8 different taco meats/styles. They make the tortillas right in front of you. Real Jamaica & Horchata. Everything straight from Michoacan. lol

Los Gemelos - Redwood City, CA


As far as Oakland goes, though, the best place I've been to is either San Jose Tacqueria on International Blvd near Fruitvale or El Jaliciense near Fruitvale & MacArthur Blvd by the Giant Burger.

Um, we were talking about where to find good ceviche, not where to find a taco truck. But thanks for the rec. I bet El Jaliciense is the place Montclair was talking about.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by lmk1707

Thanks for the rec! Maybe I'll check it out tonight

You are welcome. Sangria is really good too.

[P-VidalNaquet'sFriend]

Yes, and such "regional" journals as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have celebrated the likes of Oakland mainstay Oliveto's ( a source of a Bay Area, um, food fight, after getting a slag review from a Bertolli-obsessed food critic in the Chronicle/SF Gate. "It's still great/it's old news," and so the argument goes) and that perenial Oakland legend, Baywolf. I remember "back in the day" when Oliveto's was the new kid in a then awakening Rockridge (circa 1989!), and Baywolf, well, it was already something of a local legend even back then. There was also the Broadway Terrace Cafe, a great haunt for foodies-in-the-know, located where Claremont Pines and Montclair districts meet, and Chez Paul's on Piedmont Ave. Later, Le Citron and Jojo's made their mark and have since gone, apparently, after years of flying the flag. Now I can hardly keep up with the Flora's, and Picans, and Girabaldi's, and Commis that have planted their own flags and are written about in...the WSJ, the NYT, New York Magazine, and the like.

But when my wife and I return for a visit, we will try out Oakland's nouvelle vague, but we we certainly intend to drop by Baywolf: we reunited there over dinner a few years ago after a couple of decades apart, and we have been together ever since.

Nice to see the Oaktown get its proper due. The town knows how to prepare a meal, set a table, and conjure the mood.

[Shelacious]

^ One of the first memorable dates my DH and I had was at Baywolf.