Oakland
FOOD & DRINK
New West Oakland food hall will feature Almanac Taproom
Prescott Market, a collection of food and drink vendors coming to West Oakland, is planning to launch this summer with a taproom from Almanac Beer Co. as its first tenant. The organizers, the same people behind West Oakland Farmers Market and the Prescott Night Markets debuting June 6, are busy recruiting other tenants that will offer a variety of services and cuisines morning through night, including a coffee shop, butcher and burger spot.
An artist wanted to capture the joy of Black people in motion. He found it in downtown Oakland
Every day for the past year, artist pablo circa has walked around a 4-block-by-8-block grid from 12th Street and Thomas L. Berkley Way between Webster Street and Telegraph Avenue in downtown Oakland, observing and documenting with his Pentax ME SLR film camera with a native wired flash. He walks around as a form of physical therapy with the goal of connecting with his community more organically, all while photographing the Black people he sees along the way.
Black Restaurant Week kicks off in San Francisco Bay Area
OAKLAND, Calif. - Black Restaurant Week kicks off in the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday, and minority-owned business leaders are hoping for an uptick in customers as they highlight their array of rich cuisine. This is the fourth year of the campaign, which ends on May 26. Founded in...
Oakland’s ‘Izakaya Cantina’ Good Luck Gato and Nineties Bar Ninth Life Are Now Closed
Dianne de Guzman is a deputy editor at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups. Oakland bars Good Luck Gato and Ninth Life have closed after less than a year in business, the owners confirmed in a statement to Eater SF on Thursday afternoon. The adjacent sister businesses shut down as of Saturday, May 11.
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