Burdell ★ 4.7
Geoff Davis's soul food room in Oakland's Temescal carries Michelin Recommended status and made Food and Wine's Best Restaurants in America list.
Signature: Fried chicken, Collard greens, Dry-aged duck
Restaurants in Temescal
FOB Kitchen ★ 4.5
Janice Dulce's Filipino kitchen on Oakland's Telegraph carries a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Weekends shift to brunch only with longanisa and garlic rice.
Signature: Sinigang, Coffee-braised ribs, Adobo
Hawking Bird ★ 4.3
Hawking Bird is James Syhabout's fast-casual Thai fried chicken room on Oakland's Telegraph Avenue. Kao mun gai and double-fried garlic-ginger fillets.
Signature: Kao mun gai, Garlic-ginger fried chicken, Hawking Bird sandwich
Fine Dining in Temescal
Burdell ★ 4.7
Burdell is Geoff Davis's Michelin Recommended soul food room in Oakland's Temescal. Collards and fried chicken alongside contemporary Southern plates.
Snail Bar ★ 4.5
Snail Bar on Shattuck in Temescal pairs natural wine with a seasonally changing small-plates menu. Bib Gourmand on the Michelin Guide, no reservations.
Teni East Kitchen ★ 4.4
Teni East Kitchen on Broadway runs chef-owner Tiyo Shibabaw's Burmese kitchen with a California spin. Bib Gourmand, tea leaf salad and roti lead the menu.
Casual Dining in Temescal
FOB Kitchen ★ 4.5
FOB Kitchen in Oakland's Temescal carries a Bib Gourmand for Janice Dulce's Filipino cooking. Weekend brunch is longanisa and garlic rice in a tropical room.
Signature: Sinigang, Coffee-braised ribs
Tacos Oscar ★ 4.4
Tacos Oscar's shipping-container courtyard in Oakland's Temescal serves a chalkboard menu of inventive tacos. Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide California.
Signature: Braised pork shoulder taco, Charred broccoli vegan taco
Hawking Bird ★ 4.3
Hawking Bird is James Syhabout's fast-casual Thai fried chicken room on Oakland's Telegraph. Kao mun gai and double-fried garlic-ginger fillets to go.
Signature: Kao mun gai, Garlic-ginger fried chicken
Pizzaiolo ★ 4.2
Pizzaiolo on Telegraph in Oakland's Temescal runs wood-fired pizza and pasta with organic locally-sourced produce. Dinner only, daily happy hour 5 to 6.
Signature: Wood-fired pizza, Seasonal pasta, Antipasti
Daytrip Counter ★ 4.3
Daytrip Counter on Telegraph in Temescal is chef Finn Stern's fast-fine rotisserie chicken counter. Cafeteria-style, dine-in or takeout, daily.
Signature: Rotisserie chicken, Crunchy salads, Hot fries
Bakeries in Temescal
Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen ★ 4.4
Wise Sons on Telegraph in Temescal serves the East Bay's most-trusted everything bagels with cream cheese, rye breads and a strong matzo ball soup.
Worth the queue: Everything bagel
Poppy Bagels ★ 4.4
Poppy Bagels on Telegraph in Temescal hand-rolls Montreal-Brooklyn hybrid bagels. Five days a week, lunchtime cutoff before the case sells out fast.
Worth the queue: Hand-rolled poppy bagel
Mariposa Baking Company ★ 4.5
Mariposa on Telegraph in Temescal is a dedicated gluten-free bakery. Croissants, almond cakes, bagels and bread from a dedicated kitchen for celiac safety.
Worth the queue: Gluten-free almond cake
Curbside Creamery ★ 4.4
Curbside Creamery in Temescal Alley scoops dairy and cashew ice cream into house-baked cookies. LGBTQ-owned, women-owned and plastic-free since 2014.
Worth the queue: Brown butter chocolate chip ice cream sandwich
Wine Bars in Temescal
Snail Bar ★ 4.6
Snail Bar on Shattuck pairs natural wine with seasonal Bib Gourmand small plates. Walk-in only, six-top maximum and no reservations of any size.
Signature pour: By-the-glass French and Italian natural pours
Wine focus: Natural wine, low-intervention growers
Food: Seasonal small plates, oysters, raw fish
The Wine Mine ★ 4.3
The Wine Mine on Telegraph in Temescal is a corner wine shop with a sit-down bar. Small-grower bottles, a rotating glass list and a sunny back patio.
Signature pour: Rotating glass list from small producers
Wine focus: Small-grower wines, by-the-glass
Food: Snacks, cheese boards
Bars in Temescal
Temescal Brewing ★ 4.4
Temescal Brewing's beer garden on Telegraph runs a sun-filled patio and a rotating tap list of crisp lagers and IPAs. Kid and dog friendly daily.
Signature drink: Helles lager from the cellar
Food: Rotating food trucks
Street Food in Temescal
Tacos Oscar ★ 4.4
Tacos Oscar in Oakland's Temescal serves Bib Gourmand tacos from a shipping-container courtyard. Chalkboard menu changes often; vegan and pork plates.
Try: Braised pork shoulder taco
Breweries in Temescal
Temescal Brewing ★ 4.4
Temescal Brewing on Telegraph in Oakland's Temescal pours a rotating tap list into a sunlit beer garden. Food trucks parked out front, kid and dog friendly.
Markets in Temescal
Temescal Farmers Market ★ 4.4
The Temescal farmers market in Oakland runs Sundays year-round next to Frog Park at 5300 Claremont Avenue. Bay Area growers and a strong prepared-food row.
Budget Eats in Temescal
Hawking Bird ★ 4.4
Hawking Bird in Oakland's Temescal is James Syhabout's fast-casual Thai fried chicken room. Kao mun gai and garlic-ginger fillets under fifteen dollars.
Order: Kao mun gai for under fifteen dollars.
Tip: James Syhabout's cheap-eats sibling to two-star Commis; same kitchen DNA, a tenth of the price.
Brunch in Temescal
Burdell ★ 4.6
Burdell in Oakland's Temescal opens for Sunday brunch with a Southern gravy-anchored menu. The Michelin Recommended room flips to brunch service on Sundays.
Order: Sunday gravy-inspired brunch plate.
Tip: Sunday brunch service runs 11 to 2 only, then resumes for dinner. Book the 1 pm slot to roll straight into the afternoon.
FOB Kitchen ★ 4.5
FOB Kitchen on Oakland's Telegraph runs Filipino brunch on weekends only. Longanisa, tocino and garlic rice with two eggs at the Bib Gourmand Temescal room.
Order: Longanisa and garlic rice with two fried eggs.
Tip: Weekend brunch is when the room flips to its strongest order; arrival before 11 beats the wait.
Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen ★ 4.4
Wise Sons on Telegraph in Temescal runs daily brunch with bagels, matzo ball soup and pastrami plates. The Mission deli's East Bay Oakland outpost.
Order: Everything bagel with house cream cheese and lox.
Tip: Daily breakfast all day; weekend lines snap by 10 a.m.
Hawking Bird ★ 4.3
Hawking Bird on Telegraph in Temescal runs a Thai weekend brunch on kao mun gai and double-fried fillets. The fast-casual sibling to two-star Commis.
Order: Kao mun gai plus the Hawking Bird sandwich.
Tip: Weekend brunch is the strongest order; James Syhabout's cheap-eats sibling to Commis.