Burdell is a soul food brunch spot in Temescal, Oakland.
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.
Must 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.
Address: 4640 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
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 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.
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.
Mama's Royal Cafe on Broadway at 40th has anchored Oakland's diner brunch since February 1974. Eggs benedict and buckwheat pancakes hold the line.
Order: Eggs benedict and the buckwheat pancakes.
Tip: Opened February 1974 on the corner of Broadway and 40th. Two-time East Bay Express Best Brunch winner.
Souley Vegan at Jack London Square runs weekend brunch on its vegan Creole menu. BBQ tofu, mac and cheese, cornbread, plant-based and very busy.
Order: BBQ tofu plate with cornbread and Cajun mac and cheese.
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 11 to 3; Sunday is the busiest. Cashless payment via QR code.
Almond and Oak on Grand Avenue near Lake Merritt runs weekend brunch with chef Rico Rivera's market-driven plates. Saturdays and Sundays only.
Order: Seasonal benedict and the brunch pasta.
Tip: Brunch runs Saturday and Sunday only; dinner picks back up at 5 p.m.
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.
Bake Sum on Grand Avenue is the East Bay's most-loved Asian American pastry counter. Brunch-grade pastries from 8 a.m. with coffee to match.
Order: Spam musubi croissant and a black sesame latte.
Tip: Pastries sell out by noon on weekends; arrive early Saturday or Sunday.
