6 latin american places in Oakland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Oakland | Latin American across every city.
Latin American cooking in Oakland spans modern tasting rooms and rooted neighborhood kitchens. Mago on Piedmont Avenue and Parche in Uptown work the contemporary end, while Sobre Mesa on Franklin Street brings an Afro-Latin bent to Uptown. Puerto Rican Street Cuisine in the San Antonio neighborhood on 23rd Avenue grounds the page in straight-ahead island cooking.
Mago ★ 4.6
piedmont-avenue · 3762 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611
Mark Liberman's Latin American tasting room in Oakland sits on Piedmont Avenue. Michelin Recommended in 2026, with a nightly-changing Colombian-rooted menu.
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine ★ 4.1
san-antonio · 1430 23rd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine on Oakland's 23rd Avenue runs takeout pollo encebollado and fall-apart pernil with sweet plantain stuffed with ground beef.
Mago ★ 4.6
piedmont-avenue · 3762 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611
Mark Liberman's Mago in Oakland is Michelin Recommended for Latin American tasting menus. Colombian heritage with Bay Area produce on Piedmont Avenue.
Parche ★ 4.6
uptown · 2295 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Parche on Broadway in Uptown Oakland runs chef-owner Paul Iglesias's Colombian heritage menu. Three years running on the Michelin Guide for Oakland.
Sobre Mesa ★ 4.5
uptown · 1618 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612
Sobre Mesa on Franklin in Uptown Oakland runs Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail lounge past midnight Friday and Saturday with DJs.
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine ★ 4.0
san-antonio · 1430 23rd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine on Oakland's 23rd Avenue runs takeout pollo encebollado and pernil under fifteen dollars. San Antonio neighborhood.