6 editor picks in Oakland.
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.
6 latin american places in Oakland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Oakland · Latin American across every city.
Mark Liberman's Latin American tasting room in Oakland sits on Piedmont Avenue.
Order Pernil with sweet plantain stuffed with ground beef.
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine on Oakland's 23rd Avenue runs takeout pollo encebollado and fall-apart pernil with sweet plantain stuffed with ground beef.
Mark Liberman's Mago in Oakland is Michelin Recommended for Latin American tasting menus.
Parche on Broadway in Uptown Oakland runs chef-owner Paul Iglesias's Colombian heritage menu.
Order Rum daiquiri and the croquetas.
Sobre Mesa on Franklin in Uptown Oakland runs Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail lounge past midnight Friday and Saturday with DJs.
Order Pernil with sweet plantain stuffed with ground beef.
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine on Oakland's 23rd Avenue runs takeout pollo encebollado and pernil under fifteen dollars.
