10 editor picks in Oakland.
Oakland's street food lives loudest in Fruitvale and the San Antonio neighborhood, where taquerias, seafood stands and banh mi counters line the boulevards. Tacos Sinaloa and Mariscos La Costa in Fruitvale and Banh Mi Ba Le in the San Antonio neighborhood show the range, while Tacos El Ultimo Baile grew from a grill into a fixture. Roving formats appear too, as at Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid near Lake Merritt, where vendors gather at the Oakland Museum.
10 street food places in Oakland we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Oakland · Street Food across every city.
Try Braised pork shoulder taco
Tacos Oscar in Oakland's Temescal serves Bib Gourmand tacos from a shipping-container courtyard.
Try Pernil with sweet plantain stuffed with ground beef
Puerto Rican Street Cuisine in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood does takeout pollo encebollado and pernil.
Try Suadero and adobada tacos
Tacos Sinaloa runs the food truck dynasty Guadalupe Bueno started in 1999.
Try Tacos al carbon
Tacos El Ultimo Baile in Fruitvale Public Market took its former taco truck queues into a brick-and-mortar.
Try Shrimp and octopus tostadas
Mariscos La Costa on International Boulevard in Fruitvale runs a glorified food truck for ceviche, shrimp and octopus tostadas.
Try Pork meatball banh mi
Banh Mi Ba Le on International Boulevard runs the East Bay's most-loved banh mi counter, Fridays through Sundays only.
Try Rotating food truck plates
Off the Grid sets a rotating food truck row outside the Oakland Museum of California every Friday night.
Try Hu tieu noodle soup
Vien Huong on Franklin in Oakland Chinatown serves Chiu Chow Cantonese-Vietnamese noodle soups.
Try Huarache de chicharron
El Huarache Azteca on International Boulevard runs huaraches, tlacoyos and Mexico City staples from a mother-and-daughter team.
Try Fried chicken biscuit
Town Biscuits in Uptown Oakland is a Thursday-to-Sunday biscuit window.
