Day-by-day eating plans for Oakland. weekend classics, family routes, vegan plans, on-a-budget editions.

Day-by-day plans

Oakland Michelin Day ★ 4.6

Tasting menu travellers

  1. Day 1

    Morning
    Coffee at Blue Bottle Old Oakland on 9th Street, from the company that James Freeman started in a Temescal potting shed in 2002.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at FOB Kitchen on Telegraph in Temescal. Janice Dulce's Bib Gourmand Filipino room runs sinigang and coffee-braised ribs.
    Evening
    Dinner at Commis on Piedmont Avenue. James Syhabout's two-Michelin-star tasting menu, ten courses, two seatings.

Rockridge College Avenue Crawl ★ 4.5

Foodies who walk

  1. Day 1

    Morning
    Coffee at Highwire on College Avenue. The Rockridge Market Hall cafe pours single-origins from Colombia, Rwanda and Ethiopia in Oakland.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Wood Tavern, anchor of the College Avenue strip since 2007, Bib Gourmand in the 2025 Michelin Guide California.
    Evening
    Dinner at Belotti Ristorante e Bottega for Piemonte cooking in a Michelin Recommended trattoria, two blocks south.

Fruitvale and Chinatown immigrant food crawl ★ 4.5

Bay Area regional eaters, one day

  1. Day 1

    Morning
    Coffee and a pulled-pork adobo at Cafe Gabriela on Broadway in Old Oakland, the city's queer Filipino cafe since 2010.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at El Huarache Azteca on International Boulevard in Fruitvale for huaraches and tlacoyos, then a noodle bowl at Shan Dong in Oakland Chinatown.
    Evening
    Dinner at Wahpepah's Kitchen in Fruitvale for bison and squash tacos from chef Crystal Wahpepah's James Beard-nominated Native American kitchen.

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