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
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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
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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
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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.