Where to eat, district by district
Each neighbourhood page lists every restaurant, bar, market and bakery we cover there.
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Uptown
45 places
The cocktail and arts district.
- Temescal 27 places The food-forward strip along Telegraph Avenue.
- Jack London District 19 places Waterfront blocks under the Webster Tube where Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon has poured since 1883.
- Fruitvale 18 places Bay Area Mexican America.
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Lake Merritt
13 places
The three-mile loop around Oakland's saltwater lake holds Adams Point and Grand Avenue eats.
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Rockridge
13 places
College Avenue runs north from Broadway with Wood Tavern, Belotti Ristorante and an unbroken stretch of bakeries, cafes and bagel shops.
Book food experiences in Oakland
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Chinatown
12 places
The country's fourth largest Chinatown traces back to the 1850s.
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Piedmont Avenue
12 places
Quiet residential strip that hides Oakland's only two-star Michelin restaurant.
- San Antonio 8 places The city's Vietnamese and Cambodian core, working east from Lake Merritt.
- Old Oakland 7 places Historic downtown blocks around 9th Street where the Friday farmers market runs year-round.
- Dimond 4 places
- North Oakland 4 places
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Downtown
3 places
City Center, BART hub, lunch crowds at midday and a quieter dinner scene than Uptown.
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West Oakland
3 places
Soul food and craft barbecue country.
- Eastlake 2 places
- Alameda Adjacent 1 place
- Berkeley Adjacent 1 place
- Emeryville Adjacent 1 place
- Glenview 1 place
- San Leandro Adjacent 1 place