Pomet ★ 4.5
Pomet on Piedmont Avenue pairs Capay Valley farmer Aomboon Deasy with chef Alan Hsu. Menu changes with K and J Orchards produce, Michelin Green Star.
Signature: Farm-driven seasonal plates, Stone-fruit dessert
Hawking Bird is a thai restaurant in Temescal, Oakland.
Hawking Bird is James Syhabout's fast-casual Thai fried chicken room on Oakland's Telegraph Avenue. Kao mun gai and double-fried garlic-ginger fillets.
Signature dishes: Kao mun gai, Garlic-ginger fried chicken, Hawking Bird sandwich
Address: 4901 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
Pomet on Piedmont Avenue pairs Capay Valley farmer Aomboon Deasy with chef Alan Hsu. Menu changes with K and J Orchards produce, Michelin Green Star.
Signature: Farm-driven seasonal plates, Stone-fruit dessert
Ramen Shop on Rockridge's College Avenue runs a daily-changing ramen lineup with a full bar and a private karaoke room. Open every night, dinner only.
Signature: Spicy miso ramen, Yuzu shio ramen, Karaage
A16's Rockridge dining room runs the wood-fired Neapolitan pizza and southern Italian menu the brand built in San Francisco. Pizza is the entry point.
Signature: Margherita pizza, Maccaronara, Burrata
Kyle Itani's izakaya and ramen kitchen on Telegraph Avenue runs a tonkotsu-forward menu with Japanese small plates. Bowls, beer and sake, daily.
Signature: Tonkotsu ramen, Shoyu ramen, Karaage
Champa Garden on 8th Avenue has cooked Lao and Thai cuisine in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood since 2006. Family-run, lunch and dinner daily.
Signature: Nam khao, Laotian sausage, Papaya salad
Vientian Cafe in Oakland's Allendale neighborhood runs a Lao-Thai-Vietnamese counter that locals have voted into a regional Lao standard for two decades.
Signature: Larb, Papaya salad, Lao sausage