Guidebook for Oakland

Nikolaus
Guidebook for Oakland

Food Scene

Homeroom is a mac and cheese restaurant, plain and simple. It's super popular, so if there is a wait, go to the to-go location one block away from the house. It's great normal chow.
149 moradores locais recomendam
Homeroom
400 40th St
149 moradores locais recomendam
Homeroom is a mac and cheese restaurant, plain and simple. It's super popular, so if there is a wait, go to the to-go location one block away from the house. It's great normal chow.
This is a fantastic place to get food - veg, meat, everything is delicious. That said: I recommend this place for take out because the food is tremendously good but the hospitality is not great.
458 moradores locais recomendam
Burma Superstar
309 Clement St
458 moradores locais recomendam
This is a fantastic place to get food - veg, meat, everything is delicious. That said: I recommend this place for take out because the food is tremendously good but the hospitality is not great.
This is a nice little coffee window type store. No inside seating but super close!
40 moradores locais recomendam
Subrosa Coffee
419 40th St
40 moradores locais recomendam
This is a nice little coffee window type store. No inside seating but super close!
This Blue Bottle Coffee location is their most beautiful. It's in a old car repair shop with HUGE windows and tons of light. Pay attention to the light fixtures, the speakers!
173 moradores locais recomendam
Blue Bottle Coffee
300 Webster St
173 moradores locais recomendam
This Blue Bottle Coffee location is their most beautiful. It's in a old car repair shop with HUGE windows and tons of light. Pay attention to the light fixtures, the speakers!
The best pizza and pasta nearby along with fantastic wine list and cocktails. This place is an institution in Oakland and I always try to take people here to impress them. Call ahead!
237 moradores locais recomendam
Pizzaiolo
5008 Telegraph Ave
237 moradores locais recomendam
The best pizza and pasta nearby along with fantastic wine list and cocktails. This place is an institution in Oakland and I always try to take people here to impress them. Call ahead!
Not walkable, but fantastic for brunch place. One side is a coffee bar, the other a full restaurant. If there is a wait, get the (slightly) sweet porridge on the coffee bar side - it's amazing.
194 moradores locais recomendam
Sister
3308 Grand Ave
194 moradores locais recomendam
Not walkable, but fantastic for brunch place. One side is a coffee bar, the other a full restaurant. If there is a wait, get the (slightly) sweet porridge on the coffee bar side - it's amazing.
Burger joint that I recommend on beautiful days when you like hanging around the more casual crew. Great drink specials ($2 tall tecatés) and really gluttonous burgers (mac and cheese burger?!)
16 moradores locais recomendam
Telegraph
2318 Telegraph Ave
16 moradores locais recomendam
Burger joint that I recommend on beautiful days when you like hanging around the more casual crew. Great drink specials ($2 tall tecatés) and really gluttonous burgers (mac and cheese burger?!)
This is supposedly the best burger in Oakland. It's damn fine and the fries are good too. It's super close so it's a great option if you need something casual quickly.
59 moradores locais recomendam
Trueburger
146 Grand Ave
59 moradores locais recomendam
This is supposedly the best burger in Oakland. It's damn fine and the fries are good too. It's super close so it's a great option if you need something casual quickly.

Drinks & Nightlife

This is a nice gastropub that has a LONG list of beers on draft and they do their entrees really really well. I don't care for the pretzel but everything else was above expectations. I go a lot.
34 moradores locais recomendam
Hog's Apothecary
375 40th St
34 moradores locais recomendam
This is a nice gastropub that has a LONG list of beers on draft and they do their entrees really really well. I don't care for the pretzel but everything else was above expectations. I go a lot.
This is an amazing dive with fantastic pin ball and a super great (dive) crowd. Get a pitcher and a pizza with friends or eat solo at the bar. I go here all the time.
8 moradores locais recomendam
Five 10 Pizza
400 15th St
8 moradores locais recomendam
This is an amazing dive with fantastic pin ball and a super great (dive) crowd. Get a pitcher and a pizza with friends or eat solo at the bar. I go here all the time.

Everything Else

Umm, if you haven't done a saline float, you might want to do this. It's walkable and you basically lay down on salt water for 75 minutes. It's SO relaxing and meditative. You won't regret it.
Oakland Floats
344 40th St
Umm, if you haven't done a saline float, you might want to do this. It's walkable and you basically lay down on salt water for 75 minutes. It's SO relaxing and meditative. You won't regret it.