À Coté

For a zeitgeist, post-dot-com dining experience, À Côté, a cozy little den with sponged ocher walls and vaguely Belle Époque... More

Brick & Bottle

When chef Scott Howard shuttered his eponymous San Francisco restaurant to open this comfort-food spot in... More

Café Rouge

Caffè 817

At lunchtime the closet-sized kitchen serves chic sandwiches on Acme baguettes and unimpeachable <i>piatti di giorno</i>, such as a super-Tuscan... More

Camino

Dishes from the hearth might include roast pork with sorrel gratin and grilled artichokes with wild greens... More

Chez Panisse Café

People who eat invasive species to save native ones, or 'invasivores,' as the New York Times recently dubbed them, are... More

Chez Panisse Restaurant

'I have no idea what I was feeling, except an urgency to make things right for the opening,' Alice Waters... More

chop bar

The eco-conscious new Jack London Square restaurant serves more than half of its locally... More

Commis

Three past Best New Chefs are moving away from the... More

Cowgirl Creamery

Doña Tomás

Doña Tomás offers something else altogether: dutifully researched regional recipes, elevated by terrific ingredients. Pescado Veracruzana, where you'd normally expect... More

Everett & Jones

Grab soulful barbecued ribs and juicy links at this meeting place for Oakland's African-American community.... More

Fish

Flora

Fraîche Yogurt

They puree it into a sweet-tart salad dressing with figs to toss with mixed greens, bake it into surprisingly moist... More

Gather

Now, more and more talented chefs are creating del... More

Grasshopper

But addictive as you'll find the organic edamame, the food here is a mere excuse for a tasting flight—or two—of... More

Hawker Fare

...Syhabout puts down his tweezers and picks up his wok, serving street food-inspired dishes from Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and... More

Hog Island Oyster Co

We ate the famous Hog Island oysters and had a bottle of winemaker Sean Thackrey’s stunningly original Pleiades blend from... More

Ketch Joanne & Harbor Bar