Steve Heimoff says Oakland has five cool places to hang out in:
Bay Wolf
Olivetto's
Vine
Paul Marcus Wines
Nan Yang
Just five? Five? I'll add The Alley at 3325 Grand Avenue. Cafe Van Kleef on 1621 Telegraph. Flora, the new restaurant up the street from Cafe Van Kleef on Telegraph. The Gingerbread House on 741 5th St. Lake Merritt itself -- one doesn't always have to spend money. The Oakland Museum on 10th Street. Cesar's on Piedmont Avenue. George Kaye's on 41st and Piedmont (a plug for Dave). Le Venende East on 9th Street and Washington in Old Oakland. Come to think of it, Old Oakland itself.
There's Zachary's Pizza on College. Crogan's in Montclair.
How about Dona Tomas on Telegraph near 51st? Or Cafe Roos on Piedmont. There's Girabaldi's on College Avenue, too. How about Luka's between 5 PM and 8 PM? And then on Tuesday night after 10 PM (I can't deal with the crowds there, because of the occasional knuckle-head factor.)
The there's the West Side Club at the Oakland Coliseum during a Raiders game, and the clubs in the Arena during an Oakland Warriors game.
The Paragon has awesome views of the Bay at the Claremont Hotel.
I could go on -- more than five!
Bay Wolf
Olivetto's
Vine
Paul Marcus Wines
Nan Yang
Just five? Five? I'll add The Alley at 3325 Grand Avenue. Cafe Van Kleef on 1621 Telegraph. Flora, the new restaurant up the street from Cafe Van Kleef on Telegraph. The Gingerbread House on 741 5th St. Lake Merritt itself -- one doesn't always have to spend money. The Oakland Museum on 10th Street. Cesar's on Piedmont Avenue. George Kaye's on 41st and Piedmont (a plug for Dave). Le Venende East on 9th Street and Washington in Old Oakland. Come to think of it, Old Oakland itself.
There's Zachary's Pizza on College. Crogan's in Montclair.
How about Dona Tomas on Telegraph near 51st? Or Cafe Roos on Piedmont. There's Girabaldi's on College Avenue, too. How about Luka's between 5 PM and 8 PM? And then on Tuesday night after 10 PM (I can't deal with the crowds there, because of the occasional knuckle-head factor.)
The there's the West Side Club at the Oakland Coliseum during a Raiders game, and the clubs in the Arena during an Oakland Warriors game.
The Paragon has awesome views of the Bay at the Claremont Hotel.
I could go on -- more than five!
Comments
I recommend The Full House Cafe in the Laurel district, where the best breakfast next to Betty's Ocean View is available.
Gaylord's Ice Cream on Piedmont Ave. for a counter counter culture bunch of very diverse folk.
There's the Paramount, Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, Wood Tavern, and hundreds of other places. I'm pretty happy that we have MoNO in the Jack London District.
Joanna