Oakland Food Scene
Oakland, has always been known for innovation. This is where the famous Popsicle was invented! The city’s hot new food scene with restaurants and cafes popping up all over is turning heads and bringing crowds back to town to explore what’s going down. Photos left to right: chef at Homeroom, home to Mac & Cheese; a purple beverage with mint; and The Hog’s Apothecary tasty offering — Boudin Blanc with roasted leeks and grain mustard.
Culinary Events
March 9: Oakland Grown Card Crawl – Piedmont Avenue
ONGOING (courtesy visitoakland.org)
Savor Oakland Food Tours – Jack London Square
Arctic Tours: Fenton’s Creamery
Tuesdays: Free cuppings at 2 p.m. – Blue Bottle Coffee
First Wednesday of the Month: Wine Wednesdays – JC Cellars
Fridays: Free tastings at Oakland Starbucks Coffee Company from 2 p.m. – close
Fridays: Old Oakland Farmers Market – Old Oakland
Fridays & Saturdays: Weekly Wine Tastings at Farmstead Cheeses & Wines
Fridays & Saturdays: Dinner, a Movie and the Universe – Chabot Space & Science Center
First Saturday Tastings: Taste the latest releases at Stage Left Cellars 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays: Grand Lake Farmers Market – Grand and Lake Park Avenues
Sundays: Montclair Famers Market- La Salle at Moraga Avenues
Sundays: Temescal Farmers Market- 5300 Claremont
Sundays: Jack London Square Market – Broadway and Embarcadero
