I'm so bored with all my usual places to eat. I'm looking for places new. What are some of your favorite east bay restaurants? Favorite date night places? Favorite places for kids? Favorite place to grab a quick bite?
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Tue, January 29, 2008 - 12:09 PMFor me, personally...
Ruen Pair
Picante
Trattoria La Siciliana
A Cote
Nicer places:
Chez Panisse Cafe
Oliveto
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Tue, January 29, 2008 - 12:23 PMThai - Old Wang Peng out around McAuther and 68th....shady neighborhood awesome food.
Sushi- Coach House Awesome sushi, bottomless saki.
Mezze - For a more expensive meal.
Zza's - For Wine
Luka's Taproom for Burgers
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Tue, January 29, 2008 - 1:34 PMFavorite Date Place: Jojo's on Piedmont
Favorite Kid Place: Cactus Taqueria on College
Favorite Quick Bite: These days, some tapas at the bar at Cesar on Piedmont (just not on a weekend evening)
Favorite "New" Place: Xyclo (Vietnamese-ish on Piedmont)
Favorite Place I Keep Forgetting About: Tropix
And yes, the burgers at Lukas are yummy!
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Tue, January 29, 2008 - 5:38 PMJust went to Cocina Poblana in Emeryville last week. Amazing! Really good Mexican food that you almost never find outside of Mexico (for example: Chiles en nogada: Chile poblano stuffed with shredded turkey, dried fruit, and toasted almonds covered with a velvety almond sauce garnished with fresh pomegranate seeds. Delicious!) as well as cafe de olla.
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Tue, January 29, 2008 - 6:47 PMchampa garden (thai/laoatian)
baywolf on piedmont
coach sushi
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Tue, January 29, 2008 - 7:57 PMDate Night: A Cote, Garibaldi's, Marica, B-oh shit I almost gave away my secret goodie!
With Kids: at home! Cactus, Picante, Spenger's. well-behaved children are rarely unwelcome anywhere really.
Quick: Bakesale Betty's, Gordo Taqueria, Sabuy Sabuy
Late: Fonda
Veg/an: New World Vegetarian Cuisine
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Wed, January 30, 2008 - 6:12 PMChaya in berkeley
spices in downtown oakland
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Wed, February 13, 2008 - 2:17 PMHi Allie....
Lots of great Mexican places on International (Oteaz, Huitaloche)
Asena in Alameda
Fonda Solana in Albany
Casa Orinda (for fried chicken) in Orinda
Bo's BBQ in Lafayette
Smokehouse for burgers (your kids will love it...get the chili cheese fries) -
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Mon, February 18, 2008 - 10:15 AMPasta's in Pleasanton on Main St, awesome steak sandwich for lunch
Buffalo Bill's in Hayward and they have great brewed beer
LeCheval on Clay St in Oakland, great Vietnamese/French food
Lo'Cocco's on Piedmont Ave in Oakland
Barclay's on College Ave in Oakland for great burgers
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Tue, February 26, 2008 - 1:32 AMLivermore: Lemon Grass (Thai) allegedly the best place in Livermore and, frankly, it was good and measure up to the best in the East Bay and has a just different enough (fresh) taste to make it worth a drop in on a drive-by. -
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Mon, March 10, 2008 - 8:32 PMI do not eat meat or chicken.
LoCoCo - Italian, Berkeley, Shattuck and Rose, great eggplant and anchovy pizza, eggplant parmesan and eggplant pizza too
Jimmy Bean's - Gilman and Sixth, Berkeley, my favorite brunch place, breakfast all day and evenings too, Mediterranean plate, and grilled salmon on white beans
Ajanta - Indian, top of Solano, Berkeley, more $ than other Indian restaurants but worth it, order his specials which he changes every month and not the normal Indian items. He uses less fat than other Indian restaurants so the normal dishes do not taste as good but his specials are wonderful. Make reservations. Great tandoori portabella appetizer, good salad too.
Britt Marie's - middle of Solano Ave, I get the green salad and add feta cheese and the spanokopita appetizer. I don't like their desserts. Main dishes mostly meat, and chicken.
Bau Luang - Thai, bottom of Solano, Albany, my favorite Thai place now. Great fish cakes, salmon with special curry sauce and Thai fried rice.
New World Vegetarian - Oakland
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Tue, March 11, 2008 - 11:15 AMi'm new to the EB. thanks for all the suggestions. what a great list of places to try.
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Sat, March 29, 2008 - 1:09 AMThis is such a great list! Thanks for adding all your favs. It has been fun to try new places. Keep 'em coming if you have more!
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 11:38 PM
Dopo
Piedmont Ave. in Oakland
Long wait but so worth it!!! Great modern Italian food: fresh pasta, crudo, amazing pizza. Great for dates.
Pomegranate
University Ave in Berkeley
Upscale Mediterranean with excellent roasted meats, house made dolma and hummas. Try the pomegranate feta spread or pomegranate chicken. Sometimes they also have roast duck with pomegranate sauce...simply divine. Great for dates.
Brown Sugar Kitchen
Mandala Pkwy. in Oakland
Great new brunch/lunch cafe with lots of tables and excellent Southern inspired foods. Gotta get the grits!!!
Tuk Tuk Thai
Shattuck in Berkeley
Best cheap fast eats for thai...often better than the expensive places too! Great noodle soups.
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Thu, April 17, 2008 - 5:05 PMI LOVE kasuga on San Pablo btwn Solano and Buchanan in Albany. Its a great neighborhood sushi restaurant that makes you feel like family. Plus the fish is always excellent.
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Fri, April 18, 2008 - 4:09 PM
Ok, the Essenay Cafe in Niles is in the in between the east bay and the south bay, but its a great space and you can make an evening of it by checking out a silent film at the theater just a few doors down!
www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 10:07 AMTrattoria Siciliana on College in Berkeley
Nizza la Bella on San Pablo in Albany (great for foofy cocktails)
Sushi place next to the theater at the San Pablo end of Solano Ave. (best fish for the best price I've had in the east bay)
Thai Basil, upper Solano (just went there for the first time a few weeks ago, and it blew me away)
Gold Coast Grill, Park at Clement in Alameda. fabulous Greek/American plus a full bar
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 10:09 AMOh, oh...and there's a great little cafe at 1389 Solano called Cafeina...all organic, great breakfast and lunch joint. BEST chicken salad sandwich EVER.
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Wed, April 30, 2008 - 10:25 AM"Sushi place next to the theater at the San Pablo end of Solano Ave. (best fish for the best price I've had in the east bay) "
That's Sugata. One of my favs. Mmmm garlic albacore. -
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Wed, April 30, 2008 - 12:21 PMSUGATA is the best! and Ik we need to meet up there some time soon as I haven't had my sushi fix in a while (tho last one was there of course!) -- ps please don't let the super lovely people at Tachibana on College Ave (near Rockridge BART) know about me being a traitor shhhhhh I have loved you too Tachibana, for almost 20 years already, and especially because you don't have a TV over the sushi bar in your restaurant for everyone to be distracted from the lovely and relaxing art of eating grrrr Sugata - unplug the damn thing already! -
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Re: Favorite EB Restaurants
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 1:49 PM"SUGATA is the best! and Ik we need to meet up there some time soon"
Indeed. I'm always down for that. I'm in the neighborhood every other Thursday if you can do an early (6pm-ish) dinner.
I cut them a little slack for the tv as the first night there (back in 96) we bonded over Iron Chef over wayyyyyy too much after dinner sake.
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