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    1313 Ninth St, Ste 120, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  2. The team behind Ñora Cocina Española brings paella and tapas to a lively San Pablo Avenue room where head-on garlic shrimp and salt cod croquettes arrive alongside inventive rice dishes like pork-heavy "tres cerditos." Groups congregate around sizable pans while solo diners work the L-shaped bar, each finding their angle on Spanish food executed with clear technical skill and generosity.


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    2026 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  3. Rank 3. El Mono

    Peruvian


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    1300 Fourth St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  4. Rank 4. Juanita & Maude

    Seasonal New American

    Scott Eastman's debut in downtown Albany mixes sculptural charm and craft cocktails with a deliberately unfussy communal spirit, the room itself as welcoming as the seasonal cooking. Veal Bolognese carries the weight of his Corso years, while summer squash and halibut sing without pretension, trailing into creamy banana custard that tastes like restraint finally rewarded.


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    825 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA · Albany
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  5. A Berkeley counter-service taqueria animated by locals streaming in for breakfast chilaquiles and limeade, its festive dining room and front patio hung with pink papel picados. The enchiladas arrive draped in smoky guajillo-tomatillo sauce, the quesadillas stuffed with kabocha squash and pecan cream—food that tastes like it has earned its perpetual line.


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    1782 Fourth St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  6. Rank 6. Iyasare

    Japanese

    Japanese technique meets California produce in a buzzing Berkeley room where small plates—grilled vegetables with black garlic, hamachi with wasabi snow, clams in sake broth—shift seasonally but never disappoint. The wine and sake lists anchor an evening built for sharing.


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    1830 Fourth St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  7. Rank 7. China Village

    Sichuan Chinese

    A bright, modernized dining room with contemporary art and a sleek bar sets the stage for incendiary Sichuan cooking. The dry-fried chicken arrives crackling with chilies and numbing peppercorns; the five-spice pork shoulder, a house specialty, sits fork-tender in fiery chili oil alongside bok choy and scallions. A casual neighborhood favorite that takes its heat seriously.


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    1335 Solano Ave, Albany, CA · Albany
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  8. A spare Berkeley canteen where chaat and tandoori chicken share counter space with a grocery market, each bite carrying authentic char and spice. Lunch specials offer serious value; the kitchen closes early, so arrive hungry and on time.


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    2390 Fourth St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    1453 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    1960 University Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  11. Rank 11. Ippuku

    Japanese

    Low wooden tables and extensive sake selection conjure a Tokyo izakaya in downtown Berkeley. Yakitori emerges from the binchotan with smoky char—thighs, necks, hearts, gizzards—while Dungeness crab korokke and caramelized yaki-imo arrive golden and crisp. A discreet entrance rewards those who find it.


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    2130 Center St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    1916 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  13. Rank 13. Chez Panisse

    Californian New American

    The open kitchen and wood-burning oven anchor a dining room where the four-course menu shifts daily, its dishes tethered entirely to what the Bay Area's markets offer that season. Waters' foundational principle—that ingredient purity and timing matter more than technique—remains the throughline, whether you're eating spring peas or August figs.


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    1517 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  14. Great China appeals equally to students, families, and style-conscious diners with refined ingredients and generous portions at modest prices. The tea-smoked duck and mung bean noodle platters shine; arrive early or expect a wait.


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    2190 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  15. Rank 15. Joodooboo

    Hyper-Seasonal Korean


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    4201 Market St, Emeryville, CA · Emeryville
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  16. Rank 16. Burdell

    Southern

    Geoff Davis's Temescal restaurant, named for his grandmother, serves soul food refracted through a contemporary lens—collard greens spiked with berbere, fried chicken brined in pickle, halibut crudo with buttermilk and grapefruit. The wine list is notably thoughtful, the kind of place where fried chicken and champagne feel inevitable.


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    4640 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  17. Rank 17. Comal

    Mexican

    Comal's open kitchen showcases wood-fired tortillas and bold Mexican cooking built on pristine ingredients, anchored by smoky rock cod tacos with avocado aioli. An excellent cocktail program and extensive agave selection keep the industrial-chic Berkeley dining room perpetually packed.


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    2020 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    1512 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  19. Dumplings arrive from an open kitchen at this cheerful shop where the chalkboard menu pivots between traditional fillings and offbeat pairs—sweet corn and chicken, scrambled egg and tomato—each parcel a complete meal. The peanut salad crackles with celery and carrots, but it is the dumplings themselves, bursting and abundant, that justify the trip and spare your wallet.


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    10064 San Pablo Ave, El Cerrito, CA · El Cerrito
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    4210 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  21. Rank 21. Sun Moon Studio

    Californian New American

    Inside a modest Union Street unit, Alan Hsu and Sarah Cooper execute a seasonal tasting menu of technical precision and quiet personality, letting Californian products—Dungeness crab with yuzu kosho butter, silken tofu, wild mushrooms—speak first. The baked goods, from savory egg tarts to steamed brioche, are revelations. A destination that whispers rather than shouts.


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    1940 Union St, Unit 21, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    1475 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  23. Chef Asuka Uchida's modern izakaya dispenses skewers, karaage, and sando with equal precision from a sleek blue storefront. Green bean fritters dusted with sansho and silken tofu ginger showcase technique that extends across every corner of the menu.


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    2451 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    2109 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  25. Rank 25. FAVA

    New American


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    2114 Vine St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    1568 Oak View Ave, Kensington, CA · Kensington
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    5849 San Pablo Ave, Emeryville, CA · Emeryville
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  28. Shipping containers painted in primary colors ring a courtyard strung with café lights where a chalk menu pivots daily between braised pork shoulder with avo-tomatillo salsa and charred broccoli tostadas with soy-cashew cheese. The kitchen treats vegetables and meat with equal ingenuity, as evidenced by a smoky baba ghanoush that competes on flavor alone. Arrive early with a beer and expect lines.


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    420 40th St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  29. Rank 29. Mujiri

    Japanese


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    6501 San Pablo Ave, Unit B, Oakland, CA · Emeryville
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  30. Rank 30. Kiraku

    Japanese


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    2566 B Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  31. Janice Dulce's Filipino restaurant commands a narrow Temescal space with whimsical wallpaper and an island ease, where a cocktail at the bar softens the wait. The menu pivots between steady keepers and specials like coffee-rubbed ribs with banana ketchup and sinigang that justify the crowds.


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    5179 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  32. Rank 32. Viridian

    Northern Californian


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    2216 Broadway, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  33. Rank 33. Soba Ichi

    Japanese Noodles

    A noodle counter tucked into West Oakland's industrial stretches, where handmade soba in two buckwheat ratios arrives in austere bowls—cold tenseiro with gossamer tempura shrimp, or kamo nanban, its broth deepened by duck breast. The wait stretches past forty minutes most nights, but the garden drinking space and unhurried hospitality make the pilgrimage feel deliberate rather than punishing.


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    2311 Magnolia St, Unit A, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  34. Rank 34. Sfizio

    Italian


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    6099 Claremont Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    2408 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  36. Rank 36. Wood Tavern

    Italian-inflected New American

    At the heart of Rockridge, Wood Tavern draws a mixed crowd to its copper bar for wine and conversation amid the organic grocers and bookstores. Seasonal California cooking with Italian inflections—a butcher block of house charcuterie, bucatini bolognese, pan-roasted chicken with fingerlings—arrives without pretense, while crème brûlée cheesecake with yuzu curd offers a graceful close.


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    6317 College Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    15 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    2995 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  39. Rank 39. Barcote Ethiopian Restaurant

    Traditional Ethiopian

    The chef-owners at Barcote layer spice and warmth into their Ethiopian cooking with the ease of people who've cooked this way their whole lives, whether you're eating kitfo or misir wot under the front patio's trees. The food lingers—not because it's slow, but because each dish asks you to stay awhile.


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    6430 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    3212 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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    4316 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    468 25th St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  43. Rank 43. Oken

    Japanese/Korean


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    6200 Claremont Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  44. Rank 44. Kaokao Grill

    Chinese-American


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    2993 College Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  45. At Tiyo Shibabaw's bright Temescal cafe, Burmese classics meet California ingredients—tea leaf salads arrive with kale, coconut curries steam over rice noodles, and flaky roti arrives in generous piles. The lunchtime specials trade fuss for flavor at prices that feel like a bargain, each plate generous enough to justify the wait.


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    4015 Broadway, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  46. Picnic tables draped in bright plastic and unhurried service conjure a Thai roadside kitchen, where grilled meats and fiery green papaya salad arrive with uncompromising punch. The curries and drunken noodles respect your heat tolerance, but the mango sticky rice—coconut-sweet, gently cooling—suggests the kitchen knows when restraint matters most.


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    4659 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  47. A neighborhood enoteca on Rockridge's main stretch where the owner holds court in Italian and regulars claim bar stools like reserved seats. House-made pastas anchor the menu—spaghettini with tomato and burrata, brasato over polenta finished with nebbiolo—alongside smaller surprises: butter lettuce with pine nuts, a truffle-touched spinach flan. Casual and convivial, built for lingering.


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    5403 College Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  48. Rank 48. Hawking Bird

    Southeast Asian


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    4901 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  49. Rank 49. Ok's Deli

    Asian-American


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    3932 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    3308 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  51. Rank 51. Popoca

    Salvadorian


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    906 Washington St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  52. Rank 52. Pucquio

    Contemporary Peruvian


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    5337 College Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  53. Rank 53. Pomet

    New American

    A farmer-chef's appreciation for ingredient quality shapes every plate at this Oakland fine-dining spot, where oysters meet Niitaka pear and cider mignonette, and pasta cradles mushroom puree in celery root miso butter. Aomboon Deasy's sourcing—drawing from his own orchards and a web of local growers—permits a cooking style of deliberate restraint, letting seasonality speak louder than technique.


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    4029 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  54. Rank 54. Aman Cafe

    Malaysian


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    4021 Broadway, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  55. Rank 55. Mägo

    Colombian/S. American


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    3762 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    1498 7th St, Unit B, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  57. Rank 57. Mensho

    Noodles


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    4258 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  58. A husband-and-wife venture with dark green walls and brass chandeliers offers a three-course prix-fixe without reservations, each course a binary choice leading to house-made pasta. The kitchen returns often to braised pork and beef in tomato sugo—the dish that inspired the restaurant—paired with a wine list curated by the owners' adjacent shop.


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    388 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    308 41st St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  60. Rank 60. Parche

    Colombian

    A riot of Latin music and saturated color announces Parche before you cross the threshold, but the real draw is cooking that honors Colombian tradition while threading in African and Lebanese threads—labneh with yuca buñuelos, tahini-spiked leche de tigre. It's loud, convivial, and uninterested in restraint.


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    2295 Broadway, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  61. Rank 61. Smelly’s

    Cajun & Creole


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    2430 Broadway, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    940 Webster St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    Bancroft Way & College Ave, Berkeley, CA · Berkeley
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  64. Rank 64. Horn Barbecue

    West Coast Barbecue

    Matt Horn's warehouse outpost channels West Coast barbecue through a lineage of family smoking traditions: brisket and pulled pork arrive unfussy and rich, anchored by pit beans and Granny's potatoes. The industrial room—all exposed brick and a defiant steer mural—moves fast, but the wait rewards those hungry enough to endure it.


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    464 8th St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  65. Rank 65. World Famous Hotboys

    Nashville Southern


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    1601 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  66. Rank 66. Delage

    Omakase Japanese

    Delage occupies a modest counter near Swan's Market where an omakase chef moves through eight seasonal courses with unhurried precision, pivoting between nigiri and kaiseki. The cooking pivots on contrast—grilled apricot against sashimi, miso against seared duck—and the result feels less like performance than intimate conversation.


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    536 9th St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  67. Rank 67. Bardo Lounge & Supper Club

    Supper Club Cocktail Bar

    Bardo wraps you in mid-century alcoves and punch bowls while a capable kitchen updates retro comfort—broccolini casserole spiked with lemongrass vinegar, porcupine meatballs finished with mint aïoli. Earnest service and potent cocktails complete the time-slip, leaving you content to surrender to the "Dinner Party Menu" and let the kitchen decide.


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    3343 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  68. Rank 68. Chuan Yu

    Sichuan Chinese

    A narrow second-floor room in Pacific Renaissance Plaza serves serious Sichuan cooking from a stripped-down space where a bottle wall glows and white booths line the right. The lotus root salad arrives bright with ginger and garlic; the mapo tofu and chongqing chicken deliver the heat and numbing spice the menu promises. Portions demand company, and the food rewards the trip upstairs.


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    388 9th St, Unit 268, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  69. Rank 69. Lana's

    American


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    517 8th St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    328 10th St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    684 Turpin Ct, Richmond, CA · Richmond
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    206 Broadway, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  73. Rank 73. Bombera

    Contemporary Mexican

    Housed in a former fire station, Bombera channels wood-fired intensity into refined Mexican cooking, with house-made blue corn tortillas and mole verde that reveals layers of nutty complexity. Chef Dominica Rice-Cisneros builds each dish from heritage techniques and local ingredients, never announcing either.


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    3459 Champion St, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    2102 8th Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  75. Rank 75. Angler

    Seafood

    A hunter's lodge aesthetic frames the view along the Embarcadero, where an open fire drives the menu—embered oysters with smoked chili butter, a radicchio salad that demands a knife, aged black cod with seaweed-buttered rolls. The kitchen's restraint and deliberation show in every char and sauce, building toward soft-serve sundae in warm salted caramel and cocoa nibs.


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    132 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    1909 International Blvd, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  77. Rank 77. Mister Jiu's

    Modern Chinese

    Brandon Jew's Cantonese cooking at Waverly Place marries Bay Area seasonality with classical technique—scallion milk bread that dissolves on the tongue, silken tofu studded with maitake and Sichuan pepper. His Peking duck arrives with whipped liver mousse, a flourish that captures his gift for taking tradition seriously without pretending it needs apology.


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    28 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  78. Rank 78. Yank Sing

    Dim Sum Chinese

    Yank Sing rolls out cart after cart of dumplings and buns in a dining room where the pace is brisk and the prices reasonable. The silken xiao long bao and paper-thin har gow announce themselves through their fillings, while the Peking duck arrives with lacquered skin that justifies the wait.


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    101 Spear St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  79. Suzette Gresham's A-frame dining room has sheltered ambitious Italian cooking since 1989, where handmade pastas and pristine seafood arrive with equal finesse and daring. The mignardises cart alone—stacked with housemade chocolates and caramels—suggests a kitchen that understands generosity as a form of rigor.


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    1722 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  80. Michael Tusk's wine bar near the Pyramid trades in seasonal French bistro cooking that pivots around impeccable seafood and produce—razor clams with celery and Meyer lemon, a pâté studded with pistachios. The crowd at the bar and counter suggests the kitchen's skill runs deeper than the menu's apparent simplicity.


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    550 Washington St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    1570 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    1 Mission St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  83. Tyler Florence's steakhouse rises improbably elegant near the waterfront, all vintage mirrors and modern angles. Oysters arrive from an in-kitchen saltwater tank; dry-aged beef is seared mahogany-dark and finished with barley; tableside Caesar and Dover sole meunière arrive with ceremony. A splurge worth making.


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    700 Terry A Francois Blvd, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  84. Rank 84. Cotogna

    Italian

    An open kitchen framed by exposed brick and copper gleams behind wooden tables where Michael Tusk's pastas—agnolotti stuffed with rabbit and veal, rigatoni with guanciale and chanterelle—arrive with the ease of something both refined and casual. The room moves at the tempo of a neighborhood trattoria, though the cooking never settles for rustic shorthand.


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    490 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  85. Rank 85. Four Kings

    Contemporary Cantonese Chinese

    A packed Chinatown counter where Franky Ho and Michael Long riff on Cantonese tradition with claypot rice studded with bacon and eggplant that sings with fermented chili heat. The room thrums with energy and the kind of crowd that camps out before opening; reservations vanish within minutes, but the cooking rewards whatever patience you muster.


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    710 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    757 Market St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  87. Rank 87. XICA

    Mexican


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    1265 Battery St Suite 100, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  88. Rank 88. La Mar

    Peruvian


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    PIER 1 1/2 The Embarcadero N, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  89. Rank 89. Hilda and Jesse

    Modern New American

    A modernist diner where brunch becomes an argument between restraint and excess, Hilda and Jesse serves a surprise tasting menu that pivots on bold flavor and fine technique. The cooking is brash and unmanicured—a riot of stellar ingredients in unexpected combinations—while the room maintains a disarming warmth that matches the hospitality.


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    701 Union St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    3 The Embarcadero Unit 102 San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    1708 Park St, Unit 120, Alameda, CA · Alameda
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    542 Green St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  93. Rank 93. Alexander's Steakhouse

    American/Japanese


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    165 O'Farrell St FL 3 San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  94. Rank 94. Abacá

    Filipino

    Chef Francis Ang channels Filipino tradition through a prism of California produce and playful technique—pork belly adobo with pineapple, lumpia with pear ketchup—in a sunlit dining room that feels less important than what arrives on the plate. The kitchen's confident hand, honed through years of pop-up work, suggests that restraint is not part of the vocabulary here.


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    2700 Jones St San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  95. Rank 95. True Laurel

    Modern Cocktail Bar


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    753 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  96. Rank 96. Vientian Cafe

    Lao/Thai/Vietnamese


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    3801 Allendale Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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    1906 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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  98. Rank 98. Lucky Three Seven

    Street Food Filipino


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    2868 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland, CA · Oakland
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  99. Rank 99. Harborview

    Cantonese Chinese

    A vast Cantonese dining room commands the Embarcadero with bay views from its sun-soaked patio and a polished interior that shifts between brightness and intimate shadow. The kitchen moves fluidly from dim sum carts at lunch to a showstopping Peking duck at dinner—lacquered mahogany skin, house-made sauce, the whole deliberate machinery of a room built to impress.


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    4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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    399 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
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