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Bombera
Mexican
A former fire station in Oakland's Dimond District, Bombera earns its name twice over: "firewoman" in Spanish, and the wood-fired oven at its heart burns corn husks whose ash goes straight into the masa. It's a contemporary Mexican restaurant where the tortillas are nixtamalized in-house and the moles are layered enough to make you stop mid-sentence. The Michelin Bib Gourmand and a spot on the L.A. Times' California 101 follow naturally from that kind of seriousness.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Los Angeles Times The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle #24 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Mexican restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best restaurants in Oakland
- The Infatuation The 25 Best Restaurants In Oakland
One number, weighted & current 85
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Duck leg confit
“The single best illustration might be a dish of beautifully rendered duck leg confit, paired with a delightfully complex, nutty mole verde, just-right black beans and handmade blue corn tortillas.”
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Chicken mole tamales
“For the chicken mole tamales ($12), the mole is served on the side to ensure the sauce doesn’t dry out during the steaming process.”
San Francisco Chronicle -
Beer-battered fish tacos
“That masa appears on the menu in myriad ways: as the base for flaky beer-battered fish tacos, folded into a triangle for tetelas or, simply, accompanying entrees like butternut squash topped with bold pecan mole.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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