The Best Restaurants in Castro Valley
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The best restaurants in Castro Valley, according to the experts: San Francisco Chronicle has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Pho Auntie 7 comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Pho Auntie 7
Vietnamese
Pho Auntie 7 started as a home kitchen before becoming Castro Valley's go-to Vietnamese spot, and the soul of that origin still shows. It's a casual sit-down restaurant where the soups are good but the street food is the reason to linger: crispy banh xeo crepes stuffed with pork and shrimp, and chewy steamed banh beo rice cakes. Wash either down with fresh sugarcane juice or a salty plum soda and you're in no rush to leave.
The awards
- San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle: The best Vietnamese restaurants in the Bay Area
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Rank 1. The Chicken on Fire
Korean
Chimaek, the Korean pairing of fried chicken and cold beer, is the whole point at this Castro Valley spot. Wings come out of the fryer already tossed in sauce, which means the glaze sets into a proper crunch rather than going soggy. Soy garlic and gochujang are the crowd favorites, and the pickled radish on the side does real work against the sweetness. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the Bay Area's best fried chicken spots.
The awards
- San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle: Best fried chicken restaurants in the Bay Area