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Mockingbird Moves Me to La La Land.

January 21, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
Over eighty restaurants participated in this year’s Oakland Restaurant Week (ORW). For ten days, various restaurants around the community were offering lunch and dinner menus with special pricing. I find that ORW is a great way to try out a local restaurant that I haven’t tried yet. I was super excited to try Mockingbird for...
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East Bay Eats

The One and Only Country Bar in Oakland: Overland

June 7, 2015 by 510foodie No Comments
The entire Bay Area is cheering on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. After all, it’s been forty years. I’ve been catching the games anywhere I can, but my favorite place to watch has been the new Overland Country Bar and Grill in Jack London Square in Oakland. It’s located in what my...
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East Bay Eats

Parlour: More than Pizza

April 12, 2015 by 510foodie No Comments
The opening of Parlour has been a long anticipated wait for me.  It’s located in Uptown Oakland a block and a half from where I work.  Imagine the suspense of knowing a new restaurant is going to open up in your neighborhood and they are remodeling the space.  The entire front entry is made of...
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East Bay Eats

Restaurant Week: Exploring Hutch Bar & Kitchen

January 25, 2015 by 510foodie No Comments
Running for ten days, Oakland Restaurant Week ended tonight. It was the opportunity to experience Oakland restaurants offering pre-fix lunches and dinners at special pricing. My friend chose Hutch Bar & Kitchen in Uptown and she made a last minute reservation for three of us. The focus of Hutch is Southern food. The special pre-fix...
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San Francisco Eats

El Techo de Lolinda: San Francisco Rooftop

July 20, 2014 by 510foodie No Comments
A group of five friends met last week at a rooftop restaurant/bar I discovered recently in the Mission district of San Francisco. To get there, you have to pass a “bouncer” on the street, walk through the hallway of a building, and take an elevator to the “PH” aka Penthouse. El Techo de Lolinda is...
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Southern California Eats•travel

The Best Things I Ate: San Diego

May 4, 2014 by 510foodie No Comments
I was in San Diego last weekend. A lot has changed since I lived there twenty years ago including the food scene. That’s probably true everywhere. Food has changed a lot in the last twenty years. Another change is that you can easily find the best foods to eat even when you are a visitor....
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East Bay Eats

Rumbo Al Sur: Latin Flavor in Glenview

August 11, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
One of my favorite places for food and drinks is a restaurant just one block from me in the Glenview neighborhood. Rumbo Al Sur means “heading south” and brings the vibrant flavors of Latin America to Oakland. I remember the anticipation I had when Rumbo opened its doors in my neighborhood almost two years ago....
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East Bay Eats

The Trappist: Beer and More

January 27, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
The Trappist is a specialty beer cafe located in Old Oakland. They specialize in beers from Belgium. They have been around for awhile, but it has been too long since my last visit. A lot has changed. They’ve expanded to more than twice their size, recently opened a new location in Rockridge, and now serves...
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East Bay Eats

Hibiscus Cafe: Offering Up Some Of The Best Fried Chicken

October 14, 2012 by 510foodie No Comments
My BFF and I were craving fried chicken recently and we actually planned ahead for it. We had been to a Southern food restaurant called Hibiscus awhile back, but not too long ago it reopened as Hibiscus Cafe. Hibiscus is located on San Pablo Ave in Uptown Oakland. The Cafe reopened with a limited menu...
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Hello, my name is Lisa Lau.  Welcome to my new website 510foodie.com.  I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I am passionate about food and am here to share my food adventures with you.

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