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oakland Tonight is the first time I stood in line at Kwik Way in Oakland’s Lakeshore District. It took me 40 years to eat here. This retro fast food burger joint first opened in the 1950’s. Restaurateur Gary Rizzo is behind this revival and has made a number of changes. They still have burgers, fries, and...
When you think about take out, what kind of food comes to mind? Chinese, pizza, fast food? Well, one particular place a couple miles away from me is Champa Garden, a Laotian restaurant. Although I’ve eaten at the restaurant located in the Ivy Hill hood, on the corner of 8th Avenue and E. 22nd Street,...
Today my bookclub met at Pican, a beautiful upscale restaurant located in the Uptown district in Oakland for brunch. Advertised as “A Taste of the South,” it was the perfect location for the eight of us to meet over a meal and to discuss “Beautiful Jim Key” which is a true story about a very...
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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.
I’ve been blogging about food for almost ten years. I am a contributing writer for localwise.com where my blog post Top Five Bowls of Noodle Soup in Oakland went viral. In 2018, I was a guest writer for Berkeleyside where I wrote the featured article A Filipino Food Movement is Sweeping the East Bay.
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