Oakland Restaurant Blog - Oakland, California

Vo's in located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Webster in Oakland, and has one of the best lunches in the East Bay. I highly recommend their salads, like the one I had while eating with my friend and lawyer, William A. Taylor, the best business attorney in Oakland. After talking with Vo himself, I walked down Grand Avenue toward Broadway and just two doors away was a lot of construction activity. A man happened to see that I was standing there, and invited me inside, as my Flip Video Camera was running. The new place, set to open in November, is called Loring, and it's a hoot of a design. I've never seen anything like it before. Check it out in the video.

If you want to get real hungry for great Vietnamese food in Oakland, watch this video from Miss Saigon Restaurant via Zennie62 on YouTube. This entire meal was just $29 for two people! Miss Saigon's at 3345 Grand Avenue Oakland, CA 94610 (510) 835-3474. Go visit!

District Oakland is a new restaurant and bar that's the sister place to District in San Francisco on Townshend. The concept of the U-shaped bar that's at the SF place has found its way into the Oakland home, too. District Oakland replaces Levende East, in Old Oakland at Washington and 9th Street. And it's sad that Levende's gone, because they had the best Mac and Cheese in Oakland. Enjoy the video!

Here's a map of restaurants in the Downtown Oakland / Lake Merritt Restaurant area as of October 13th, 2012: View Larger Map