Restaurants in Outside San Francisco

On Oakland’s restaurant row, in the Temescal neighborhood, this tapas bar serves authentic small plates from Catalonia—pa amb tomàquet

A pared-down pizzeria with an endless array of toppings (sausage, potato, and egg, to name a few).

“It’s kind of a universal hangout place, not just for professors and students,” says Erik Hvezda, a barista here.

Weekend mornings, locals queue up outside this diner-like restaurant, where biscuits and glazed ribs are considered standard brunch fare.

Each day employees make one kind of pizza and sell it until it runs out. The grassy but narrow median strip in the middle of Shattuck Avenue is dotted

As Alice Waters travels the world, spreading her gospel of “local, seasonal, sustainable,” Chez Panisse chugs steadily along in its two-story Craftsma

A spare, albeit highly innovative, restaurant on a nondescript block of Piedmont Avenue (“across the street from Blockbuster,” notes the restaurant’s

If you’re looking for a pre-concert cocktail, try one of the innovative cocktails served here, such as a Fish House Punch (rum, cognac, apricot liqueu

The most famous of the Marshall oyster purveyors sells unshucked oysters—but unfortunately they charge $5 per person merely to sit at a picnic table.

David Kinch has one of the great creative minds in American cooking, and for the past three years he’s had vegetables as fresh as his ideas. He doesn’

This seafood shack perched on timber pylons offers a dining experience that’s low-key, the ultimate example of a certain kind of meal: unfussy, delici

Late-night revelers push aside the tables after dinner to dance.

While the food is enjoyable, the dining room is exceptionally loud.

Adds a twist to classic soul-food, like buttermilk fried chicken—ask for a side of truffled honey to drizzle on top.

The potato, pancetta, fontina, and rosemary pie is a popular selection.