Eat/Drink - Editor's Picks (new openings)

Top Pick East Bay bar/restaurants...opened within the last 2 years...
(as of Sept 2009)

By Category: (click map right sidebar or balloon below for more info)

• More "Bar than Restaurant": Franklin Square Wine Bar, Mimosa Champagne Lounge, The Den at the Fox, The Trappist, ZZA's Enoteca
• More "Restaurant than Bar": Adesso, Angela's Bistro & Bar, B Restaurant, Barlata, Bellanico, Brown Sugar Kitchen, Camino, Cesar, Commis, Digs Bistro, Grand Tavern, Havana, I Squared, Marzano, Somerset, Spice Monkey, Tamarindo, Wood Tavern
• Both "Bar and Restaurant": BarCeluna, Bocanova, Five, Flora, Lake Chalet, Levende, Miss Pearl's Jam House, Mua, Ozumo, Pican, Sidebar

By Neighborhood (click map right sidebar or balloon above for more info)

• Alameda: Angela's Bistro & Bar, BarCeluna, Havana
• Berkeley: Digs Bistro, Five
• College Ave, North Oakland: I Squared, Somerset, Wood Tavern
• Downtown Uptown Broadway hip strip: Franklin Square Wine Bar, Flora, Lukas Taproom & Lounge, Mimosa, Mua, Ozumo, Pican, Spice Monkey, The Den at the Fox
• Park Ave, Glenview (Oakland): Bellanico, Marzano
• Jack London Square: Bocanova, Miss Pearl's Jam House
• Lake Merritt/Grand Ave: Camino, Grand Tavern, Lake Chalet, Sidebar, ZZA's Enoteca
• Temescal/North Oakland: Barlata, Dona Tomas
• Old Oakland: B Restaurant, Levende, Tamarindo, The Trappist
• Piedmont Ave, North Oakland: Adesso, Cesar, Commis
• West Oakland: Brown Sugar Kitchen

Related Links:

• Bay Area's Best new restaurants or 2008 (SF Chronicle)
• Bargain Bites (SF Chronicle 2008)
• Top 100 Restaurants (SF Chronicle April 2009)
• 6 places to veg out (SF Chronicle June 2009)
• Top 100 Wines (SF Chronicle 20 Lists 08)
• Room with a View (SF Chronicle Sept 2009)
• Top Kid Friendly Restaurants (OpenTable 2009)
• Diner's Choice (OpenTable)

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