“Unlike San Francisco, its sister city across the bay, Oakland hasn’t been known for its innovative menus,” said David Farley in The New York Times. Even when the city redeveloped Jack London Square in the 1970s, in hopes that the “waterfront space would have a quirky, independent appeal,” chain restaurants soon took over. Now, at last, big-name chefs have begun opening restaurants in the area, fleeing “San Francisco’s high rents.”
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