Temescal
6 rooms on the Oakland list
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Restaurants2
BurdellMichelinjust added
Destination · Soul food · Temescal · $$$
booking essential
Geoff Davis cuts his collard greens with berbere and brines the fried chicken in pickle juice, on Telegraph Avenue in Temescal.
Pyeong Chang Tofu House
Listed · Korean · Temescal · $$
walk-in
They simmer the sundubu to order on Telegraph Avenue, and The Oaklandside put their yangnyeom fried chicken top of ten East Bay Korean kitchens.
Provisions1
Umami Mart (Oakland)
Solid · Japanese, sake and shochu · Temescal · $$
walk-in
Yoko Kumano opens six or seven sake bottles a week for the bar behind the shop, and the house umeshu has been soaking for two years before it reaches your glass.
Craft beer1
Temescal Brewing
Listed · Craft beer · Temescal · $$
walk-in
They pour lagers and hazy IPAs off Telegraph Avenue seven days a week, and a different food truck works the beer garden most nights.
Pubs & cask1
The Kingfish Pub & Cafe
Solid · Beer, bar snacks · Temescal · $
walk-in
Bill Traverse sold bait out of this shack in 1922 and put a beer licence in it the year Prohibition ended, and in 2015 Emil Peinert had the whole building rolled 35 yards up the street.
Cocktails1
Snail BarBibjust added
Solid · Californian small plates, natural wine · Temescal · $$$
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The snails come in the shell under garlic confit and cashew miso butter, $24, on a Temescal corner. Cesar Hernandez went back in May 2026 and called the cooking backflip-worthy.
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