Sunday brunch in Jack London Square at one of my favorites, Bocanova. This is how we do summer in Oakland. Coffee, bikes and good food. It doesn't get better than this!
Nido/Pietisserie
The only memory I really have of Jack London Square from back in the day is the time my mom dragged my truant-ass to juvenile court when I was 15 (a valiant effort on her part that didn’t work at all). At that time the court was a block or two from the wasteland that was Jack London Square, then only a place for noobs and tourists. The neighborhood around it was an industrial desert when industrial wasn’t cool and the adjective “urban” meant "stay the hell away." Twenty years later when I worked for the presiding judge of that same court ...
Flora
On my 21st birthday, my passenger a 300 pound studded dog collar wearing fellow named "Clutch," I rode my motorcycle into the Kingfish Pub. By "into" I mean we rode through the bar and came to a stop next to the shuffleboard. The bartenders were angry...not about the stunt, but about the fact they had been serving me for two years already. Their irritation surprised me. I thought I was grown. I'd graduated from drinking Coors light to Guinness and had started having something called a "latte" with my morning croissant. It was 1982. I was working on shedding my juvenile ...
Local 123
Sunday breakfast at Local 123 in Berkeley.
Duende Bodega
Saturday morning breakfast at the Bodega. Great coffee and good food (especially the huckleberry jam). The service was great too!