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June 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Family
Team Spirit
Supporting Oakland Soul and Oakland Roots soccer teams is good for the family
To create lasting memories while reverse-engineering the rapid departure of professional sports teams from Oakland—think Warriors, Raiders and soon, the A’s—sign up for a...
June 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Food & Drink
Bold Moves
Hawking Bird makes a fried chicken sandwich new again
Preparing a fried chicken sandwich across the street from Bakesale Betty is a bold move. Having served them for the past 20 years, Betty’s still has customers flocking...
June 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Home Improvement
Green Peace
BLK Girls Green House brings plants and tranquility to West Oakland
In a generation of anxiety-inducing media, where the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, war and police brutality can be seen all over screens, it’s important to...
June 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Recreation
Classic Rock
Exploring the Bay’s explosive history in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve is surely the East Bay’s most unique park, with its open, rolling hills, rocky cliffs and layered portrait of the Bay Area’s geological...
June 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Romance
Old School Cool
The West Wind drive-in theater for nostalgic romance with modern updates
What romantic venue in the East Bay shouts brand-spanking new while crooning comfy nostalgia at the same time? Answer: The West Wind drive-in theater in...
June 27, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Everyday
Screen Time
The New Parkway is the East Bay’s weirdest movie theater
The New Parkway, a colorful, mission-driven movie theater and pub in Oakland’s Uptown district, is deeply thoughtful about how it operates. The theater shares profits with its...
June 27, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Cannabis
The Happy Place
Tucky Blunt has Oakland’s first outdoor smoking lounge
There is only one business where one can legally smoke cannabis in Oakland, and that is The Happy Lounge, owned and operated by the industrious Tucky Blunt, president...
