Get a taste of Oakland’s most exciting restaurants. San Francisco has long been the epicenter of the Bay Area’s food scene — a place where restaurateurs delight and dazzle the tastebuds of diners seeking culinary adventures. But in recent years, with the cost of opening a restaurant in the city skyrocketing, chefs have looked to less expensive locations for their innovative ventures. And they’re especially moving across the bay to Oakland.
San Francisco, CA (November 14, 2016) – The Good Food Awards could not be more proud to announce the 291 Finalists of 2017, representing not just the best of America’s growing food movement, but the best of America.
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Clove and Hoof, Bologna, California
Check, Please! Bay Area Season 11 episode 15 reviews locally-sourced, responsibly-raised meat in Oakland at Clove & Hoof Butchery and Restaurant.
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day and when I saw that Clove and Hoof in Oakland was offering a special southern brunch for dinner earlier this month, I immediately went online and signed up. I have been hearing really good things about this place and couldn’t wait to finally check it out, and what better way than with my favorite meal!
There are plenty of fantastic food options in Oakland, but when it comes to meat, there is no other restaurant that I trust and love more than Clove & Hoof. The food is incredibly satisfying and I just can’t get enough.
New York-based StarChefs has revealed its crop of 2016 Rising Stars of the San Francisco Bay Area’s food and beverage industry and selected John Blevins of Clove & Hoof in the Artisans category
“In Oakland, a real-deal butchery is stacking up killer cheesesteak and off-the-chain chicken,” Fieri and the Triple D website said of Clove & Hoof. The Oakland eatery was graced by a visit from the Food Network’s Guy Fieri, and is featured in the the “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” episode on “Succulent Sandwiches.” Would you groan if we said…
Clove & Hoof, Oakland, CA The lunch menu at this butcher-shop-slash-restaurant features sandwich options like a pork belly bahn mi with house-made chicken liver mousse. Indulgent? Maybe. Must-try? Yes. If you’re staying for dinner, go for the larger cuts of meat, like a pork chop or 16-oz. rib eye. Don’t forget the beef tallow fries!…
Why is it so comforting to sit 10 feet away from the butcher’s case at Oakland’s Clove & Hoof, cutting into a butter-soft medium-rare rib-eye within sight of a stack of bright red New York steaks, thick slabs of pork belly and more? I can’t explain it, but if you’re an unabashed carnivore, this is…
Oakland’s Clove and Hoof is the place to stop for premium butchery: house-made chorizo, rabbit rillettes and bone-in New York steaks as thick as the Manhattan white pages. If you stop by to pick up your cuts of meat and find yourself whipped into a foodie frenzy, well, owner Analiesa Gosnell is hoping that will…