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 happen: The shop also offers a rotating lineup of sandwiches and sides for lunch in the retro-styled shop’s dining area.
Clove and Hoof
Address: 4001 Broadway, Oakland
Contact: 510-547-1446,
Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Sunday
Lunch tab: $30 for two
If you’re in the area, 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 happen: The shop also offers a rotating lineup of sandwiches and sides for lunch in the retro-styled shop’s dining area.
They post the menu to their Facebook page every time it changes, but one visit will likely convince you to trust their sandwich and salad sculptors, walk through the door and be surprised. Much of the time, you’re likely to see the C&H cheeseburger ($13), with two 4-ounce beef patties, caramelized onion jam, pimento cheese, chopped romaine and pickle mayo on a potato-pepper bun.
On a recent visit, I tried the lamb and pork meatball sandwich ($12), as good as any meatball sub I’ve ever had. The spice from a bit of chermoula in the tomato sauce, plus a fermented-chile mayo, cut the richness of the mayo itself and the white cheddar melted on top. The meatballs were juicy and earthy, with the lamb flavor especially prominent.
Speaking of spice, the bourbon-habanero vinegar on the fried chicken sandwich ($13) was parried nicely by apple-celery leaf slaw, making for an excellent sweet/heat combination. Since our last visit, Clove and Hoof has rolled out a hot fried chicken sandwich ($13) that takes on traditional Buffalo wings, with blue cheese mayo and bread-and-butter pickles.
There are plenty of other choices, including pastrami, pork belly, bahn mi or beer-steamed broccoli. All the sandwiches come with mixed greens, but if you’re having such a lip-smacking lunch, you might as well go, uh, whole hog: Get the beef tallow fries ($4) or the tangy turmeric-infused Memphis slaw ($4) on the side, and belly up with a cold soda or one of a few craft beer selections.
— D. Jimenez
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