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Palette Tea House, Rico Rico Taco, The Kitchen Table | Check, Please! Bay Area reviews

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In San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, Palette Tea House takes a new approach to modern Cantonese cuisine, elevating traditional dim sum along with live seafood and creative cocktails. Rico Rico Taco, located near Lake Merritt, is the latest in an East Oakland taco dynasty...

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— KQED Food

Oakland's Rico Rico and the joy of finding your favorite tacos

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One's favorite taco is a deeply personal thing, and I knew I was going to love Rico Rico Taco as soon as I spied the hulking tornado of chile-blessed al pastor meat through the kitchen window, each curve collecting flecks of black-and-mahogany char from the slow turn of the spit...

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— Soleil Ho

Tacos made with hot pink tortillas are going viral. This Oakland restaurant serves them.

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It's not just Taco Tuesday today, it's also National Taco Day. In honor of the annual day of observance of taco fandom, KRON4 has assembled a list of the best tacos in the Bay Area, according to Yelp. According to Yelp users, top honors go to a spot in Oakland known for its fish tacos in particular.

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— Timothy Karoff

17 Taco Destinations in the East Bay

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A hit list of some of the best carne asada, carnitas, birria -and even vegan - tacos in the East Bay

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— Lena Park and Noah Cho

Great meals for under $20

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Far from purely utilitarian, these are the restaurants that do a lot with just a little, the Bay Area outliers where access to delicious food doesn't require an IPO payout...

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Vegetarian-friendly

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These are the restaurants where, even if they're not explicitly vegetarian and vegan, offer multiple plant-based options instead of just a sad token pasta dish or a plate of dressed greens...

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What's your favorite taqueria?

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I'm currently writing from New York City, the morning after the James Beard Foundation's Media Awards gala in Chelsea Piers, on the west side of Manhattan. It was my first time attending, and my head is still spinning from all of the great energy in the room. My voice is hoarse from all of the cheering I did as people I respected and adored walked up to the podium...

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— Soleil Ho

Top 10 Best Mexican Restaurants in Oakland and the East Bay

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Oakland Magazine's Best of Oakland was born with the idea to give readers in Oakland and throughout the East Bay a chance to voice their opinions on their personal 'Family Favorite' choices for Best Mexican Restaurants and all kinds of everyday categories. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we've been able to make it better and better...

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— Oakland Magazine Staff

The 5 best spots to score tacos in Oakland

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Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top taco outlets in Oakland, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fulfill your urges...

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— Hoodline

The 9 Best Taco Places In Oakland

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When last did you have a carne asada taco? If you can't answer it's time to visit these taco spots in Oakland. For this definitive list of the best tacos we analyzed top review sites and incorporated millions of expert and diner reviews. Drop in on these family-run taquerias and local shops for the greatest chorizo tacos in Oakland.

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The East Bay's most reliable bar and restaurant destinations in 2021

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At the end of every year, East Bay Nosh surveys staffers across Cityside's newsrooms as well as its regular writers and columnists. The goal: to bring you an overview of the region's food and restaurant scene from our diverse group of contributors...

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— Nosh staff

The best of Oaktown

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Oakland's restaurant scene is as history-steeped as it is diverse. It's a place where restaurants and cafes exist by and for the communities around them, a place whose creativity and vitality the world-at-large has only just begun to notice.

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20 East Bay Taquerias and Food Trucks That Are Slinging Excellent Tacos for Takeout

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Thankfully, a taco truck is a "takeout-only" venture by its very nature

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— Luke Tsai

Top TACOS in the East Bay

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Quesabirria, fried fish tacos, flour tortillas and other delectable tacos to eat

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— Cesar Hernandez

Save Your Appetite for a Fresh Batch of Check, Please! Bay Area

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Check, Please! Bay Area is returning to KQED this May to serve up a fresh batch of fan-favorite dining destinations! Host Leslie Sbrocco and three local residents are dishing on eateries as diverse as the Bay Area itself, sharing their favorite places to eat and the dishes they can't get enough of.

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— Coco Keevan

National Taco Day: Best tacos in the Bay Area, according to Yelp

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It's not just Taco Tuesday today, it's also National Taco Day. In honor of the annual day of observance of taco fandom, KRON4 has assembled a list of the best tacos in the Bay Area, according to Yelp. According to Yelp users, top honors go to a spot in Oakland known for its fish tacos in particular.

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— Alex Baker