![]() ![]() We did Nightbird’s tasting menu and it’s quite an affair, but fun to do with friends for a special occasion. We also went into SF for a Sandbox VR game and dinner at Nightbird, which was lovely, to celebrate my birthday (as I turned 28 this year!), both of which I can recommend. I’ve heard good things about the tasting menu, but we were too full from getting vegan mozzarella sticks at the Butcher’s Son in Berkeley to go for it. My partner and I split a salad and the cauliflower steak here and it was a perfect amount of food. ![]() I didn’t realize how badly I was craving good Mexican food until I had this after a long hike. The vegan “cheese” fries were awesome, and I loved the vegan crunchadilla. Wow wow wow wow I still can’t get over how great this Mexican food was. Great food here even if the area is a bit rundown. I was trying to find a non-soy savory vegan option, and this place has a ~great~ florentine vegan option with sauce and an English muffin to die for. This is one of a few great pizza collective shops in Oakland (the other being the Cheeseboard Collective!) We did eat a ton of great vegan food, and here are our favorite spots:Īrizmendi. I’m headed to NYC for NFT NYC soon, so I wanted this Oakland stint to be restorative and chill, which it was for the most part. We mainly went on walks on trails next to the bay, and then went on hikes on trails in the mountains, rinse and repeat. Oakland gets a pass (for now.) Where to Stay in Oakland, CA However, even with my distaste for SF, I did enjoy my time in Oakland, which has its own demons but is more palatable than San Fran due to the fact it’s surrounded by nature and also has some great vegan joints. These are redeemable factors in my book. If you ever wondered how tax breaks could crush a city that houses some of the biggest companies in the world, SF is the right place to see this in action. This isn’t even hyperbolic, in a city where gangs rove the streets for Teslas to break into so they can steal tech bro’s laptops and ransom company trade secrets, and the FAANG caste system douses the rest of the city in tax-abated deterioration. Every time I’ve visited, I’ve felt this sense of doom. I’ll be honest, there’s something cursed about Oakland. This is part of my remote work travel series where I review places I visit as a digital nomad.Ĭheck out the rest of my posts and follow me on Instagram and on TikTok for more travel content! ![]()
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