Bay Area diners are marking their calendars for Oakland Restaurant Week, presented by Visit Oakland. From Thursday, January 11 through Sunday, January 21, 2018, 100 Oakland Restaurants will celebrate the largest and most diverse restaurant week in the region.
Now in its 8th year, the popular program runs over eleven days and two weekends for foodies to take full advantage of dining deals. Participating restaurants will offer prix fixe lunch and/or dinner menus at $10, $20, $30, $40 and $50 price points. The promotional prices reflect up to 25% off regular a la carte items.
In response to Oakland diners’ desire to learn about the stories behind their food, Oakland Restaurant Week 2018 introduces new interactive dining experiences to the 2018 program.
- Local Food Adventures, an East Bay walking food tour company, will offer their Rockridge and Grand Lake neighborhood food tours during the two ORW18 weekends.
- JAN 16, Time TBA – Dine with Leslie Sbrocco and Liam Mayclem at alaMar!
Leslie Sbrocco, host of Check, Please! Bay Area and Taste This on PBS/KQED and Liam Mayclem, host of - Foodie Chap on KCBS Radio will be dining together at Oakland’s aLamar to enjoy a dinner with ORW18 diners.
- The Visit Oakland Mobile Visitor Center will be at the Jack London Square Farmers Market to bring chef demonstrations as tastings to inspire shoppers on the two Sundays of Oakland Restaurant Week.
- JAN 7 – Dragon Gate Bar & Grille will be passing out samples of their famous popcorn chicken
- JAN 14 – Chef Demo from Terrace Room Restaurant & Bar’s Executive Chef Jack Andrew
The Alameda County Community Food Bank returns as the Oakland Restaurant Week’s non-profit partner.
Proceeds from participating restaurants will be donated to the organization to help distribute fresh food within the region and battle child hunger within schools and our community. Visit Oakland will also be encouraging visitors on oaklandrestaurantweek.org to make a donation to the food bank.
“Oakland Restaurant Week continues to feed Bay Area diners with their appetite for delicious food and their thirst for knowledge of how their meal came to be,” says Mark Everton, President & CEO of Visit Oakland.
“With our new interactive dining experiences this year, we’re recognizing that Bay Area foodies are looking for more than just a delicious meal – they also care about the stories behind the recipe, the techniques of food preparation and about the neighborhoods the restaurant calls home.”
Complete restaurant lists, menus, and reservations are available on www.oaklandrestaurantweek.org. The list can be searched by neighborhood, cuisine, lunch or dinner offerings. Through a partnership with OpenTable, reservations (strongly recommended) can be made directly from the Oakland Restaurant Week page.
