Category Archives: Restaurants

Dimond shopping district is flourishing

By Don Dunning | October 10, 2008

Originally appeared in Bay Area News Group publications on October 10th and 19th, 2008 as a companion piece to my Oct. 5th, 2008 Oaktoberfest blog
Updated June 2015.

The Dimond District has, indeed, proven to be a success story.

The area around the Fruitvale/MacArthur intersection of the Dimond District has always been alive with activity. Those in the neighborhood could pick up coffee on the way to the San Francisco express bus, do their banking, and stop off for Chinese food or pizza after work.

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Best of Oakland

By Don Dunning | September 21, 2008

Oakland Magazine’s third annual reader’s survey of the “Best of Oakland” is now out. [Note: URL does say “2006,” but it really is 2008. Also, not all restaurants on the list were actually in Oakland] You can review the picks in a plethora of categories for this year, as well as the previous two. Here […]

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Bay Area: Restaurant Heaven

By Don Dunning | May 3, 2008

My wife is a great cook. Back when we were dating, in the middle of eating her curried shrimp, I blurted out, “I married a restaurant.” This was before we had discussed even the possibility of marriage. A real proposal soon followed and we have just celebrated our 30th anniversary. Needless to say, with such […]

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