Need help coming to Oakland for 1st time

Row 19 will put you something like 7-8 rows from the first row and the MVP sections go 20 rows deep.

Grannies love the A’s too.

It’s pretty touristy and locals avoid it. But Chowhounders have compiled a list of what’s decent here. Fortunately, you’re close to North Beach, Chinatown, and the Ferry Building, where you can get good eats.

The first row of section 118 is actually row 12 so you will be nice and close if you are in row 19.

Skip FIshermans Warf and come eat in Oakland. There are lots of great restaurants on Piedmont Avenue or at Jack London Square. Cocina Poblana at Jack London Square is supposed to be really good. If it’s seafood you want I highly recommend Sea Salt in Berkeley.

I would recommend you take advantage of the remarkably diverse options available here. If you want Chinese food, many will tell you to go to House of Nanking (and it will certainly be good), but the best Chinese food as far as I’m concerned is the R&G Lounge.

I can’t recommend too many great places around the Wharf, for pretty much the reasons Englishmajor details. Here are a couple of recommendations outside of the Wharf, though:

1) Mexican food. You really ought to go to a taqueria while you’re here. Mexican food in the rest of country is silly and pointless by comparison. The two best, in my opinion, are Taqueria Cancun (Mission and 18th) and El Farolito (MIssion between 23rd and 24th).

2) German food. Suppenkuche (Laguna and Hayes) is one of the best German restaurants there is.

On the Oakland side of the bay:

1) Asmara restaurant (51st and Telegraph). If you’ve never had Ethiopian food, this is a good place to try it. Beware if you order a mixed drink, as it will have a pile of alcohol in it.

2) Le Cheval (8th and Oak?). Fantastic Vietnamese food, and an Oakland institution.

Finally, if you’re looking for fast food, and not familiar with the awesomeness of In N Out Burger, it is highly recommended.

fumes leftover from the parking lot from the Raider fans…

if you have to stay there, ok… but to me, it’s the place where SF puts its tourists so that they don’t infiltrate the real SF… you could walk from there to North Beach and have Italian food a ton better (and cheaper).. SF is great to walk around, so be sure to get out of the wharf area..
if you like that nature thing, go (by bus or car) to the sutro bath area and walk along the cliffs and beaches of northern SF, great views of the bridge.. or, cross the golden gate bridge and head to muir woods (the bottom loop with the big trees is awesome, but so are the trails that wind up the hill from there). all the east bay ridge parks are great, but my favorite is Redwood Park, which is not too far from the colliseum — take Redwood Rd up the hill off of HW 13, or Joaquin Miller park or Roberts park or Tilden………
If you are into architecture, there are a lot of really beautiful neighborhoods of berkeley, oakland, and piedmont to walk around in..
great food everywhere!
happy trippin’

Bender’s Bar. 19th and South Van Ness

Zeitgeist. 199 Valencia

You’re welcome.

http://www.pizzaiolooakland.com/

get a reservation

that you should stay away from most of the stuff in the Fisherman’s Wharf area – pricey and just not that good.

Everyone has different tastes but I would HIGHLY recommend checking out Zachary’s Chicago Pizza in Oakland. From the Coli you can take a Bart train to the Rockridge Bart station where Zachary’s is just a short block away. Best Pizza in the Bay Area IMO.

I know you didnt ask for this info, but I would HIGHLY recommend that you take BART to the game. You can take the BART right at embarcadero and it stops right at the coliseum.

As an added plus, if you have kids who arent used to taking trains, they will love it (I have 4 kids under 12, and they think its the coolest thing to take a train).

We usually stay with friends when we come down from Eureka for a game, but at least once a year we stay in San Francisco in Union Square, near the financial dist or the embarcadero, and even though I am from the bay area, I LOVE doing fisherman’s wharf and China Town. My kids think it’s the coolest thing ever to eat at the wharf. Maybe its just me, but when my kids are that highly entertained, my mission is accomplished and the quest for the best restaurant goes out the window.

I guess it all depends whether you are going with grannies, a group of people your own age, or kids.

Try Taylor’s at the Ferry Building for really good simple burgers and shakes. One interesting item is sweet potato fries. Yummy.