Named after a great American author who spent his boyhood on the Oakland waterfront, Jack London Square is an Oakland landmark. A working waterfront t ... Read More

Why is this Jack London Square restaurant called The Fat Lady? The name was inspired by a nude painting the original owner acquired just before openin ... Read More

Who wouldn’t want to listen to free live music during their lunch break? That’s the idea behind Lunchtime Live! at Jack London Square, which features ... Read More

A historic district marked by beautifully restored brick Victorians, Old Oakland is a charming nook of galleries, shops, restaurants, and offices. Sid ... Read More

There’s no lack of good food in Oakland’s Jack London Square, and with Miss Pearl’s Jam House on the premises, live music, live comedy, $1 oysters dur ... Read More

Jack London Square is on the forefront of the restaurant scene. Steps away from Bocanova, Scott’s Seafood, Il Pescatore, and Yoshi’s Oakland, there’s ... Read More

If you don’t know a restaurant very well, some of the things you might look out for are the number of people dining there on a given day and, more spe ... Read More

When you’re in the mood for a light meal or snack that costs under $5 (yes, under $5), Oakland Chinatown is the place to go. A look around the neighbo ... Read More

While it may not attract as many tourists as its more famous San Francisco counterpart, Chinatown in Oakland is an authentic pan-Asian neighborhood wi ... Read More

At the edge of the Oakland waterfront in Jack London Square, a rickety wooden saloon seems to have washed up from some other place in time. The saloon ... Read More