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CHOW Tour Oakland: From Laos to Ethiopia

Published on Thursday, March 10, 2011, by Roxanne Webber and Blake Smith / Edit Post

Every time we asked someone in Oakland what makes the city a great place to live and eat in, the number one response was the diversity. It's a place with nearly every cuisine you can think of, from soju bangs serving Korean drinking food to street-side champurrado vendors. With so much to choose from, we knew we needed a local guide. So we asked Chowhounds for help. We met up with resident Oakland expert daveena, who took us to a Raiders-themed Laotian restaurant (that also serves burgers and hot dogs!) on International Boulevard. Then we took Ruth Lafler's suggestion and checked out Cafe Colucci for Ethiopian food.

Black and Silver Lao Food and Burgers
1927 International Boulevard, Oakland
510-533-6021

Cafe Colucci
6427 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
510-601-7999

Editors' note (Oct. 7, 2011): Unfortunately, Black and Silver is no longer open.

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  • Cafe Colucci is definitely good. And great honey wine. I like Asmara a bit better, but Colucci is a pretty good bet. Still behind the times on some of the new places.

  • Hi Andrewp,

    I'd recommend trying any of the dishes they make with berbere sauce, in particular, I really liked the Messer-Wot (lentils). They also have really interesting cold legume salads that I hadn't had elsewhere.

    Thanks for watching,
    Roxanne of CHOW

  • We've been curious about Cafe Colucci since it's highly reviewed on Yelp, but we've never made it out there. We usually wind up at Addis, since the food at that restaurant seems to be very consistently solid and good. Our usual is the doro tibs + veggie platter, which has always treated us right.

    It was interesting to hear from the founders of Colucci, but any thoughts or recommendations on the...+READ

    We've been curious about Cafe Colucci since it's highly reviewed on Yelp, but we've never made it out there. We usually wind up at Addis, since the food at that restaurant seems to be very consistently solid and good. Our usual is the doro tibs + veggie platter, which has always treated us right.

    It was interesting to hear from the founders of Colucci, but any thoughts or recommendations on the actual food there? Thanks.-COLLAPSE