Oakland residents will soon have a new way to appreciate Lake Merritt's placid waters and great flocks of Canada geese: from the deck of a swank new restaurant in the historic Boathouse. The Lake ...

Oakland’s Lake Chalet ranks high on my list of the East Bay’s most scenic restaurants. Owners Lara and Gar Truppelli morphed the fire department’s original water-pumping station into a spiffy space on ...

It's been hard not to notice that the Oakland dining scene is on a roll. At first it was slow and steady, with Camino and Adesso. And then Commis opened…and now you're keeping Oak-town on your radar.

If there is one place to be seen in Oakland right now, it is the newly opened Lake Chalet Seafood Bar and Grill on the shores of Lake Merritt. The Aug. 17 opening had been a long time coming: 3½ ...

n Lake Merritt devotees have a new dining hot spot. The Lake Chalet Seafood Bar and Grill just opened in a historic old boathouse on the shores of Oakland’s lovely little lake. This is the third ...

No matter the state of the food, there will always be the views at Lake Chalet, the new restaurant that went into the 100-year-old Lake Merritt Boathouse earlier last summer. The consistency of the ...

Oakland: No other restaurant in Oakland—not even Commis—has generated as much early buzz on that side of the Bay as the massive Lake Chalet. The frenzy can be chalked up to a variety of reasons—a ...

The Lake Chalet has brought diners right up to the waterâ s edge. The 325-seat seafood restaurant celebrates its connection to Lake Merritt, with architecture that echoes boat design, outdoor seating ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Rapper E-40 spent Election Day polling fans on how much they liked the rollout of his new tequila line. As voters on Tuesday were choosing who they wanted for governor, E-40 set up ...