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8:00am - 3:00pm
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Tanya Holland
Chef/Owner
Brown Sugar Kitchen
2534 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, California (MAP)
510-839-SOUL (7685)
th@brownsugarkitchen.com
BSK in the Media:
Gourmet Magazine
SFGATE.COM - Michael Bauer
Oakland Magazine - Best of 2009 issue!
San Francisco Chronicle
VH1's Soul Cities
Eye On The Bay
TV-One's G. Garvin: The Road Tour
Contra Costa TImes - Best of 2008
The Center for Culinary Development
Diablo Magazine
Oakland Magazine - May issue
Oakland Magainze - November issue
KGO News Radio
San Francisco Magazine
East Bay Express
Contra Costa Times
Novometro
SF Weekly
ABC's The View from the Bay
SF Business Times
CityFlight
DiningAround.com
Bunrab.com
Not For Tourists
BSK was recently featured on VH1 Soul's "Soul Cities", and TV-One's "G. Garvin: The Road Tour". Click the above links in our "Media" section to see the video!
The cuisine at Brown Sugar Kitchen reflects my interpretation of soul food. My influences include my African-American heritage, my formal training at La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in France, and my general appreciation of a wide variety of cuisines. If you want to dig deeper without actually coming down here, check out my book, New Soul Cooking (Stewart, Tabori, and Chang) or tanyaholland.com.
We cook with locally grown, organic and seasonal ingredients whenever possible.
Our thoughtful wine list is international and eclectic. We also feature wines from California African-American Vintners as well as wines from the South of France, where I completed my first stagiere position. Look for a few of your favorite microbrews on tap.
We are located at the center of the bay area in Oakland’s oldest neighborhood. I encourage everyone to come out and discover the incredible diversity and history of sweet west Oakland.
The term “soul food” emerged at the same time as soul music; so naturally, music is a significant part of the experience at BSK. We hope our playlist will both surprise you and inspire you.
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