East Bay


August 24, 2016

Join Us at The State of Cocktails: East Bay Edition

by Umami Mart Staff

It wasn’t too long ago that San Francisco was the place to be when it came to going out. If you lived in the East Bay, more often than not, you’d have to make the trek over the Bay Bridge or take BART (and risk missing the last train at the end of the night) for a night […]

September 10, 2015

Best Kept Secret: Old Oakland Farmers Market

by Yoko Kumano

Every Friday, half a block away from Umami Mart along 9th Street at Broadway, the Old Oakland Farmers Market attracts all the locals. With Chinatown across the street, we are lucky to have a farmers market with a lot of Asian produce. From Thai basil to winter melon, the Old Oakland farmers market meshes together […]

February 10, 2014

Ordinaire, My Neighborhood Wine Shop (Oakland)

by Kayoko Akabori

I’ve lived in the Grand Lake district of Oakland for four years now, and we’ve never had a proper wine shop. Popular restaurants like Camino dot Grand Avenue, along with nail salons, bike shops, a wonderful book store, Oaktown Spice Shop — but if I ever wanted a bottle of wine, I would have to […]

March 2, 2012

Great UM Noodletown: China Village (Albany)

by Kayoko Akabori

I woke up to an email this morning with the subject line: “You’re so ahead of your time!” Bryan’s good friend Rob was informing me that March is National Noodle Month, and forwarded me this article about the celebrations in LA. So what the hell, let’s extend noodle month through March! April! FOREVER! Today, I […]