"Uptown Oakland has been at the heart of the East Bay’s craft cocktail renaissance this past decade, but it hasn’t seen anything quite like Viridian: a cocktail bar that serves twice as many desserts as it does savory dishes, that’s wholly Asian American in its aesthetics and inspiration, and that looks like it was taken straight out of Wong Kar-wai’s lush, moody filmography. The bar opens to the public this Tuesday in the former Plum Bar space at 2216 Broadway." - Luke Tsai
