Best Things to Eat and Drink at Oakland Food Hall Swan’s Market | Eater SF

"With origins in Oakland’s 1890 Free Market and a 1917 white-tile-and-red-brick building that was once the jewel of Old Oakland, this food-hall has been revived by the East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. (reopening in 2000 after closing in 1984) and today is prized for its eclectic array of restaurants—many run by women of color—creating a tight-knit, supportive community (“a community of badass women of color,” as Eman Desouky puts it); the pandemic has hit it hard, but it remains a great place to visit Old Oakland and support hardworking chefs and cooks making food they’re proud of." - Maria C. Hunt