Souley Vegan Returns to Oakland’s Jack London Square | Eater SF

"Chef Tamearra Dyson is returning to Oakland after the original restaurant closed a little over a year ago following 14 years in business, reopening at the former home of the Port at 101 Broadway in Jack London Square. For now she’s using the location as an events space — the brand’s Instagram shows off the beautifully decorated venue for a Valentine’s Day event — with plans to open fully as a restaurant the first week of April. To prepare the new space, Dyson announced the closure of her Martinez location inside the Market & Main food hall on January 1. The Jack London Square site will give her room to serve her special brand of vegan soul food with dinners Thursday through the weekend plus R&B brunch, and the two kitchens will allow her to "support up-and-coming chefs, rent the space to caterers, hold pop-ups, and use the additional kitchen for her upcoming meal prep line," according to Tablehopper." - Dianne de Guzman