"A new taqueria is coming to the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, with a familiar East Bay restaurateur name attached: Thomas Schnetz of Xolo and, formerly, Tacubaya says he’s opening a new restaurant called La Esquinita at 5400 College Avenue, located in the former Filippo’s space. Starting the restaurant with him are two longtime employees, Jorge Rosales and Juan Zarate, Jr., who have both worked with Schnetz’s at other restaurants including Xolo, Tacubaya, Doña Tomas, and Flora in the past. It won’t be a redux of Schnetz’s other restaurants, he promises, but there will be a little bit of overlap in that this new space will also offer tacos and burritos. But, with this restaurant, he says the team is hoping to offer items such as albondigas tacos, fish tacos with salsa Veracruzana, and homemade chorizo with papas — although that menu is still in the process of being finalized. If everything goes smoothly, the restaurant will open in late May or June." - Dianne de Guzman
