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A16
Italian restaurant · Rockridge ·
@grubstreet
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Writer John Birdsall’s Grub Street Diet
"For publication eve we went to A16 in Oakland (quiet, only a couple of other couples) and ate squid with deep-fried cranberry beans and lemon slices, strands of bucatini-like maccaronara with a Naples-style ragù and shaved dry ricotta, and sautéed Brussels sprouts; the Campania red I ordered was delicious — supple and acidic — and the check, about a hundred bucks, explained why we don’t come more often." - Chris Crowley
