The Best Lunch Spots In Oakland - San Francisco - The Infatuation

"Alem’s Coffee in Temescal is the only right answer when a hearty, protein-packed lunch is on the day’s to-do list. The Eritrean and Ethiopian breakfast and lunch dishes, like kitcha fitfit, fata, and tibsy, a beef and lamb stew, are all deeply comforting. We especially love their shihan ful, a stewy dish made with slow-simmered fava beans that are pureed and then topped with minced onions, tomatoes, feta cheese, green chiles, olive oil, berebere, and cumin, and served with two huge football-shaped french rolls. Once you've placed your order, settle in at a table on the covered patio." - Julia Chen, Lani Conway