"The Ethiopian restaurant in North Oakland is a buzzy, all-day spot that doubles as a spice shop for their Brundo Spice Company. They also have a peaceful back patio. You have to walk down a never-ending hallway before emerging into the backyard with sail shades, mulch-covered ground, and tables just waiting for plates of crispy, beef-stuffed sambusas, garlicky buticha, and satisfying meat and vegetarian samplers with heaps of deeply spiced mitten shiro and gomen." - julia chen 1, lani conway