"Saltbreaker is a seasonal American restaurant that could have easily been dropped onto the Alameda naval base from some hot neighborhood in SF. (Except at Saltbreaker, there are free soft drink refills, a dying art in the city.) You’re here for a capital O occasion or a nicer-than-average date night, where you’ll sip on cocktails with infused liquor, order appetizers that are called “littles,” and admire the abundance of dangling lights and funky geometric tiles. There’s substance behind all the style, too: we always polish off the seasonally changing plates like cast iron chicken thighs and housemade pastas." - Julia Chen