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“Luka’s Taproom is heads above the rest.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2005 Best Sports Bar in Which to Hide from the Raider Nation Kim’s Backyard East Bay Express Best of 2005 Trendiest Dance Spot Oasis Restaurant & Bar East Bay Express Best of 2005 Best Fried Chicken The House of Chicken ‘n Waffles SF Weekly Best of 2005 City’s Best – “The dim sum is beyond compare” Restaurant Peony AOL CityGuide 2005 Liveliest Live Seafood Gourmet Delight Seafood Restaurant East Bay Express Best of 2005 Mother of All Invention The Crucible Oakland Tribune, January 24, 2005 Stiffest Drinks Café Van Kleef East Bay Express Best of 2005 Most Elegant Brown Bag Lunch Caffe 817 East Bay Express Best of 2005 Swimmingest Peruvian Restaurant La Furia Chalaca Peruvian Seafood East Bay Express Best of 2005 Best Places for Live Music Paramount Theatre AOL CityGuide 2005 Best Places for Live Music Yoshi’s AOL CityGuide 2005 First Gallery Exhibition at Sundance Film Festival (2005) Joyce Gordon Gallery City’s Best Sushi Zone AOL CityGuide 2005 No. 8 Reason We Love Oakland The Crucible Oakland Magazine, December 2004 Top 10 Barbecue Restaurants Chef Edwards Sunset, July 2004 Reader’s Choice Best Noodles/Pho Pho 84 Restaurant East Bay Express 2004 Best Farmers’ Market in the East Bay Jack London Square Farmers’ Market ANG Newspaper Group Reader Poll, 2004 Best Birthday Party Children’s Fairyland Oakland Tribune 2004 Diablo Magazine 2003 Best Seafood Restaurant Scott’s Seafood Restaurant ANG Newspapers Readers Awards 2004 Best Ethnic Market La Borinquena Mex-icatessen & Specialty Shop Best of the East Bay, Diablo Magazine 2003 Best Gallery in the East Bay Ardency East Bay Express Best of 2003 #1 Night Spot in the Bay Area 2002 & 2003 Parkway Theater Zagat Nightlight Guide, San Francisco Bay Area Best Amusement Park Best Children’s Theater Children’s Fairyland Bay Area Parent 2003 Best Place to Park Your Kid Children’s Fairyland East Bay Express 2003 “Downtown’s RADIO signals a new style for nightspots in this East Bay Hub.” Southwest Airlines Spirit, January 2002 RADIO Best of the Bay Area Oakland Ice Center San Francisco Magazine 2002 Best East Bay Theater Grand Lake Theater San Francisco Chronicle Best Dance Club in the East Bay Kimball’s Carnival Oakland Tribune Best Local Favorite Restaurant Shan Dong Mandarin Restaurant Tribe.net 11 Medals at the Great American Beer Festival Pacific Coast Brewing Company The Oldest Storybook Theme Park in America Children’s Fairyland 29th Literary Landmark in U.S. Heinold’s First & Last Chance Saloon Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Art Deco Society Award for Historic Preservation Historic Sweet’s Ballroom Oakland Heritage Alliance

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