Try noodles at Shan Dong and Banh Mi at Cam Huong. Now more pan-Asian than strictly Chinese, the area is a haven for foodies seeking authentic and innovative fare from China, Vietnam and Korea. Settled in 1850, it has been home to the likes of bestselling novelist Amy Tan and Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee. Standing alongside in this patchwork of diverse neighborhoods are areas like Chinatown. Neighborhoods like Dimond District, now known for its Latino presence, was once called Little Germany and the Oktoberfest celebrations continue there to this day. One of Oakland’s most iconic restaurants is the Fat Lady, housed in an old Victorian brothel. The entire city – the 3 rd largest in San Francisco’s Bay Area – is a teeming, living testament to using historical components and panache to repurpose a community into something entirely new and vibrant. In fact, outside of the USS Potomac – FDR’s presidential yacht called “The Floating White House”, very little of the area is preserved in any traditional sense. While Oakland is packed full of beautiful Victorian storefronts and buildings along with Art Deco gems this is not a place for stagnant history. It is, if not the heart of the city’s Jack London District, it is the neighborhood’s soul. The dive’s beautiful seediness and rough clientele inspired scenes in his novels The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf. Oakland, California is home to Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon opened in 1883 and remains lit by gas, as it was when Jack London studied and wrote there.
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