{"id":250667,"date":"2026-04-03T22:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/250667\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:29:28","slug":"seafood-and-fried-chicken-make-sirene-a-never-fail-dinner-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/250667\/","title":{"rendered":"Seafood and Fried Chicken Make Sirene a Never-Fail Dinner Option"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sirene<\/a>, the sister restaurant to San Francisco\u2019s the Morris<\/a>, has shaped itself into a neighborhood hangout near Lake Merritt. While the Morris leans more bistro, Sirene\u2019s strengths come from its seafood focus, thanks to chef Gavin Schmidt. He hails from Bainbridge Island near Seattle<\/a>, and grew up crabbing and clamming; that intimate knowledge of the ocean and seafood really shines through here. The wood-fired oven adds another dimension to those dishes. A year into its opening, the restaurant keeps getting stronger thanks to shareable dishes such as pizza and chicken, with a handful of snacks priced at $15 or less.<\/p>\n

Pre- or post-game at nearby wine bar Ordinaire<\/a> for a sampling of their natural wine selections by the glass or bottle. (It is worth stating, however, that Sirene has a decent wine program of its own, and cocktails, should you want something with dinner.) Ordinaire also doubles as a wine shop, so if anything catches your eye, it\u2019s easy enough to purchase something for home later. Alternatively, tag on a Sirene dinner to a movie showing at the historic Grand Lake Theatre<\/a> right down the block.<\/p>\n

Sirene is open during the day as a cafe from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., selling coffee, pastries, lunch items, and (should you choose so) wine. It\u2019s become somewhat of a haven for the laptop crowd but, thanks to its sizable dining room, there are ample tables to find a seat. If you get in early enough, you may be able to snag a coveted spot on the back patio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sirene, the sister restaurant to San Francisco\u2019s the Morris, has shaped itself into a neighborhood hangout near Lake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28829,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-250667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}