{"id":262547,"date":"2026-04-11T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262547\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:21:08","slug":"viridian-makes-oaklands-most-stellar-chicken-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262547\/","title":{"rendered":"Viridian makes Oakland\u2019s most stellar chicken wings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, we share some favorite recent bites, the dishes and snacks and baked goods that didn\u2019t find their way into a full review. Want the list a few days earlier? Sign up for our free newsletter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/newsletters\/bite-curious\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bite Curious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The wings at neon-lit Viridian in Oakland are exceptional. Made extra crispy in the salt-and-pepper style, they\u2019re tingly from Sichuan peppercorn-infused seasoning, garnished with sauteed onions and peppers, and accompanied by sambal ranch with a distinct cooling and heating effect. The wings are available on the late-night menu, which also includes supremely crunchy chili oil-laced tater tots.<\/p>\n<p>For me, the smaller size of the doughnuts at\u00a0Donut Savant in East Oakland is ideal, in that they\u2019re less of a sugary commitment and they\u2019re affordable \u2014 all doughnuts are under $3.50. I\u2019m pretty basic, so stick to the classic glaze or, better yet, the apple fritter, which has a plush bounce, warm spicing and an ideal apples-to-dough ratio. The shop closes at 1 p.m. so get there early to avoid inventory depletion.<\/p>\n<p>D-Delight\u00a0in San Jose is a Vietnamese fusion restaurant offering beef rib sandwiches, beef cheek birria tacos and sizzling platters of bo ne, steak and eggs. The offerings tend to prioritize style over substance, such as soggy fries topped with peppery shaking beef. The standout from a recent visit was lechon lettuce wraps, a collection of crispy pork belly and cracklings accompanied by fresh greens, banh hoi (woven vermicelli), pickles and spicy-sweet nuoc cham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each week, we share some favorite recent bites, the dishes and snacks and baked goods that didn\u2019t find&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[7,332,413,143,145,144,412],"class_list":["post-262547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-california","tag-east-bay","tag-food","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262547","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=262547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}