{"id":349399,"date":"2026-06-06T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349399\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:39:08","slug":"fowl-fare-is-the-bay-areas-most-creative-chicken-sandwich-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349399\/","title":{"rendered":"Fowl + Fare is the Bay Area\u2019s most creative chicken sandwich shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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, Bite Curious<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I can always count on Fowl + Fare, run by chef Will Allen<\/a>, for fresh takes on chicken sandwiches. Allen\u2019s latest is an elote riff, topped with a charred corn slaw,\u00a0cotija cheese and a drizzle of chimichurri. For extra heat, request the chicken \u201ccitric hot,\u201d which sees the cutlet dusted in Allen\u2019s proprietary puckery seasoning. This is fried chicken sandwich maximalism at its finest.<\/p>\n

Whenever I\u2019m in San Jose, I make an obligatory stop at\u00a0panaderia Mexico Bakery, but not for the expected reasons. Whereas most of its patrons visit for sweet breads like cinnamon-flecked conchas or hefty tortas cubana, I go for the sesame seed rolls stuffed with ham, cream cheese and pickles. It\u2019s savory, a little spicy from jalape\u00f1os and bursts with smooth, tangy cheese\u00a0\u2014 it\u2019s like a Mexican power bar. I\u2019ll take this over a ham and cheese croissant any day.<\/p>\n

Remember when sandwiches were less than $10? Well, that remains true today at\u00a0Hello Sandwich & Noodle, a no-frills Vietnamese deli in the Tenderloin. During the lunch rush, the bench that hugs the wall is filled with young professionals waiting for their banh mi order. Each one is generously stuffed with pickles, green pepper coins, cilantro springs and meat\u00a0\u2014 I like the juiciness of the grilled pork slightly more than the beef version. A word of warning though, don\u2019t wait too long before eating; the pickle brine makes the bread soggy after a while.<\/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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[413,143,145,144,412],"class_list":["post-349399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","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\/349399","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=349399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}