{"id":443404,"date":"2026-08-25T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443404\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:06:17","slug":"new-asian-fusion-moves-into-10th-wood-spot-plus-fresh-bagel-and-chinese-takeout-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443404\/","title":{"rendered":"New Asian fusion moves into 10th &#038; Wood spot, plus fresh bagel and Chinese takeout options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/nosh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nosh<\/a>\u00a0covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/nosh\/nosh-tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit it here<\/a>.\u00a0Subscribing to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nosh newsletter<\/a>\u00a0is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene.<\/p>\n<p>Ak\u2019s Anh Hong<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Asian fusion restaurant has opened in West Oakland, serving a mix of Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, and other Asian-inspired dishes. The menu includes noodle dishes like pho ga (Vietnamese chicken noodle soup), khao piak (Lao chicken noodle soup), Lao papaya salad, crispy pork belly over rice, and milk teas and other drinks. The location used to house 10th &amp; Wood. Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oakland\/comments\/1vt6w1k\/new_restaurant_replacing_10th_wood_aks_anh_hong\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Reddit for tip<\/a>. Ak\u2019s Anh Hong, 945 Wood St., Oakland<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley Bagels<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chewy, New York-style bagels have a new home in downtown Berkeley. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/07\/23\/berkeley-bagels-university-avenue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOSH has the details<\/a> on Berkeley Bagels, the popular Westbrae shop that is opening a second location on University Avenue. \u201cAlex Suon, manager of the Gilman Berkeley Bagels store hopes their new University store will serve the UC Berkeley population and downtown Berkeley neighborhood to bring them \u2018the same great quality bagels, handmade, chewy New York-style bagels.\u2019\u201d Berkeley Bagel\u2019s second location opens Thursday, August 27. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/berkeley-bagels-berkeley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Bagels<\/a>, 1941 University Ave., Berkeley<\/p>\n<p>Happy Express<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OaklandFood\/comments\/1vwepa0\/happy_express\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">takeout spot<\/a> has opened in West Oakland, just off of San Pablo Avenue. Happy Express serves combination plates with single, two, or three items plus noodles or rice. Happy Express, 2608 Market St., Oakland<\/p>\n<p>Philz Coffee<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coffee chain that started in San Francisco and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/philz-coffee-sold-private-equity-firm-20798601.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sold to a private equity firm in 2025<\/a> is opening a new location in Concord, the first location in that city. The coffee shop is located inside the Willows Shopping Center, which was recently redeveloped. The shop has a new mural by East Bay artist Alexandra Bowman. The grand opening is on Wednesday, Aug. 26. <a href=\"https:\/\/philzcoffee.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philz Coffee<\/a>, 1975 Diamond Blvd., Ste. C-108, Concord<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/24\/egg-palace-pals-breakfast-temescal\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EggPals-Sandwich-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Egg Pals is trading pop-ups for a permanent home in Oakland\" title=\"Egg Pals is trading pop-ups for a permanent home in Oakland\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"478974\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/24\/egg-palace-pals-breakfast-temescal\/eggpals-sandwich\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EggPals-Sandwich.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,775\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EggPals-Sandwich\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Brack DeFries and Chris Morgan, owners of popular breakfast pop-up Egg Pals, are gearing up to open their first restaurant in Temescal in November.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EggPals-Sandwich.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/24\/egg-palace-pals-breakfast-temescal\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Egg Pals is trading pop-ups for a permanent home in Oakland<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 24, 2026Aug. 25, 2026, 10:53 a.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/21\/home-chicken-waffles-alma-sazon-coffee-mill-chong-qing-closed\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HomeChickenWaffles-800x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Home of Chicken and Waffles, Alma y Sazon shuttering at the end of August, and Coffee Mill appears gone for good\" title=\"Home of Chicken and Waffles, Alma y Sazon shuttering at the end of August, and Coffee Mill appears gone for good\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"435506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2024\/02\/29\/home-of-chicken-and-waffles-relocating-low-bar-announces-new-food-concept\/homechickenwaffles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HomeChickenWaffles.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HomeChickenWaffles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Home of Chicken and Waffles will close at the end of August after more than two decades in business. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HomeChickenWaffles.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/21\/home-chicken-waffles-alma-sazon-coffee-mill-chong-qing-closed\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home of Chicken and Waffles, Alma y Sazon shuttering at the end of August, and Coffee Mill appears gone for good<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 21, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/13\/rockin-crawfish-cajun-seafood-boil-oysters\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CrawfishCollage-800x600.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crawdads, my dad and me\" title=\"Crawdads, my dad and me\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"478448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/13\/rockin-crawfish-cajun-seafood-boil-oysters\/crawfishcollage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CrawfishCollage.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CrawfishCollage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;(Left) The Rockin\u2019 Crawfish sign beckoned to my dad like the sirens to Odysseus. (Right) A selfie with my dad as proof to my mom that we were hanging out. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CrawfishCollage.png\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/08\/13\/rockin-crawfish-cajun-seafood-boil-oysters\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawdads, my dad and me<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 13, 2026Aug. 13, 2026, 3:24 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0Nosh\u00a0covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2436,175717,143,145,144,2593],"class_list":["post-443404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-berkeley-restaurants-and-bars","tag-concord-restaurants-and-bars","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-restaurants-and-bars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443404","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=443404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}