Parlour--Oakland (Italian influenced)

This bright spot, at 357 19th Street, has high ceilings and an open space with fresh, tasty food and craft-made beverages. It's become one of my recommended restaurants for a nice lunch. They offer dinner as well, but I've yet to have the pleasure of an evening meal.

Here are some of the things I've enjoyed.


http://parlouroakland.com/



Mixed Lettuces Salad. With a variety of fresh lettuces and strawberries, this super fresh salad was lightly dressed in a tangy vinaigrette.

Beet Salad. Red and golden beets were cooked until just tender and plated with a slow-poached egg, cultured cream, citrus, frisee and pepitas. This was a fantastic salad. Every component was well prepared and we'll balanced.

Pea & Burrata Sandwich. Buttered and toasted levain bread encased a delicious mix of mushy peas, lemon zest, lighty dresses arugula and creamy burrata. This was a very well constructed, fresh, tasty and filling sandwich.

Sausage Pizza. A thin, house-made crust was topped with house-made red sauce, sausage, calabria chilies, capers, red onion and fresh mozzarella. This was a nice pizza that had some flavorful char on the crust and touched almost every taste from savory to tart to spicey.

Margherita Pizza. Their well-prepared thin crust dough, but this time, topped with a red sauce, basil and fresh curd. This was one of my favorite types of pizza done very well.

One of these days I will go to Parlour for dinner to try their house-made pasta and some of the amazing desserts (so I hear). In the meantime, I would encourage anyone who enjoys good food to pay them a visit.