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25 Winter Cocktails to Warm Up With This Cold Weather Season
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Catching Up With Bravo’s Top Chef Season 18 Contestant, Chef Nelson German
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How To Experience The Culture, Community And Cuisine Of Downtown Oakland
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'A village': Meet the networking group helping women-owned restaurants succeed
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Somos Latino
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Here Are All the Chefs Competing on 'Top Chef' Season 18 in Portland
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This Dominican Braised Chicken Is Probably Going To Change Your Life
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A Wine Lover’s Guide to Oakland, California
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24 Essential Black-Owned Restaurants in the Bay Area
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Bravo TV: Nelson German
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Chefs to Watch 2020: Nelson German, AlaMar and Sobre Mesa, Oakland, Calif.
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A Guide to Downtown Oakland’s Sobre Mesa, in Six Cocktails
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Oakland’s Sobre Mesa is a dining paradise fit for a new ‘Top Chef’ player
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Listen: How a former Top Chef contestant is celebrating Afro-Latin food in Oakland
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From Oakland to Top Chef: Bringing Afro-Latin Food into the Spotlight
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The San Francisco Bay Area’s 2021 Eater Award Winners
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Nelson German on putting himself forward
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Visit Restauranteur Nelson German's Culinary Homage To Afro-Latino Culture In Oakland
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'We Are Black. We Just Speak Spanish': Why Some Afro Latinos Want More Visibility During Black History Month
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The Prettiest New Restaurants and Bars in San Francisco in 2021
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14 Buzzy Coffee Cocktails Around San Francisco and the East Bay
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Matt Horn's Oakland City Guide
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Bars We Love: Sobre Mesa
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'Top Chef' Contestant Nelson German Hits His Stride
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Oakland chef Nelson German cooks on 'Top Chef' Season 18 + more good news around the Bay Area
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First Look: Inside Oakland’s hot new Afro-Latino lounge, Sobre Mesa
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Sobre Mesa Brings Afro-Caribbean Cocktails and Light Bites to Oakland
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