Now, imagine someone took the best parts of Paris from Paris and plopped them down in Oakland. Then stop using your imagination and feast your eyes upon this slideshow.
You and your date will wander hand in hand through iron gates into a secretive garden courtyard. A 1940s-era aluminum trailer will beckon. Inside: some coffee, some ice cream, some rich mahogany. You know, trailer stuff.
Which is where you’ll discover a world of prepped foods, pastries and leg-of-lamb sandwiches. A world of wine pairings and charcuterie and whole-roasted peri-peri chickens. A world where flower shops and seven-seat raw-oyster bars live harmoniously side by side.