FOB Kitchen opens in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood

By Justin Phillips Updated 8:44 am PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 FOB Kitchen in Oakland. FOB Kitchen in Oakland. Photo: Justin Phillips FOB Kitchen in Oakland. FOB Kitchen in Oakland. Photo: Justin Phillips FOB Kitchen’s owners Janice and Brandi Dulce FOB Kitchen’s owners Janice and Brandi Dulce Photo: Jen Fedrizzi / Special To The Chronicle window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: ‘thumbnails-c’, container: ‘taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4’, placement: ‘Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4’, target_type: ‘mix’ }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Justin Phillips Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 FOB Kitchen in Oakland. FOB Kitchen in Oakland. Photo: Justin Phillips FOB Kitchen opens in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood 1  /  4 Back to Gallery Janice Dulce’s wife, Brandi, had to convince her they needed to set a grand opening date for FOB Kitchen, the duo’s new restaurant in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood. The recent friends and family nights had gone off without a hitch. A brunch menu was in place. The cocktails were ready to go. It was time to make a decision for when everyone could start showing up, Brandi said. “I was nervous,” Janice said Wednesday night while sitting outside of the restaurant. “A grand opening date was like, making it a real thing. Like, we’re really doing this. We’re opening a restaurant, something we’ve never done before.” After talking it over, last week they decided to have a grand opening event on Nov. 16. Then, after mulling it over so more, they quietly opened their doors this week for official… [Read full story]