Mexican restaurant with a wide-open patio.
Farmers-market stand turned Temescal favorite: Peruvian rotisserie chicken, fish tacos, and aguas frescas in a colorful space.
Robot servers roll bowls of pho across a colorful dining room. Fast, casual, and the noodle soup is toddler-compatible by design.
A converted auto dealership turned sprawling open-air beer garden in Uptown: wood-fired pizza, communal tables, and plenty of space.
Glenview's neighborhood burger joint with standout onion rings, a kids menu, and a patio, where everyone from grandma to the toddler finds something.
A whole restaurant built on the one food nearly every kid eats: fancy mac and cheese in a dozen varieties, plus a kids menu, on 40th Street.
Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen with homemade noodles and pork belly chashu, plus karaage, bao buns and a burger.
Family-run since 1973, with ricotta pancakes and challah French toast at breakfast and cheeseburgers with shakes.
Vegan restaurant with a long list of tasty side dishes.
Burgers and fries since 2012, in a beer garden with a patio where dogs are welcome too.
Ethiopian food with an outdoor patio.
Craft beer pub since 1994 with 23 taps, plus pizzas and sandwiches.
An Italian supper in three courses every night: soup or salad, a pasta, and a choice of two desserts.
Eritrean and Ethiopian plates served with injera and salad, plus a full bar.
Food hall with pizza, smash burgers and wok-fried rice around enclosed outdoor seating with a sandbox and toys, plus live music.
A Chinatown restaurant known for family-style plates served on lazy susans.
A sushi restaurant in Oakland's Glenview neighborhood.
Burger spots on College and Piedmont Avenues, part of a small California chain.
Thin-crust Neapolitan-style pizza, burgers and crispy cheese curds on College Ave, with weekend brunch on the patio.
Pizza by the slice, a parent favorite for a quick bite with kids.
An Oakland vegan restaurant.
