Just a short trot from Lake Merritt, Camino, an intimate, brick-walled Oakland arrival (from Chez Panisse Café alum Russell Moore), offers a midpriced menu featuring locally sourced, old world–inspired Cal-Med cuisine, most of which is cooked in a wood-fired oven or in the massive open fireplace; seating options include two 30-ft.-long reclaimed-redwood communal tables and a 10-seat bar, which also offers cocktails, beer and wines from small-batch producers.
3917 Grand Ave., Oakland; 510-547-5035