An upscale fishmonger has opened in Oakland’s Rockridge Market Corridor, serving uncooked oysters, poke and one thing referred to as Lazy Man’s Cioppino.
Billingsgate Seafood debuted in late February within the outdated spot of Hapuku Fish Store, which departed in January after greater than 20 years in enterprise. It’s run by Adrian Hoffman and Ismael Macias, cooks and founders of San Francisco’s 4 Star Seafood, a boutique wholesaler that focuses on native and sustainable catch. (Ismael’s brother, Esteban Macias, can also be concerned.)
That is the second location of Billingsgate, with the flagship market and cafe situated in San Francisco’s Noe Valley.
Quite a lot of complete fish had been nestled in ice on a current go to, together with Petrale sole, branzino, black sea bass, turbot and purple snapper ($10-$17 per pound). There have been meaty head-on shrimp, native squid, Dungeness and King crab and trays of wild-caught sea urchin.
Billingsgate Seafood opened in Feb. 2025 contained in the Market Corridor buying complicated in Oakland, Calif. It’s run by the founders of San Francisco’s 4 Star Seafood. (John Metcalfe/Bay Space Information Group)
Additionally on ice are oysters from the West and East Coast, plus littleneck clams, that diners can get served raw-bar type. There’s a small listing of crudos and ceviche — proper now, wild scallops with yuzu kosho and lemon ($19) or hamachi with hearts of palm and olive oil ($18) — and a few Spanish-influenced dishes like octopus carpaccio ($17) and tomato toast with white anchovies and Iberico ham ($19).
Seafood salads include grilled brioche or butter lettuce and may embrace Oregon Bay shrimp with avocado and pickled veggies, Maine lobster with potato chips and Dungeness crab with watercress and grapefruit ($16-$29). There’s additionally a “Billingsgate poke” with a customizable selection of sushi-grade fish served on sushi rice or recent greens.
Maybe essentially the most intriguing dish on provide is the Lazy Man’s Cioppino. It’s a “San Francisco classic — made to eat,” states the menu, with crab meat, mussels, clams, shrimp, squid and octopus in a purple wine-fennel-tomato broth served with garlic bread ($26). In different phrases, it’s the entire ocean in a bowl.
Particulars: Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. day by day at 5655 Faculty Ave., Oakland; 510-250-6007 and instagram.com/billingsgatesf
