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Dopo

4293 Piedmont Ave. (near John Street)
Oakland
Tel. (510) 652-3676

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Most people think pizza when Dopo is mentioned, but Jon Smulewitz not only produces some of the best thin-crust pies in the Bay Area, he also takes an artisan approach to house-made salumi, salads and pastas. The menu includes "pesce crudo," at least three dishes with raw seafood such as steelhead with blood oranges, celery and Sicilian olives. His antipasti is out of the ordinary, too: mozzarella is topped with fresh artichoke conserva, for example. Over the years the restaurant has doubled in size, but it still feels intimate and personal. The best seat is at the counter, where diners observe pizza being made. On warm days there are outside tables, sandwiched between two buildings.

 
Specialties: House-made pates and salumi; crudo (raw fish); house-made pastas; nightly changing pizza.

Hours

Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; Dinner 5:30-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., until 11 p.m. Fri.-Sat.

Cuisines

  • Italian
  • Pizza

Features

  • Beer and wine
  • Credit Cards: Accepted
  • Outdoor Seating
  • Parking: Difficult
  • Parking: Street
  • Lunch (Mon.-Fri.)
  • Seating (49 (plus 30 outside))

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Chronicle Review History

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Status

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04/03/2011

Revisited

Top 100 Restaurants 2011  -- Michael Bauer

04/04/2010

Revisited

Top 100 Restaurants 2010  -- Michael Bauer

04/05/2009

Revisited

Top 100 Restaurants 2009  -- Michael Bauer

04/06/2008

Revisited

Top 100 Restaurants 2008  -- Michael Bauer

04/01/2007

Revisited

Top 100 Restaurants 2007

11/15/2006

Updated

Dopo's smacks of simple elegance

02/25/2005

Reviewed

Oakland: Big taste of Italy worth the wait at teeny Dopo

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