Oliveto fans who mourned the end of the Oakland farm-to-table restaurant after 35 years can finally move on. A new restaurant is taking over the iconic Rockridge location.
ACRE Restaurant will offer “an ingredient-driven menu that incorporates flavors from around the Mediterranean with California at its heart,” a press release stated. Slated to open this fall in the famed Market Hall building, ACRE is the brainchild of industry veterans chef-owner Dirk Tolsma and managing partner Pete Sittnick. Like its predecessor, ACRE will feature an all-day cafe and casual bar downstairs with an upstairs dining room for dinner service.
The menu will revolve around the original wood-fired hearth and stone oven and will include market-based flatbreads, shareable-veggie forward plates, chilled local seafood and meat dishes from the wood-fired rotisserie. Like Oliveto, there will be seasonal favorites that make annual repeat appearances (think tomatoes, truffles, etc.)
A little about Tolsma: He spent years running top-notch restaurants in the North Bay, including Barrel House Tavern in Sausalito and Eloise Restaurant in Sebastopol, as well as Baker and Banker in San Francisco. Tolsma first connected with Sittnick at EPIC Steak, where he served as the chef de cuisine and Sittnick was managing partner.
Oakland resident and designer Doug Washington (Kientz Hall in San Anselmo; Salt House in San Francisco) is planning interiors with “warm, natural elements and a rustic sense of place.” In addition to the 5,000 square foot dining space — 1,000 square feet downstairs and 4,000 square feet upstairs — expect a 30-seat private dining space and a new, 17-seat full bar that overlooks College Avenue and its environs.
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