Chop Bar is a restaurant in Oakland's Jack London Square neighborhood serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Using the finest ingredients found in the Bay Area, we make affordable and nourishing food designed to be enjoyed by everyone. Whether you're looking for a great cup of coffee, a sandwich on the go, or to savor a more leisurely meal with friends, Chop Bar is the place for you.

Better Weekday Breakfast Selection

By Lev | Published: June 2, 2010

We’ve got bagels now, from Artisan Bakery of Sonoma. Try one with our house cured gravlax. We’ve also got a breakfast burrito with scrambled eggs, pasilla peppers, and queso fresco. New on the night menu are fresh garbanzos with mint, and chicken leg confit with white beans, when available. Spring mushrooms(morels, porcini) will be in soon, too, and we’ll be offering them with a big fat steak. Watch this space..

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Better Wine Selection, No Movie This Week

By Lev | Published: May 20, 2010

First of all, thanks to all who came to Sunday’s pig roast, it was a lot of fun. Movie night’s been great, too, but we’re going to have to skip a week to do some technical stuff. We’ll still be featuring drink specials and happy hour prices this Monday, though.
In other news, we are increasing our selection of bottled wine and have bought some nice stemware to go with it. The tumblers have worked great for our tap wine, and they definitely are part of our style, but we’ve noticed that some of the more complex wines really need a big swirlable bowl to do them justice. Some of the new wines are Textbook (a classic Napa cabernet), Preston Dry Creek Barbera, and Robert Stemmler Carneros Pinot Noir, which is delicate and subtle and really good with our pork chop.

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Pig Roast, Lunch Menu, and Movies

By Lev | Published: May 14, 2010

Hi, everybody. Well, our first movie night was a lot of fun. Lots of people came down to eat free bacon popcorn and check out “Between the Folds”. Austin is being a bit cagy about this Monday’s selection, but I should have it posted by Sunday at the latest.
  Speaking of Sunday, we are hosting, yes, another pig roast! I’ll be manning the box this time, and sides will include grilled asparagus, corn on the cob( I know it seems early for corn, but the stuff we are getting now from the Imperial Valley is super sweet and good), and black beans. We’ve had a lot of interest in this one, so please come early.
We’ve also finally gotten around to upgrading our lunch menu. We have pan-roasted halibut with corn and avocado salad, a Cubano, and a roast beef and horseradish sandwich on whole wheat. We’ll be making a few of the roast beef ahead of time , so you can grab and go at the window if you’re in a hurry.

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Mom’s Day and Movie Night

By Lev | Published: May 6, 2010

We’re going to be featuring a couple of special items this Sunday for Mother’s Day. We’ll be serving New York Steak with seasonal mushrooms(hopefully morels), lobster with saffron butter and roasted corn succotash, and a lobster benedict for brunch.
On Monday, we’ll be hosting our first ever Movie Night. Austin Hill will be showing a documentary about paper folding and those who are obsessed with it, among other short features. I’m also using this opportunity to bring back the bacon-parmesan popcorn. Hope to see you all, and your moms.

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Mom’s day

By Lev | Published: May 5, 2010

Hi, folks. Well, its time for Mothers’ Day again. This Sunday we’ll be serving brunch as usual(plus a few specials) and a special prix fixe menu at night. We’ll also have our regular night menu available. I’ll have the prix fixe posted by tomorrow morning(I’m thinking maybe steak and lobster?).

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Monday Night Movies, Monthly Pig Roasts

By Lev | Published: April 29, 2010

Starting May 10th, we are going to show movies every Monday night. Our upstairs neighbor Austin Hill will be curating the first few. The emphasis will be on local filmmakers and documentaries, but we’ll probably sneak “Porky’s” and “Animal House” in there once in a while. There will also be drink specials and a bar menu. I’ll keep you posted on each weeks’ movies.
Thanks to everybody who turned out to the last two pig roasts. We’ve decided to keep it special by doing it only once a month, on the 3rd Sunday. That means that the next one will be on May 16th. We hope to see you all there.

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Pig Roast this Sunday April 25th 2010

By Jesse | Published: April 23, 2010

Hi, everybody. The forecast looks good for Sunday, so the pig roast is officially on. Our awesome handyman Alberto Contreras has rigged up the Caja China with a grill attachment, so we’ll be grilling up some veggies from the Farmers’ Market as well. We’re gonna get started around 5 so we can take advantage of the sunshine . We’ll probably wrap it up around 8. There is some possibility of a sellout, so I’d recommend coming early.

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Pig Roast is ON!

By Lev | Published: April 13, 2010

Hi, everybody. The forecast looks good for Sunday, so the pig roast is officially on. Our awesome handyman Alberto Contreras has rigged up my Caja China with a grill attachment, so we’ll be grilling up some veggies from the Farmers’ Market as well. We’re gonna get started around 5 so we can take advantage of the sunshine . We’ll probably wrap it up around 8. There is some possibility of a sellout, so I’d recommend coming early.
  In other news, I’d like to welcome our new daytime sous chef Adam Lord to the Chop Bar. He worked at Jojo until they closed a few months ago. Adam hails from the Detroit area and has brought us such great dishes as potato and pilsner soup with Fiscalini cheddar.
  This week on the dinner menu, we’ll be featuring meatballs with tomato sauce made from the season’s first fresh tomatoes. We’ll also be lightening the preparation of our pork dish a bit, switching from a breaded loin cut to a bone-in pan roasted chop.  English peas are getting fatter and juicier, too, so come pay us a visit, eh?

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tables are here, but pig roast possibly postponed

By Lev | Published: April 6, 2010

The tables are here and they look and feel great. They really make you want to eat a big steak off of them. The bad news is that rain is forecast for Sunday, so we probably won’t do a pig roast that evening. We will be open, though.

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Easter Brunch

By JohnB | Published: April 2, 2010

Hey folks,

We’ve decided to remain open for Easter brunch, serving our usual full brunch menu from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will, however, be closed for dinner Easter night, so come on through during the day to celebrate the holiday with us!

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