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"On a bustling Friday night diners fill downtown Oakland’s AlaMar Dominican Kitchen, where Mayor Sheng Thao and city administrator Jestin Johnson sat in a corner debating what to order before ultimately deciding on braised oxtail and fried Caribbean goat; they were there not just for the food but to talk about the city’s restaurant and bar scene and efforts to help that sector recover after the pandemic." - Dianne de Guzman