Café Gabriela

On the Grid : Cafe Gabriela

"From the coffee to the fresh baguettes served on their sandwiches, this Filipina Bay Area woman owned café is all about serving only the freshest, locally sourced produce and products. The Café is known for their adobo inspired pulled pork sandwich and their knack for never skimping on the portions. You can get their adobo style pulled pork sandwich or dry cured salami sandwich matched with a side salad tossed in homemade balsamic dressing and chunks of mozzarella cheese for a full spread. Definitely stop by if you want a taste of local, homemade goodness." - Pitch Interactive

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"Since its inception more than a decade ago, Old Oakland Filipino spot Cafe Gabriela has been a hotbed of culinary and revolutionary fervor. Named for Gabriela Silang, an 18th-century rebel commander of a Filipino independence movement, this small-but-mighty spot does a brisk lunch business serving Oakland workers, and it’s notable for devoting the time and labor to roasting their own small-batch coffees. With Filipino sandwiches like a pulled pork adobo cheek-by-jowl with American classics—turkey with cranberry, anyone? - this is an immigrant- and LGBTQ-owned enterprise with an altar dedicated to 60 ways to build community and a birdcage full of poetic affirmations. The first order of business is keeping everybody fed, body and soul." - peter astrid kane

"Cafe Gabriela, Downtown Old Oakland by Pitch Interactive. From the coffee to the fresh baguettes served on their sandwiches, this Filipina Bay Area woman owned café is all about serving only the freshest, locally sourced produce and products. The Café is known for their adobo inspired pulled pork sandwich and their knack for never skimping on the portions. You can get their adobo style pulled pork sandwich or dry cured salami sandwich matched with a side salad tossed in homemade balsamic dressing and chunks of mozzarella cheese for a full spread. Definitely stop by if you want a taste of local, homemade goodness."

Cafe Gabriela - Review - Old Oakland - San Francisco - The Infatuation

"Since its inception more than a decade ago, Old Oakland Filipino spot Cafe Gabriela has been a hotbed of culinary and revolutionary fervor. Named for Gabriela Silang, an 18th-century rebel commander of a Filipino independence movement, this small-but-mighty spot does a brisk lunch business serving Oakland workers, and it’s notable for devoting the time and labor to roasting their own small-batch coffees. With Filipino sandwiches like a pulled pork adobo cheek-by-jowl with American classics - turkey with cranberry, anyone? - this is an immigrant- and LGBTQ-owned enterprise with an altar dedicated to 60 ways to build community and a birdcage full of poetic affirmations. The first order of business is keeping everybody fed, body and soul." - Astrid Kane