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Oakland's latest fine dining series is spotlighting pan-African flavors


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California fine dining isn t known for welcoming the African diaspora. These chefs want to change that
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Black cod with yucca mousse from OKO, a new monthly pan-African dinner series from Oakland chefs Solomon Johnson and Mike Woods.Adahila Cole
After growing a following for their grilled jerk chicken and smoky shrimp sofrito, the chefs behind Oakland ghost kitchen the Bussdown are ready for their next act: OKO, a series of tasting menu dinners highlighting pan-African and Afro-Latino flavors rarely seen in an upscale format in the Bay Area.
The hope for chefs Solomon Johnson and Mike Woods is to eventually open OKO as a full-on fine dining restaurant. They’ve been searching for a space but the restaurant real estate market is highly competitive right now. ....

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