The Bussdown is Oakland's new African diaspora soul food restaurant
2353 E. 12th St. (at Miller Avenue), Oakland For their new Oakland pan-African soul food restaurant The Bussdown, chef-owners Solomon Johnson and Mike Woods shop local markets for the freshest ingredients, make every sauce from scratch and break down whole chickens using every single part of the bird — from the rendered-down fat to the bones to make chicken stock. The level of detail that Johnson and Woods devote to the food they craft isn’t surprising given their culinary pedigree — they met while working at high-end catering company Paula Le Duc and rubbed elbows in the kitchen at Tri...
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