Paleo/primal-friendly restaurants in the Bay Area

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Food spots that I find friendly for paleo/primal eaters. Also relevant for gluten free and low carb folks.

 1. Lin Jia Asian Kitchen

3437 Lakeshore Ave
Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 835-8322

Categories: Asian Fusion, Chinese

Neighbourhoods: Lakeshore, Lower Hills

5.0 star rating
  2/15/2011

Hubby and I eat paleo/primal, which means clean meat & produce, no grains, low starches. Also, no refined oils, but I pretty much give up on that in restaurants.

This is way tough to do for Asian food (soy sauce = wheat) and we seriously miss Chinese…More »

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 2. Gather

2200 Oxford St
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 809-0400

Category: American (New)

Neighbourhoods: UC Campus Area, Downtown Berkeley

5.0 star rating
  4/3/2011

Incredible culinary adventure! Very attentive to our gluten/grain-free needs, and they adapted my husband's chicken dish to include another side (after our waitress did a couple of consultations with the kitchen).

There are a lot of veg*n dishes on…More »

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 3. Roam Artisan Burgers

1785 Union St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 440-7626

Category: Burgers

Neighbourhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

4.0 star rating
  4/3/2011

Thank you thank you for grass fed beef burgers! I don't mind paying more for quality ingredients. Doubling up on the patty, especially if you're going bun-less, is highly recommended.

Sweet potato fries are a nice treat and the slurp I had of the…More »

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 4. Tropisueño

75 Yerba Buena Ln
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 243-0299

Category: Mexican

Neighbourhood: SOMA

5.0 star rating
  4/3/2011

Fantastic quality food and a great atmosphere. Upscale Mexican with a variety of dishes. Staff was very attentive to our needs and adapted dishes to our low-carb needs without any problems, although the server who actually delivered the food seemed…More »

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 5. Mazza Grill

35 Crescent Dr
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925) 680-1858
5.0 star rating
  4/3/2011

We happened to be in the neighbourhood at the mall in Concord and were planning to see a movie, so I yelp'd for high rated places nearby and this one stood out.

It's in an interesting outdoor mall type thing (similar to Bay street in Emeryville) with…More »

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