SFist Julie's got the 2,4 dithiapentane and she's not afraid to tell you about it! So, we ourselves are as naïve as anyone else on this topic, having not-too-long-ago extolled the virtues of dishes containing the latest faux-food villain at B Restaurant in Oakland... Guess what? Truffle oil does not contain truffles. At all. Not even a trace, not a soaking, nothing. Thank you New York Times and local chef-owner Daniel Patterson of Coi who......

here's a little theater company doing some pretty big plays 9th Street in downtown Oakland, AND offering dinner discounts at neighboring restaurants to ticket holders....

We were searching for the perfect romantic spot for Valentine's Day, a restaurant where we could eat extravagantly without paying through the snout, a dinner where we could indulge our twin loves -- for our sweetheart, and for pork. Oakland's B Restaurant (or just "B," apparently), promised to be such a place. Since the establishment's doors opened across its refurbished 120-year-old mosaic tile floor in 2005, reviewers have unanimously noted the New American-style restaurant's inventiveness, use of fresh local organic ingredients, occasional odd substitutions on plates -- made without comment, and UNANIMOUSLY praised one dish: The Duroc Pork Chop....