California Cuisine at Leila by the Bay Restaurant in Hercules, CA for Breakfast Lunch and Dinner

Leila by the Bay is a local neighborhood restaurant that serves of fresh homemade from scratch California cuisine for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner.

Now under new management they also launched a menu for lunch that features the finest California Cuisine all fresh made from scratch. The new owner has a strong commitment to quality not only for food but also in customer service being in the food industry for several years.

Leila by the Bay is located in a historic building in Hercules with spectacular view of San Pablo Bay. The waterfront restaurant is well appointed with great décor and a homey ambiance to welcome you.

They have a full bar with Happy Hours, open daily from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm seven days a week and bottomless Mimosas on Saturday & Sunday.  Outdoor seating will give the romantic touch of the place with its spectacular Bay view.

The menu encompasses Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. From Appetizers to entrée, desserts to pasta and drinks. Enjoy the soup of the day and desserts that change daily to keep you coming back.

ABOUT LEILA

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Leila by the Bay was named after Leila, a mother who inspired the belief that good food unites families and communities. Passion for food and serving others is what they believe the central to success.

Leila by the Bay is located in the Civic Center Historical Building in Hercules CA with spectacular view of San Francisco.

With the Love on spirit of the community and the serenity of the surrounding landscape right by the bay Leila’s is the perfect dinning spot to bring people together through fresh food and drinks in the East Bay.

Leila by the Bay is located at 1991 Railroad Ave. Hercules, CA 94547.  Open Monday to Friday 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM (Lunch), 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Happy Hour), 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM (Dinner); Saturday & Sunday 9 AM – 3:30 PM (Brunch), 3:30 – 6:30 PM (Happy Hour), 5:30 – 9:00 PM (Dinner). www.leilabythebay.com

Go Native! Chef John Farais from indigenousedibles.com to appear at Guest Chef in Oakland from Oct 9 - 21, 2012.

Have you heard of Guest Chef? Guest Chef is a restaurant in Oakland that invites different chefs to cook there. Guest Chef will be featuring chef John Farais for two weeks from Oct 9 through 21 to introduce his very own native edible food menu.

John Farais is a Marin County chef, lecturer, and cooking instructor with a very unique passion. He is one of the few, if not the only, Bay Area chefs who specialize in the history, taste, and promotion of The Americas’ indigenous edible plants. John uses ingredients that are native to The Americas, both North and South America. Although his cooking incorporates American Indian techniques, it is not necessarily American Indian cuisine, nor is John a Native American. John's company is aptly called INDIGENOUS EDIBLES.

John taught himself the natural history of California Indians, ethno-botany and native anthropology before concentrating on indigenous ingredients as food and native cookbooks. It is his goal as a chef, to help diners rediscover our proud, ancient, history of native edibles. This approach has developed a cuisine that combines the historical natives with contemporary tastes, discovering a Real “California Cuisine”.

John has lectured for Slow Food, Oakland Museum, SFSU, College of Marin and California native Garden Foundation. 

John has also cooked for Carlo Petrini, the creator of Slow Food International, Actor Peter Coyote, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, and many private clients in Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, and San Jose.

John is a board member of the Museum of the American Indian, Slow Food USA, and Chef’s Collaborative. A portion of his proceeds will go to starting a foundation to help Native Americans regain their heritage food ways, through native plant agriculture, and teaching future generations how to grow, cook and eat whole foods.

 

Guest Chef is located at 5337 College Ave, Oakland, CA
telephone:  (510) 658-7378
website:  www.theguestchef.net

John Farais is online at www.indigenousedibles.com