Despite frustrating delays and sky-rocketing construction costs, the Bay Area’s culinary dreamers continue to keep us drooling with the promise of new places to eat, from an affordable fresh pasta joint in Oakland to hip Korean barbecue in Santa Clara and new tapas in Mountain View. Here are 12 of the most eagerly anticipated restaurants debuting before summer, and eight more nearing their debut.
Geoff Davis is the proprietor of Oakland’s forthcoming Burdell, a modern soul food restaurant inspired by Davis’ roving pop-up of the same name. (Courtesy Geoff Davis) Burdell, Oakland
This is the most highly anticipated opening in the East Bay. Chef-to-watch Geoff Davis made the announcement Nov.