Dining near Oakland's Paramount Theatre?

Someone wrote:

Someone wrote:
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-->My Beloved and I are attending the Sarah McLaughlin concert at the
-->Paramount Theatre in Oakland on 11/30.
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--Cool.   I'm envious.  (I love Sarah McLaughlin but a conflict prevented
--me from planning on that performance.)

>>>>> Someone wrote:
J> My Beloved and I are attending the Sarah McLaughlin concert at the J> Paramount Theatre in Oakland on 11/30.  As part of her birthday J> celebration, I'd like to take her (my love, not Sarah) somewhere wonderful J> for dinner before the show.  She particularly likes Thai, Vietnamese, J> Japanese (sushi), and other Asian foods, though any recommendations for J> exceptional restaurants (French?  Continental?) would be welcome.  Price J> is a minor point, I'm willing to spend up to $100 for the two of us.  We'd J> be coming from the south bay, so south of the theatre would be preferable J> to north.

If you like Italian, check out Davinci's at 1814 Franklin. Their breadsticks are big and soft and they have great pasta.