Grand Lake Kitchen - Lake Merritt

Opened in 2012 by husband and wife, May Seto and Dave Wasem, Grand Lake Kitchen set sail as a deli but soon evolved and expanded to a full service restaurant offering new American comfort food, deli classics, and a thoughtful, vibrant cocktail program.

After they both graduated from culinary school, May and Dave met while working in a restaurant together in San Francisco. May, a San Francisco native, and Dave, a midwesterner with Eastern European heritage, decided to blend their sensibilities to create what is now the spirit of Grand Lake Kitchen. Finding inspiration in diversity, warm service, and good food and drink, Grand Lake Kitchen, at its heart, is an inclusive family-operated restaurant that offers a full dining experience in a relaxed and convivial setting.

May and Dave dreamed of opening a second location and it finally came true after finding the perfect space in the Dimond District of Oakland. Grand Lake Kitchen Dimond has been open since the spring of 2019. What's next? You'll have to wait and see...!