Our favorite two pupus were the salt-cod fritters, Trinidad-style, with cilantro and red pepper aioli, and m’bazzi pea beans, navy beans stewed in coconut milk and served as a finger food in romaine leaves, a Kenyan dish.

Coconut-infused m’bazzi beans. Photo: Kim Westerman — Coconut-infused m’bazzi beans.

You can dine under a palapa or at the bar, but anywhere you go you’ll hear birdsong, crickets chirping, or frogs croaking, thanks to a 22-speaker ambient soundscape that plays recordings of wildlife without repeating in each zone.

The early crowd heats up in the bar area at Longitude. Photo: Kim Westerman — The early crowd heats up in the bar area at Longitude.

If you’re seated downstairs, by all means make a trek upstairs to see Long’s mother’s original art, line drawings of animals—a zebra, tiger, giraffe, and many more—Mary Long’s gift to her daughter’s new place, which has already had an auspicious beginning.

Mary Long’s Zebra line drawing at Longitude. Photo: Kim Westerman — Mary Long’s Zebra line drawing at Longitude.

Longitude
Address: Map
347 14th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-465-2008
Hours: Sunday and Tuesday-Thursday, 4pm-midnight; 10:30; Friday-Saturday, 4pm-1:30am; closed Mondays
Price Range: $$
Facebook: Longitude Oakland
Twitter: @longitudeoak

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