This North Oakland Corner Store Serves Up Some of the Tastiest Pakistani Food in Town

San Francisco Magazine Luke Tsai Luke Tsai Al-Maida is a two-table restaurant tucked in the back of a market. The most notable thing about North Oakland’s A & Sons Market & Deli isn’t the selection of organic juices or the well-stocked shelves of international foodstuffs—though those, too, are a cut above your average corner store’s wares. Rather, since this past spring, the back half of the market has been home to Al-Maida, a little two-table restaurant where chef-owner Sayed Muhammad s...