Day 248: Dinner Overseas

An SF urbanite friend of mine refers to traveling over the Golden Gate or Bay Bridges as "going overseas".  I always found that very amusing and rarely can I go to Oakland or Berkeley without thinking of him or that funny phrase.

Tonight I had to attend focus groups in Berkeley for work.  My husband, who works overseas, agreed to pick me up and since it was 7:30, we decided to find dinner over there rather than drive back into the city and eat too late.

I was hoping to eat at Bette's Oceanview Diner, a famous Berkeley institution with my name in it.  Unfortunately, we got there and it was closed.  While this Bette blogs about her dinner every night, that Bette doesn't even serve dinner (and nor does the restaurant have an ocean view)!  So, we wound up at the next open place we found, Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto.

Oddly enough, I was craving beef, so I ordered the surf and turf dish:  a sirloin steak and half a stuffed lobster.  It was fair.  The lobster was stuffed with more mushroom than lobster, but I suppose that's to be expected for $28.  The steak was actually quite tasty.

Unlike my friend, I love going overseas and trying out the restaurants there.  We'll probably try lots of other places before we ever go back to Spenger's.  If you have a recommendation in Oakland, Berkeley, or beyond, leave a comment and let me know!