These mini food incubators that celebrate food diversity in the East Bay allow restaurateurs to create a brand and build a following in a less-risky manner than an all-out brick-and-mortar outpost.

The Park Street outpost offers refined, budget-friendly, Peruvian-accented fast-casual cuisine with stellar Baja tacos.

Pizza Marica elevates pizza to a higher level, with thin crusts and fanciful ingredients like lobster and filet mignon.

The Lakeshore Avenue eatery — also a craft cocktail paradise — resembles a mid-century dinner party, and you want in on this action.

MerSea and Aracely inhabit a new frontier well worth exploration.

Unusual flavors and lovely presentation distinguish these small, sweet wonders.

The Jack London Square restaurant and butcher shop is pricey, but the portions suit serious meat-loving eaters.

There are more types in the East Bay than you can imagine: Our selective guide to classics, far-out versions, unburgery burgers, and chain options.

The popular Uptown restaurant lets artist-chefs Andrew Greene and Duncan Kwitkor experiment with a forward tasting menu series.