Sound & Savor

10/15/2024

Is there a reason for me to continue the underground restaurant series? Or do Americans only want Amazon and Taylor Swift and whatever else that corporations shove down their throats?
Please convince me that i should continue and that there is still an audience for real food and real music in this community!

Saturday evening in west Oakland, a ramen menu with homemade ramen, homemade tofu, homemade tempeh, homemmade ice cream

Join the communal table for a bowl of ramen and Japanese curry

10/08/2024

These are the final 5 dinners and 2 concerts i am offering.

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/philip-gelb-62556953693

Saturday Oct 12 Jewish New Years Dinner
Saturday Oct 19 Ramen night
Saturday Nov 9 pumpkin menu with Todd Barton solo Buchla Music Easel with special guest for one duet
Wednesday Dec 25 Annual Chinese food for Christmas dinner
Saturday Dec 28 with Erika Oba and Hitomi Oba and a yuzu menu

Philip Gelb is a vegan chef, based in Oakland, California. Mostly known for hosting dinners in his loft in West Oakland, often with world renowned musicians performing in this very intimate space. Food is always seasonal and locally based with an emphasis on making everything in house. Handmade temp...

09/24/2024

Thursday, September 26 at Wyldflowr Arts in West Oakland, a concert of Hindustani vocal music featuring. Srijan Deshpande! I will have waffle cones and banana-walnut-chocolate chip ice cream (cashew base) for this one.
Ice cream starts at 7, concert at 730.
809 37th street at west.

09/16/2024

Thursday evening, September 19 at Wyldflowr Arts, as part of the Thursday night concert series, presented by RootStock Arts, i will have strawberry -coconut ice cream (Cashew base) with chocolate waffle cones and a concert by Francis Wong on saxophones, Erika Oba on flute and piano, Trinidad on electric bass and Carrie Jahde on drums playing the music of Glenn Horiuchi!
Doors and ice cream at 7, concert at 7:30

09/10/2024

Will have blueberry pecan ice cream and chocolate waffle cones, Thursday evening at Wyldflowr Arts as part of RootStock Arts weekly concert series.
809 37th street at West Street in West Oakland. Doors at 7, music at 7:30.

09/09/2024

Saturday, September 14 in West Oakland, a family style feast of Thai dishes including corn fritters, lemongrass tempeh with handmade fava bean tempeh, tamarind tofu and lots lots more.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thai-vegan-family-style-feast-tickets-946652201217?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

09/04/2024

Ice cream popup, Thursday, Septembe 5 at Wyldflowr Arts. Will have 2 flavors, this week; raspberry and blueberry-chocolate as well as chocolate waffle cones.
$8/single
$12/double.
Singer/songwriter Eki Shola is peforming this week as part of the Thursday night concert series, produced by RootStock Arts

08/28/2024

Will have blackberry ice cream (cashew base) and chocolate waffle cones for the weekly ice cream pop up at Wyldflowr Arts, Thursday evening, August 29. This is an amazing concert series presented by RootStock Arts and this week we are featuring my friend, Raffi Garabedian's new 4tet with the incredible bass player, Lisa Mezzacappa, drummer, Sameer Gupta and a keyboard player that i am not yet familiar with.

08/27/2024

Sunday morning, September 1 at 11 am, we start a new monthly series on the first Sunday of each month; "Bagels, Chai, Raga", with fresh out of the oven bagels, various toppings, bottomless chai and a concert of classical Indian music. This month we feature bansuri player, Akshay Naresh accompanied by tabla player, Sameer Gupta.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bagels-chai-and-raga-tickets-942776960267

08/26/2024

Celebrating 20 years as a chef, this weekend! And 20 years of hosting dinners with world renowned musicians in my loft in West Oakland. Can fairly confidently say that this is the longest running underground restaurant!!
4 courses of Southern and Caribbean dishes and a solo concert by elder master, Richard Howell, Friday evening. A few seats are still available so grab them while you can!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-anniversary-celebration-richard-howell-solo-tickets-946614668957

08/21/2024

Ice cream popup, Thursday at Wyldflowr Arts as RootStock Arts presents Manik Khan on sarod.
Masala chai ice cream (cashew based) and handmade waffle cones will be available.
$8 single
$12/double

08/20/2024

4 seats open for Saturday evening, August 24th's family style Italian feast in West Oakland.
Farinata, ziti a la norma, gazpacho, heiloom tomato salad,Tempeh scallopini and lots more

Join the communal table of 12 and pass around platters of delicious, gorgeous Italian summer dishes.

08/13/2024

Ice cream popup Thursday evening, August 15 at Wyldflowr Arts in West Oakland, the weekly series produced by RootStock Arts presents sitar player Josh Feinberg and Sudhakar Vaidyanathan on tabla.
I will have handmade chocolate waffle cones and a very unique ice cream; maple roasted corn (cashew based)!

809 37th street.
Ice cream service starts at 630. Concert at 7.

08/12/2024

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-lA6XYPw_r/. great video about the underground restaurant dinner, this past weekend by the great dancer, Labonee Mohanta!

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08/07/2024

Saturday August 10 in West Oakland. 4 courses of delightful flavors featuring corn! Including the amazing Hokkaido style summer time ramen dish, Corn miso ramen with handmade ramen, thai corn fritters, jamaican jerk corn salad and corn ice cream cones.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vegan-corn-menu-tickets-942545778797?

08/06/2024

Thursday, August 8 at Wyldflowr Arts, 809 37th street at West in West Oakland. RootStock Arts presents Erika Oba (flute, piano) with Hitomi Oba (saxophone) and guests.

I will have handmade matcha flavored waffle cones and black sesame ice cream (cashew based) for this one.

07/29/2024

Ice cream popup, Thursday evening, August 1 at Wyldflowr Arts in West Oakland, RootStock Arts presents Bruce Hamm (sarod) and Joanna Mack (sitar) in performance.

I will have handmade chocolate waffle cones and blueberry ice cream (cashew based) for this one.
Ice cream starts at 630. Concert at 7

07/27/2024

Next underground restaurant is Saturday, August 10, a 4 course menu featuring the local corn harvest!

Thai style corn fritters, a Jamaican style jerk corn salad, Hokkaido style Corn Miso Ramen (with handmade noodles, of course) and roasted corn ice cream.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vegan-corn-menu-tickets-942545778797?

a 4 course menu celebrating the local corn harvest with flavors from Thailand, Jamaica, Japan and the United States.