The news has been a long time coming.
Miss Ollie’s, a lively Afro Caribbean restaurant that’s been a mainstay of Old Oakland for the past decade, is closing at the end of this month,The news has been a long time coming — back in December 2020, chef-owner Sarah Kirnon announced that Miss Ollie’s would be closing and transforming into a new nonprofit project called Sanctuary, according to. The venture would host outdoor events with food, art and music to provide a platform for Oakland’s Black creators.
As KQED reported, Kirnon ended up negotiating another year for the restaurant at its 901 Washington St. location. But now, Miss Ollie’s time has finally come to an end. Or maybe not quite. Kirnon told KQED that she hopes to eventually reopen Miss Ollie’s somewhere else in Oakland as a takeout window and catering company. And her nonprofit, Sanctuary, is definitely still happening.
So for loyal patrons, it’s not goodbye but see you later for their favorite skillet fried chicken and buttermilk waffles, braised oxtails and jerk shrimp salad. “It was Oakland at its finest,” Kirnon reminisced to KQED. “Black and brown, people of color, queer folks, elders — we were cross-generational. And I’ve seen kids go off to college. We’ve done funerals. We were a neighborhood restaurant.”
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