(KRON) — One of many few Puerto Rican eating places within the Bay Space is opening this week. La Perla Puerto Rican Delicacies is opening this Friday, Feb. 14 in Castro Valley. It is going to be contained in the Castro Valley Market situated at 3295 Castro Valley Blvd.
The grand opening will likely be an enormous celebration all through the weekend, in keeping with a Castro Valley Market spokesperson. Guests ought to “expect some notable names there” with a dwell band in entrance of the constructing from Friday to Saturday from midday to three p.m.
La Perla will likely be open from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. The spokesperson added the restaurant is “expecting a lot of folks.”
Locals might keep in mind La Perla for its years-long restaurant in Oakland’s Decrease Dimond neighborhood. It initially operated by serving its menu out of a comfort retailer in 2017 and later opened a brick-and-mortar store in 2021.
Final fall, La Perla introduced it will be leaving its Oakland location on Fruitvale Avenue and relocate 15 miles south to Castro Valley. La Perla in Oakland closed on Nov. 30, 2024.
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A glance inside Puerto Rican restaurant La Perla, which is about to open Friday, Feb. 14 in Castro Valley. 
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On the time of its opening, La Perla was the primary and solely fully-fledged Puerto Rican restaurant within the East Bay, in keeping with the San Francisco Chronicle.
Different companies set to open at Castro Valley Market embody Pho 510, which ought to open “relatively soon.” Pho 510 has ties to East Bay Vietnamese eating places Le Cheval and Pho Benny, in keeping with Castro Valley Market. Pour Selections, a craft espresso and beer spot based mostly in San Jose, not too long ago signed a lease and can open sooner or later. The meals corridor didn’t present a goal opening date for both institution.
Some notable retailers presently open at Castro Valley Market embody Beard Papa’s and Slice Home (by Tony Gemignani).
One of many Bay Space’s different Puerto Rican eating places is Sol Meals in San Rafael. Music famous person Unhealthy Bunny, a Puerto Rico native, paid a go to to the North Bay restaurant forward of his Oakland Coliseum live performance in 2022.
