How One of Mexico City’s Most Acclaimed Restaurants Began in Oakland ^6.5%

KQED - By Alan Chazaro - 3/23/2026, 10:14 PM

When you first enter Masala y Maiz — a Michelin-starred renegade of a restaurant in Mexico City that has been profiled on Netflix’s “Chef’s Table” — you wouldn’t necessarily know that Oakland is at the heart of its soulful appeal. The concrete, brutalist design of the space denotes an air of Mexican modernism that’s unlike anything you’d... more