Sneak Peek The Menu For Hopscotch, Opening Friday

Oakland's new "playful," globally inspired bistro, Hopscotch, will be opening Friday. Today Eater gets a first peek at chef Kyle Itani's menu, which includes duck fat potato chips, sweet potato gnocchi, and a "First Base Burger" with beef tongue. There's also a cocktail list, sporting a maple syrup-laced Old Fashioned and other outside-the-box takes on classic drinks. At week's end, all of this and more will be available two blocks from both the Fox Theater and the Paramount in Oakland’s Uptown District. Have a peek at the retro-meets-modern decor above, and peep the full dinner, cocktail, beer and wine menus, below.

Start
Chips and Dip duck fat potato chips, yuzu aioli
Little Green Salad little gems, tomatoes, sea beans, cucumber, tarragon croutons
Heirloom Tomatoes marinated in dashi, pickled king trumpet mushrooms, tatsoi
Beer Steamed Clams Savoury clams, lamb, duck fat potato chips
Oyster on the Half Shell daily oyster, Schramsberg mignonettes
Yonsei Oyster sea urchin, salmon roe, citrus soy
Duck on Toast foie gras mousse, shitake duxelles

Mains
Sweet Potato Gnocchi king trumpet, hen of the woods and shitake mushrooms, sage crème frâiche
Corvina Sea Bass pea shoots, salt cod stuffed squash blossom, cedar aged miso
Roasted Chicken Loin ginger stuffed, kabocha squash risotto, treviso
Three Little Pigs braised belly, prosciutto meatball, ham hock kale, apple-celery root mash, black garlic
Uptown Burger Black Angus chuck, pickled onions, sesame miso aioli, kennebec chips
First Base Burger Black Angus chuck, griddled beef tongue, pickled onions, sesame miso aioli, kennebec chips

Cocktails
Death in the Afternoon cremant rosé, absinthe, bitters, sugar cube
Maple Old Fashioned rye, pure maple syrup, bitters
Domino scotch, amaro, blackberry, jalapeño, lemon, up
The 8th gin, elderflower, cucumber, lemon, tonic
Kentucky Daiquiri rye, strawberry, lemon, honey, gingerbeer
Agricole Mule agricole rhum, lime, ginger syrup, mint
Bourbon Red Hook bourbon, punt e mes, maraschino liqueur, bitters
El Ernesto en Español reposado tequila, maraschino liqueur, grapefruit, lime

Draft Beer
Asahi Extra Dry
Fukuoka, Japan

Wine List

Sparkling
Allimant Laugner Rosé Cremant d’Alsace, France NV
Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs, Napa CA NV
Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs, Champagne NV

White
Darcie Kent Grüner Veltliner Rava Blackjack Vineyard, Monterey CA 2010
Colle Dei Bardellini Pigato Liguria Italy 2010
Heron Sauvignon Blanc Yountville CA 2009
La Poussie Sauvignon Blanc Sancerre France 2010
Anglim Roussanne Paso Robles CA 2007
Patz and Hall Chardonnay Sonoma Coast CA 2010
Planeta Cometa Fiano Sicily 2007

Red
Rickshaw Pinot Noir Napa Valley CA 2010
Domain Vincent Girardin Santenay 1er Cru La Maladiere France 2005
Pleiades XXI Old Vines by Sean Thackery, Bolinas CA
Domain Juliette Avril Châteauneuf-du-Pape France 2009
Copain Syrah “Tous Ensemble” Mendocino CA 2010
Pio Cesare Barbera d’Alba Piemonte Italy 2008
Beronia Rioja Vieja Reserva Spain 2006
Salentein Malbec Reserve Valle de Uco, Mendoza Argentina 2010
Banshee Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley CA 2009
Rockwall Zinfandel Jesse’s Vineyard, Contra Costa CA 2009
Tenuta Guado al Tasso Cab Blend Bolgheri, Italy 2009

Wine by the Glass

Sparkling
Allimant Laugner Rosé Cremant d’Alsace, France NV

White
Darcie Kent Grüner Veltliner Rava Blackjack Vineyard, Monterey CA 2010
Colle Dei Bardellini Pigato Liguria Italy 2010
Anglim Roussanne Fralich Vineyard, Paso Robles CA 2007

Red
Rickshaw Pinot Noir Napa Valley CA 2010
Pio Cesare Barbera d’Alba Piemonte Italy 2008
Banshee Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley CA 2009
Rockwall Zinfandel Jesse’s Vineyard, Contra Costa CA 2009

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