A Famed East Bay Vegan Restaurant Returns Weeks After Closing The restaurant is now offering a three-course or five-course prix fixe dinner. OAKLAND, CA — A longtime, critically acclaimed vegan restaurant that closed last month is back, but on a smaller scale. Millennium owner Alison Bagby expected to serve her last meal at the restaurant on Saturday, May 16.
The restaurant was no longer financially stable, and there just weren't enough customers to keep operating. But over the weekend, Bagby announced Millennium would be returning Wednesday with a new prix fixe menu as they find ways to operate on a smaller scale. Find out what's happening in Alamedafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The prix fixe menu will allow customers to choose from a three- or five-course experience. A small à la carte menu will also be available for both dine-in and takeout. "If you’ve attended one of our wine dinners or special event dinners, you know how exciting it can be when Eric (Tucker) channels all of his creativity and talent into a more focused menu," according to a post on Millennium's Instagram.
" Find out what's happening in Alamedafor free with the latest updates from Patch. Pizza nights will begin in July, they added. Millennium first opened in 1994, inside San Francisco's Hotel California, under the ownership of Larry and Ann Wheat. At the time, it was one of the Bay Area's pioneering vegan restaurants.
When the Wheats retired in 2015, Tucker and Bagby took over and relocated to its current location in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood. Millennium is critically acclaimed and known for its innovative vegan cuisine. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
