Off The Grid: Lake Merritt Omca

Amazing, I love Off the Grid Fridays! I've been twice so far and each time I leave happy and full. The feeling of community paired with tasty food smells and fun music is always the perfect way to start the weekend. There's a great variety of food trucks lined up in front of the Oakland museum. I'm always partial to the Southern Comfort restaurant. I've had their po'boys, shrimp, and heavenly seasoned fries. But I also love when Señor Sisig and anything that sells ice cream make an appearance. Customer service is always awesome and as fast as they can with the amount of people that show up. Highly recommend going to this weekly event at least once!

One of the best Off the Grid markets outside of SF. They've expanded this market in recent years. Now you can expect upwards of 20 food trucks, so there is something for everyone! You can find the full list of food trucks in advance on the Off the Grid website. The atmosphere is always great wide, open, spacious, and well organized. There is plenty of seating folding chairs provided by Off the Grid and a number of stand up tables scatted around. The museum next door also provides outdoor seating with a live DJ and band that starts playing music later in the evening. The lines don't get long here, but I would still recommend arriving early. Parking is very limited. It is BART accessible get off Lake Merritt and walk 5 minutes. Or you can find street parking a few blocks away and simply walk. Tip: the food trucks shut down at 9 PM SHARP to re open the roads, so plan accordingly! The museum is also half off on Friday nights $8 admission for adults . Take advantage of this great date night.

This occurs most Friday's outside the California Museum in Oakland. Different food trucks and usually music playing. County and State workers emerge from their buildings and mingle with the 20s something's already there. This neighborhood has changed the last couple years with Mad Oak opening up and Off The Grid. A welcome change for a neighborhood that has so much potential. I come here sometimes when I know my favorite food trucks will be there. One star off because of the angle of the sun. Really not a big deal at all but enough to make one want to find shade. 4 stars!

Great evening hangout atmosphere. There's live entertainment (music/performers/etc) outside the OMCA patio area so it gets lively and even fun for kids! Grab a few different types of foods from the different food trucks and take a seat and enjoy! Afterwards, (or even before), you can buy tickets to tour the museum! Very educational and opens your mind to other things outside of our hectic lives! We always split up to grab different items and eat family style! Fun to experience the variety and hang out with your groups. There are lots of food options, and often dessert options as well! It is always a nice cool evening at Off The Grid Lake Merritt! Check the food trucks that are there (they often change): [hidden link]

I been coming to this market since July 2014. I wasn't going to attend the market due to a situation that occur with Off the Grid at the Oakland Museum of California May 2014. I got over my fear when Shakeel, the Market Ambassador at that time convince me to come. Even the other Market Ambassador Elon kept me company making sure I was OK at the market. I will admit every Friday Night I am at Off the Grid outside the Oakland Museum of California. I will admit I overdid it by checking out the exhibits at the museum weekly where I made a friend Preston, the Emcee at the Oakland Museum of California. Over 10 different food trucks to chose from. The highest food trucks they had at the market was up to 20 during the summer time. It is worth coming down to Oakland Museum to see all the different food trucks they have. I will admit I miss the past Market supervisor that ran the market (Adam, Alex, Paul, Henley, whomever ran the market that I can not remember their names). Ben, the current supervisor got this market running smoothly. I been enjoying the market. What makes this market to go to on Friday Night compared to going to Fort Mason is discount on museum tickets. You have a museum to go to while getting food from the food trucks. They also have a garden where children can run around in. The live music at the Oakland Museum of California is amazing. It is worth checking it out. This is the market to check out Friday Night.