Alan Chazaro

Alan Chazaro

Food Writer and Reporter

Alan Chazaro is the author of This Is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album (Black Lawrence Press, 2019), Piñata Theory (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), and Notes from the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge (Ghost City Press, 2021). He is a graduate of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley and a former Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fellow at the University of San Francisco. He writes about sports, food, art, music, education, and culture while repping the Bay on Twitter and Instagram at @alan_chazaro.

By Alan Chazaro
Six soccer players situate themselves on a green field, with spectators, netting and a slanted white building in the background

This New Outdoor Soccer Cafe in Oakland Is Primed For the World Cup

A group of customers sits around a table while TV screens and bright flags hang from the ceiling

Bars, Pubs and Dives: Where to Watch World Cup Matches in the Bay Area

A group of women in tracksuits joins in a group hug as confetti falls from the ceiling of an arena

‘Long Live the Monarchs’: Giving Sacramento’s WNBA Team Their Due

A black-and-white photo of Shock G performing, wearing a fur hat over a zebra-print hat, a patterned blazer and a fake nose. He holds a champagne bottle as he raps into the mic.

Digital Underground’s MC Was Secretly a Genius Illustrator

In an outdoor courtyard, a man and woman in blue aprons prepare banana-leaf tamales in a large pot.

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

The New Evolution of Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurants in the Bay Area

Against a red background, a young man with short hair in a white T-shirt beneath a patterned collared shirt holds his arms up and to each side, looking into the camera.

What Woodie’s Brutally Honest Rap Meant for Antioch

A young Black man in an oversized athletic suit branded with Nike logos smiles and raps into a microphone on a basketball court, with dancers in the background

At NBA All-Star Weekend, True Bay Area Culture Thrived — If You Knew Where to Find It

Rapper P-Lo gazes out onto an empty Chase Center.

P-Lo Puts Bay Area Rap Center Court for NBA All-Star Weekend

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