In the courtyard of Two Pitchers Brewing Company on Webster Street in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood, there is a burger joint so good that it spawned its own expansion across the Bay.
Lovely’s has been smashing 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef into gloriously crispy, caramelized patties since 2017 — and the line out the door on any given Friday night tells you everything you need to know about just how deeply this city has claimed it as its own. 🌉🍔
How Lovely’s Won Oakland’s Hearts
Founder and owner Sam Smith built Lovely’s on a deceptively simple promise: 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef, made to order, every time — and in a city that takes its food sourcing as seriously as its social values, that commitment immediately set this Oakland burger joint apart from the crowd.
The smash burger technique — pressing the patty flat against a screaming hot griddle to create a caramelized, lacy-edged crust — was still far from ubiquitous in the Bay Area when Lovely’s opened in 2017, and locals who stumbled into that first outdoor courtyard on Webster Street felt like they had discovered something genuinely special.…