OAKLAND, CA – FEBRUARY 10 ... When it opened its brick-and-mortar shop in 2021, La Perla was the first and only fully-fledged Puerto Rican restaurant in the East Bay, according to the San ...

La Perla has been nestled in the Dimond District for about three years as the only authentic Puerto Rican restaurant in Oakland. Before that, Ortiz was operating out of a small convenience store.

A beloved Oakland chef is seeing increase support from the community as he undergoes cancer treatment. Jose Ortiz, aka Cheo, is the chef and owner of La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine. After living ...

Some frustrated Oakland business owners are warning ... In the past two years, La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine, a family-owned restaurant on Fruitvale Avenue, has been robbed twice at gunpoint.

(KRON) — A rare Puerto Rican restaurant in the East Bay is leaving Oakland. La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine is closing its Oakland restaurant this week and moving elsewhere in the Bay Area ...