Come along with Nosh as we explore East Bay restaurants in photographs. This week we focus on El Gusano restaurant, at 1015 Clay St. in Oakland. If you’ve tried the spots we feature, please let us know about your experience in the comments below. If you’d like to submit your own photo gallery for consideration from a meal you enjoyed, please email nosh@berkeleyside.com for more information. You can also add photographs to our Flickr group. (From top to bottom: complimentary, bottomless chips and salsa; chicken tinga appetizer; beef cheek tacos appetizer; plantains appetizer; chicken mole; complimentary tres leches cake. Photos by Emilie Raguso.)

Chips and salsa at El Gusano. Photo: Emilie Raguso
Chicken tinga at El Gusano. Photo: Emilie Raguso

Beef cheek tacos at El Gusano. Photo: Emilie Raguso
Platanos at El Gusano. Photo: Emilie Raguso
Chicken mole at El Gusano. Photo: Emilie Raguso
Tres leches cake at El Gusano. Photo: Emilie Raguso

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Nosh on the town: FIVE restaurant [02.26.13]
Nosh on the town: Haven [12.20.12]
Nosh on the town: Hopscotch [12.07.12]

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Emilie Raguso (former senior editor, news) joined Berkeleyside in 2012 and covered politics, public safety and development until her departure in 2022. In 2017, Emilie was named Journalist...