Viridian
Oakland, California
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Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards: Best U.S. Restaurant Bar (Top 10 Nominee, 2026), Best U.S. Restaurant Bar (Regional Honoree: 2026, 2025, 2024), Best U.S. Bar Team (Regional Honoree, 2023).
Viridian opened in Uptown Oakland in February 2020 as a cocktail bar serving contemporary Asian-American food and drinks, founded by William Tsui, Raymond Gee, Jeremy Chiu and Alison Kwan. Tsui's program is hyper-seasonal and produce-forward, the room by Soon and Soon Studio draws on the color moods of Chungking Express and nineties R&B record covers, and the bar bottles cocktails like a Tomato Beef and Black Sesame Espresso Martini to take home.
