{"id":773,"date":"2020-08-24T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T00:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contracostalive.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2025-03-22T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T21:36:44","slug":"best-restaurants-antioch-brentwood-oakley-pittsburg-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contracostalive.com\/blog\/best-restaurants-antioch-brentwood-oakley-pittsburg-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Restaurants in Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley & Pittsburg, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

There Are 100’s Of Good Restaurant’s Here in Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, And Pittsburg. These Are The Best Restaurants in East County. We Call Them “Destination Restaurants.”<\/h2>\n

You can satisfy any food craving in East County. You can probably find a decent burger, taco, or plate of Chinese food in about 10 minutes from where you live or work.<\/p>\n

Good food is not enough to be on this restaurant list<\/strong>. Good is good. It solves a need and maybe a quick craving. But, it\u2019s not exciting and it\u2019s certainly not memorable.<\/p>\n

Special is special<\/strong>. To be on this list a restaurant must have a unique location, a startling interior,\u00a0 a signature dish. Hopefully all three. These are the places you go to feed fond food memories.<\/p>\n

There are 9 special restaurants on this list near you.<\/strong> Right here in East County.<\/p>\n

Visit These Restaurants When You Have Time To Enjoy Something Special.<\/strong>\u00a0Create some new fine food memories at one of these \u201cDestination Restaurants\u201d they are all special and all worth it.<\/p>\n

Did we leave your favorite \u201cdestination restaurant\u201d off this list?<\/strong>\u00a0Send us the\u00a0info here<\/a> perhaps they are a Top Restaurant in East County.<\/p>\n

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