Millennium: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

Millennium is a fine-dining vegan restaurant on College Avenue in Oakland’s Rockridge, and every dish on the menu is plant-based. The kitchen has cooked vegan food since 1994 under chef Eric Tucker. It moved from San Francisco to Rockridge in 2015, and it’s one of the best-known vegan dinners in the Bay Area.

Its status needs a clear note. Millennium announced it would close after its final service on May 16, 2026, and its owners said they hoped to reopen smaller. They did. According to VegNews, the restaurant reopened on June 17, 2026, with fewer seats and a leaner crew. Its own menu pages carry dates from July and August 2026. The format changed, so read this profile as the new Millennium.

Here’s how it works now. On the heated, covered patio, Wednesday through Saturday, you can reserve a prix fixe dinner. The five-course menu costs $95 per person, with an optional wine pairing at $46. Inside, service is more casual. You can order from a short à la carte menu at the bar or at tables through self-seating and QR codes. Tuesday nights, the kitchen has run its Above Ground Pizza menu.

The à la carte list shows the style. Coriander and arborio crusted oyster mushrooms with peach habanero jam are $18. Corn riblets in Korean BBQ sauce with cashew butter are $15. The Millennium Burger at $25 uses a black lentil, pecan, and sunflower seed patty with carrot-cashew cheddar and a toasted pretzel bun. The Whole Grain Reginetti pasta, $25, comes in a tomato vodka cream with tempeh sausage. The Satay Glazed Tempeh is $26, and desserts include a sundae with dulce de leche ice cream and a plum olive oil cake.

The prix fixe menu changes by season, because the kitchen works with small farms and rewrites the list as produce peaks. Pastry chef Pedro Moreno handles the desserts. A late-summer version offered an early girl tomato and melon gazpacho, squash blossoms stuffed with almond ricotta, maitake au poivre with sherried cashew cream, and a rye blondie with chocolate mousse. The pizza night menu used cashew mozzarella and Violife parmesan, with options like a Dirty Margherita and a Smoked Portobello and Truffle pizza. Dishes like feta, parmesan, and cheddar on these menus are plant-based versions.

Millennium marks gluten-free dishes with GF on its menus. Because the whole kitchen is vegan, cross-contact with meat, dairy, and eggs doesn’t exist. Tell the staff about nut and soy allergies, since cashews and tempeh appear all over the menu. The restaurant says it has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since 2016, and its site cites press recognition from Food & Wine and the Huffington Post.

Practical notes: the address is 5912 College Avenue, Oakland, and the phone number is 510-735-9459. Hours have shifted since the reopening, so confirm times on the restaurant’s site or when you reserve. You can book through OpenTable and order pickup or delivery online.

Book the patio on a Friday, take the five courses with the pairing, and ask the chef’s team which dessert is new this month.