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Oasis Restaurant & Wine Lounge will close for about three weeks starting Oct. 15 as it relocates to a new space down the street at the Pleasanton Hotel.
Married owners Omar Etemadi and Sadaf Shaghasi said they hope to reopen in the new location, 855 Main St., by Nov. 5. Oasis will be next door to the couple’s other restaurant, Ruby & Roses.
“Same menu, same food, just a new look,” Etemadi said regarding the move. “To me, I think this building is (much) cozier, and it’s going to be more upscale.”
The Afghan Mediterranean restaurant, currently located at 780 Main St., opened in 2005. Etemadi said he has seen the business grow and become one of downtown’s core restaurants over the last two decades.
But after more than 20 years in the same building and their lease coming to an end, Etemadi said, he and his wife felt like they needed to change things up a bit.
“Having 22 years of the same style, same look … just gets a little played out,” he said.
“I want to elevate Oasis,” he added. “By looks, by decor, by everything.”
The couple opened Ruby & Roses in the Pleasanton Hotel building three years ago and jumped at the opportunity to have both of their restaurants under one roof.
“Oasis has been a part of our lives and our community for two decades, and while our location is changing, the heart of Oasis remains the same — authentic,” Shaghasi said in a statement to the Weekly. “Afghani Mediterranean flavors, warm hospitality and the memories we’ve created with all of you over the years.”
Etemedi said he’s not worried about losing any customers, as the restaurant is only moving a few hundred feet down the road. He also said the hotel building’s historical significance — it was one of the first few buildings constructed on Main Street — will only draw more people.
“If this was any other building, I would have been worried,” Etemadi said. “But Pleasanton Hotel itself carries so much name in it, so much weight in it … This building itself has more history than any building in Pleasanton.”
He said the new space will have more parking and a bigger bar. Each restaurant will have its own entrance, dining spaces and kitchens. Certain parts of Ruby & Roses, Etemadi said, can serve as extensions of Oasis during special events.
The new location will have less patio space than the 780 Main St. location, so Etemadi said Oasis will be able to use the patio space on the Ruby & Roses side for special parties and events.
Etemadi said he can serve certain events and parties under the Oasis menu at Ruby & Roses during the temporary closure.
He said the 780 Main St. storefront has already been leased to an Indian restaurant. An ownership application notice posted on the window of Oasis lists Lunchbox US as the incoming owner.
