Travel itinerary

Destinations: Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Argentina.

Price: the cost of lunch or dinner at Bocanova, the new Pan-American restaurant opening tomorrow as part of the revitalization of Oakland’s Jack London Square (modeled after the Ferry Building).

Your pilots: husband-and-wife team of executive chef Rick Hackett of San Francisco’s MarketBar and front-of-house manager Meredith Melville.

First-class menu: spans a range of South, Central, and North American countries with such dishes as fried frigatello peppers sprinkled with pink sea salt, Yucatan seafood stew, organic chicken a la plancha, and lomo steak with chipotle-mushroom sauce.

In-flight entertainment: grand waterfront views from a vintage 1920s ice house restored in vibrant hues, complete with concrete columns, a spacious patio, and recycled and sustainably harvested materials like stone and tile.

Flight attendants, prepare for takeoff.

Bocanova, 55 Webster Street, at Jack London Square, Oakland (510-444-1233 or bocanova.com).