Cocktail ingredients at A16 in Oakland. Photo: Thomas Hawk/Flickr

Bites: Lemonade, Organic Coup, The Gastropig, more (Nosh)
Nellie’s Soulfood will reopen in JK’s Brickhouse in West Oakland (EBX)
Go eat this: 55-hour pastrami at Duchess in Rockridge (SFist)
The year 2016 in Bay Area restaurant and bar openings (Inside Scoop)
The year in food policy (Civil Eats)
First Bite: Duchess debuts in Rockridge (Diablo Magazine)
Here’s why 2016 was rough for Bay Area restaurants (BAB)
Four new restaurants we’re crazy for (SF Magazine)

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