The new additions include an award-winning chef’s second restaurant and a perennially popular Singaporean-Chinese vegan spot.

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Our hopes for East Bay restaurants and bars in 2022
In 2022, we’re hoping for (among other things) more outdoor dining, nice restaurant patrons and less takeout trash.
The East Bay’s most anticipated restaurant openings
These are the restaurants we’re looking forward to the most in 2022.
The East Bay’s best new restaurants of the year
These new restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond excited and delighted us in 2021.
The East Bay’s most exciting dining districts in 2021
These neighborhoods in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond are packed with great dining finds.
The East Bay’s saddest restaurant closures of 2021
These are the restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond we’ll miss the most.
The best outdoor dining in the East Bay
These restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond have the coziest patios and best outdoor seating.
The East Bay’s best restaurant experiences in 2021
These restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond offered the year’s best meals.
The East Bay’s most reliable bar and restaurant destinations in 2021
These are the restaurants in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond that we kept going back to this year.
Nosh looks forward to dining in a post-pandemic 2021, fingers crossed
Our final installment of year-end food reflections focuses on the future — hopefully, the not-so-distant future — when we can safely eat, drink and gather again in restaurants.
The dishes and drinks we loved in 2020
We hit up writers, editors and other contributors to share their favorite takeout spots and pandemic comfort foods.
Nosh looks back on what was loved, lost and learned about food in 2020
We reflect on the people who made a difference, the places we were sad to see close and what we learned about food during this challenging year.