• Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Submit a tip
  • Shop
  • About
  • How we work
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Nosh
  • Arts
  • Business
  • City
  • Community
  • COVID
  • Crime
  • Housing
  • Neighborhoods
  • Schools
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Latest news
  • The Oaklandside
  • Cocktail Week
  • New Restaurants
  • Nosh Features
  • Subscribe to Nosh

Nosh

  • New restaurants
  • Bites
  • Nosh features

Arts

Business

City

City

COVID-19

Crime & Safety

  • Policing
  • Homicide
  • Shootings
  • Traffic Safety

Events

Housing

Neighborhoods

Schools

Obituaries

Opinion

Skip to content
Berkeleyside

Berkeleyside

Nonprofit news. Free for all, funded by readers.

  • Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Submit a tip
  • Shop
  • About
  • How we work
  • Advertise
  • Contact
DONATE
  • Nosh
  • Arts
  • Business
  • City
  • Community
  • COVID
  • Crime
  • Housing
  • Neighborhoods
  • Schools
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Latest news
  • The Oaklandside
  • Cocktail Week
  • New Restaurants
  • Nosh Features
  • Subscribe to Nosh
  • Nosh Logo (Highlight Menu)
  • Nosh

Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Paulina Barrack

Posted inCocktail Week

4 thrilling takes on the mai tai, Oakland’s almost-official cocktail

by Paulina Barrack Nov. 09, 2022, 12:00 p.m.November 9, 2022

The mai tai cocktail was invented in Oakland 78 years ago. Here’s how it’s evolved in the years since.

Posted inBreakfast Week

A (takeout) window into Bartavelle’s breakfast success

by Paulina Barrack Sept. 14, 2022, 9:00 a.m.September 17, 2022

After Bartavelle lost its lease, it scrambled to find a new service model — and the result was a fun new addition to the Berkeley breakfast scene.

Posted inLocal Produce Week

A guide to Alameda County farmers markets

by Paulina Barrack May 20, 2022, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Where to go for the freshest local produce, the niftiest farmed nuts and lovingly crafted cheese and staples.

Posted inLocal Produce Week

El Cerrito resident grows exotic fruit in his own backyard, and maybe yours, too

by Paulina Barrack May 19, 2022, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

From Asian plums to sapotes and Persian mulberries, Tom Addison plants fruits and vegetables across patches of unused land in the East Bay.

Posted inNosh Guides

Where to find free Thanksgiving meals and groceries in the East Bay

by Paulina Barrack Nov. 19, 2021, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

A guide to churches, organizations and restaurants in the East Bay that are providing Thanksgiving resources for those in need.

Posted inNosh Guides

Where to find great Halloween treats in the East Bay

by Paulina Barrack Oct. 28, 2021, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Forego the tricks this Halloween and get yourself some treats.

Posted inNew Restaurants

Umami Mart launches a weekly coffee shop with fruit sandwiches and Japanese custard

by Paulina Barrack Oct. 06, 2021, 10:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

The 9-year-old Oakland retail shop and bar is evolving once again.

Posted inNosh Features

One year in, Oakland’s Horn Barbecue is an undeniable success

by Paulina Barrack Sept. 24, 2021, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Lauded pitmaster Matt Horn looks back on an intense first year in business.

Posted inBusiness

Driftwood Baking’s founder wants to keep things small

by Paulina Barrack Aug. 17, 2021, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Deirdre Feeley’s monthly Oakland pop-up delights with small batch, seasonal pastries and cakes.

Posted inNosh

Restaurant owners strive to spread the message of Juneteenth

by Paulina Barrack June 18, 2021, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Some of Oakland’s most prominent restaurateurs say they never heard about Juneteenth in school.

Posted inNosh

The last dance is still far off for Oakland’s Tacos El Ultimo Baile

by Paulina Barrack June 03, 2021, 10:54 a.m.August 10, 2021

From the pre-pandemic bar scene to the daily lunch crowd, Dominic Prado’s street-style tacos continue to thrive.

An Albany chef brings a nostalgic ice cream cart to his hometown
Posted inNosh

Albany chef brings retro ice cream cart to his hometown

by Paulina Barrack April 22, 2021, 11:40 a.m.August 10, 2021

Randy’s Best Ice Cream offers five rotating flavors. Find the cart on Solano Avenue, Friday through Sunday, starting April 23.

Berkeleyside

Berkeleyside

  • Arts
  • Berkeley neighborhoods
  • Business
  • City
  • Community
  • Coronavirus
  • Crime & Safety
  • Events
  • Housing & Development
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Schools

Nosh

  • All Nosh
  • New Restaurants
  • Nosh Features
  • Coming Soon
  • Nightlife
  • Nosh Guides
  • Restaurant Closures

Info

  • Donate
  • Newsletters
  • Submit a tip
  • Shop
  • About
  • How we work
  • Advertise
  • Contact

Support

Donate to Berkeleyside and support independent local journalism.

Part of

© 2023 Cityside. All Rights Reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic