After 36 years, Berkeley’s Triple Rock brewpub is going strong
Berkeley’s groundbreaking brewery is one of the oldest in the U.S.
Freelancer Risa Nye is a Bay Area native. She was born in San Francisco and grew up in the East Bay. She spent many happy years on the UC Berkeley campus, both as a student and as an employee. She has worked in hospitals and high schools. She writes for Berkeleyside Nosh about the local cocktail scene as Ms Barstool. Her writing has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Monthly, Hipocampus Magazine, and at www.eatdrinkfilms.com. In 2016 she published her first book, "There Was a Fire Here: A Memoir."
Berkeley’s groundbreaking brewery is one of the oldest in the U.S.
It’s hard to remodel a longstanding dive bar without excising its character, but Ali Eslami is trying his best.
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The 48-year-old restaurant has been closed since the pandemic began.
Hildegard Marshall started by selling pies and burgers to Oakland longshoremen, but she found a home for FatApple’s in Berkeley and El Cerrito.
Devoted regulars are banding together and fundraising to save the historic Grand Avenue bar.
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We got an early look and taste at this upcoming Uptown bar, which will open Feb. 4.
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Get to know the interesting history behind this beloved Rockridge institution, the first bar in Oakland to obtain its liquor license after Prohibition ended.
Patrons come from near and far to gather ’round the piano and sing — or just listen — at the ‘ramshackle roadhouse’ on Grand Avenue, where time has seemingly stood still.
The duo behind this new musical were inspired by a picture book filled with dots that asks readers to use their imagination to make things happen. They created a unique piece of theater that does the same thing.
Victor Bergeron transformed Hinky Dinks from a bar with a hunting lodge vibe into a tropical oasis where he invented the Mai Tai.
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