Au revoir, Au Coquelet: Late-night Berkeley cafe makes way for 8-story development
Any hopes that a new cafe would open in the old Au Coquelet were dashed Wednesday, when the entire building was destroyed.
Any hopes that a new cafe would open in the old Au Coquelet were dashed Wednesday, when the entire building was destroyed.
Their effort follows a successful drive to unionize workers at a New York REI, and a national organizing push among service workers.
Science-backed R&D firm in West Berkeley uses fermentation to create new ingredients for beauty, wellness and personal care.
Le Labo, part of an upscale international chain of perfume shops, opened quietly during the pandemic on Fourth Street. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Hundreds of CVS pharmacy locations are being closed across the country.
Renovations to three buildings on Fifth Street mark the start of a developer’s ambitious plans for a 3-acre project that could host nearly 600 workers.
The new Residence Inn by Marriott, which opens Friday in downtown, is the fourth-tallest building in Berkeley and the city’s biggest in half a century.
The deal paves the way for a building boom at the Bayer campus in West Berkeley, which could add 1,000 new jobs.
Berkeley’s solution to the “shuffle” of drivers moving their cars every two hours is getting pushback from some businesses and residents.
Landmark Theatres is vacating the century-old theater. One of downtown’s most distinctive buildings now faces an uncertain future.
Westbrae Nursery, in existence since the 1930s, now has seven worker-owners. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Jeweler David Giulietti started out making armor in high school and has worked with metal ever since. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Drawn to anti-war Berkeley as a 21-year-old mechanic, Ken Shapiro has been fixing cars in the city for 50 years. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
The scion of a venerable Berkeley restaurant family is opening her fourth store a couple doors down from her brothers’ restaurant, Agridolce. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
Where to go for the freshest local produce, the niftiest farmed nuts and lovingly crafted cheese and staples.
Berkeley’s groundbreaking brewery is one of the oldest in the U.S.
Restaurants of note that closed in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond for April 2022.
While some are eager to get back to daily life without a face covering, we found masks are still the norm throughout much of Berkeley.
The health order also extends its proof of vaccination mandate for restaurant patrons and gym-goers to everyone over 5 years old.
Proof of vaccination will be required at restaurants, bars, clubs, gyms, dance and yoga studios, and events with at least 1,000 attendees. Also: theaters where food or drinks are sold.
Workers at those businesses and several others will also be required either to get vaccinated or receive weekly COVID-19 tests.
After suffering serious falls, Betty Gray hasn’t been able to leave her second-floor apartment to run Alice’s Relaxing Bath and Gift Shop.
Downtown Berkeley, which once boasted a half-dozen movie theaters, will soon be down to one.
Finding a special gift for moms, dads and grads also supports the tenacious small business owners who kept the doors open when so much closed.
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