Cult favorite Dumpling Time will open its first East Bay location in Berkeley
Tanya Holland's new restaurant opens in Oakland; Mama returns with a tipless model.
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Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs has left San Francisco for Oakland
Soul Slice’s biscuit-crust pizza; Golden Bull’s star-studded live show; more Quick Bites.
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Vegan pop-up Don’t Be Chick’n launches a Bay Area food truck
Don’t be Chick’n’s hearty platters have attracted a loyal following to its ongoing Oakland pop-up.
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Restaurant owners strive to spread the message of Juneteenth
Some of Oakland’s most prominent restaurateurs say they never heard about Juneteenth in school.
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A Berkeley parking garage will be the new home of the Midwest’s coolest treat
A savory Father’s Day treat; yet another Matt Horn spot; more.
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East Bay restaurant openings and closings in May
Bombera, Sunday Bakeshop, Wondrous Brewing Company, others opened; Soop, Pretty Lady, Noodles Pho Me, others closed.
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Cheers to Mom! Beers, wines, sakes and spirits from East Bay mom-run businesses
We asked eight mothers in the drinks industry for a bit of motherly advice and to share what they’ll be sipping this Mother’s Day.
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East Bay restaurant openings and closings in April
Brothers Public Kitchen, Taqueria Chef Tony, more opened; Gecko Gecko, Da Nang, more closed.
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Chez Panisse will reopen its dining room in October
Reservations for the in-demand dining room will open in September.
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This Oakland brunch spot was losing $25,000 a month; Berkeley Bowl drops its masking rules
Police arrest a suspect in a taqueria robbery; barbecue spots you need to know; more Quick Bites.
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Oakland business seeks Boichik Bagels ban; scolding sign backfires at Concord barbecue spot
Orinda mulls new takeout container rules; more details on Pladaek Thai; a visit to Viridian; more Quick Bites
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Alice Waters opens a new restaurant; Mama seeks local artists
A new East Bay brewery; a scandal over a pizza shop’s ownership; more Quick Bites.
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Oakland’s Low Bar has ‘the spirit of a dive bar and the vibrancy of a taqueria’
Matt Meyer and Daniel Paez’s new Uptown bar has a low-key vibe and serves up food and drinks that reflect the owners’ Mexican American heritages.
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When COVID-19 ended dance parties, this Oakland audio company started a coffee business
Waveworks founder Bradley Katz has turned to his other passion, coffee roasting, to get through the pandemic lull.
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The Alley reopens after community pitches in to save piano bar
A year of fundraisers and auctions saved the 88-year-old Grand Avenue watering hole.
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Understory, a worker-run restaurant and bar, is as righteous as it is delicious
The worker-forward restaurant offers a rotating menu of hard-to-find foods.
Edith’s Pie isn’t your usual pandemic pastry pop-up
Chef Mike Raskin has a plan to build Edith’s Pie into a permanent business with a focus on fair treatment of workers (and delicious pie).
