Put on your dancing shoes, Ashkenaz is back
After being closed for more than two years due to the pandemic, the nonprofit venue is reopening June 5 with an all-day free event.
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A guide to Alameda County farmers markets
Where to go for the freshest local produce, the niftiest farmed nuts and lovingly crafted cheese and staples.
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El Cerrito resident grows exotic fruit in his own backyard, and maybe yours, too
From Asian plums to sapotes and Persian mulberries, Tom Addison plants fruits and vegetables across patches of unused land in the East Bay.
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Can a rooftop farm in Oakland change the world?
The group behind a farm on top an Oakland Whole Foods aims to decolonize the land, pay farmers and provide nutritious food for people who have been marginalized.
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How to cook with the East Bay’s bounty of cherry plums
Wild plums, the freely found fruit of the East Bay, can become chutney, ice cream or liqueur.
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This delicious fruit is free for the taking across the East Bay
You’ve seen cherry plums spattered on the sidewalk and smashed them underfoot, but they’re actually a forager’s dream.
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Le Bateau Ivre, a European cafe in the heart of Berkeley, celebrates 50 years
Opened by Arlene Giordano and Tom Cooper in 1972, Le Bateau Ivre is many things to many people.
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Bay Area cheesecake fave Crumble & Whisk is opening an Oakland restaurant
In addition to mini and full-size cheesecakes, expect pastries and hot and cold sandwiches.
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After 36 years, Berkeley’s Triple Rock brewpub is going strong
Berkeley’s groundbreaking brewery is one of the oldest in the U.S.
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What it’s like to live inside a legendary Oakland lesbian bar
Rebecca Longworth and Joan Howard live in what was once The Jubilee, a rough-and-tumble Oakland lesbian bar through the 1970s and ’80s.
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Police will ticket drivers to curb rampant double-parking on Durant
The street has grown increasingly clogged with motorists double-parking on both sides of the one-way street just east of Telegraph Avenue.
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‘This land is coming back to us’: Berkeley community garden gifted to Ohlone land trust
An anonymous donor paid $435,000 to save part of the Ashby Community Garden in Southwest Berkeley and has given it to the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.
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This East Oakland vegetable garden nourishes a close-knit community
Oakland’s Iu Mien elders have been growing mustard greens, sugar cane stalks, and snap peas at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park since 2003.
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Berkeley’s new Indigenous Community Learning Garden takes root
The 4-month-old garden boasts Cherokee Purple tomatoes, Chiletepin peppers and many other Indigenous and California native plants.
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As restaurants close, Grand Lake Farmers Market vendors hurt for business
Some farmers sold more than half their harvest to restaurants before the pandemic. A new program is helping farmers connect with more individual customers.
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All the East Bay restaurants that opened in April
All the restaurants that opened in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond for April 2022.
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The 19-year-old owner of Joe’s Coffee Stop is focused on ‘the simple things’
The eye-catching drive-up coffee shop near the Albany Target serves quality brew and breakfast burritos.
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Emeryville’s Bay Street mall wants to be the East Bay’s hottest dining destination
Five new restaurants, an ice cream shop and a mini-golf bar are all opening at the mall this year.
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Wildly anticipated Cafe Ohlone opens for one-time tasting event
Iconic Indigenous restaurant Cafe Ohlone hopes to provide a bridge between UC Berkeley’s troubling past and a better future.
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All the East Bay restaurants that closed in April
Restaurants of note that closed in Berkeley, Oakland and beyond for April 2022.
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Where to find Easter meals and specials in the East Bay
A vetted list of great Easter brunch, lunch and dinner options in Berkeley and Oakland.
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Where to find Passover meals and specials in the East Bay
Where to find dishes for your Pesach seder (including some kosher options) in Berkeley and Oakland.
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Black Restaurant Week returns to the East Bay
Over 50 restaurants across the Bay Area are participating in this year’s event.
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Come listen to Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé, food activists, in-person at Bay Area Book Festival
Authors of “Diet for a Small Planet” and “Diet for a Hot Planet” in conversation Sunday at Freight & Salvage.
