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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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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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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Upscale Oakland restaurant Calavera settles wage theft lawsuit with 263 workers
Despite the settlement, the owners of the tony Oaxacan restaurant claim they were not at fault.
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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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Trader Vic’s in Emeryville isn’t closed — at least not yet
There’s a persistent rumor that the 87-year-old tiki bar has shut its doors. Here’s how it started.
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Piroshky Piroshky returns to Berkeley after sell-out crowds and website glitch
Hundreds of fans of the Seattle bakery lined up for unique piroshki this week, but after many left hungry, Piroshky Piroshky planned an encore performance.
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Fruitvale restaurant owners meet with officials over public safety concerns
Wahpepah’s Kitchen and Red Bay Coffee say more should be done to curtail violence and sex trafficking in the area.
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The Cheese Board’s pizzeria is ready to mess with Texas
Berkeley’s famous collective is raising funds to help LGBTQI youth, who face legislated discrimination in the Lone Star state.
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New coffee shop opens at downtown Berkeley’s BART plaza
Imran and Ali’s Coffee Hut promises hot and cold drinks, pastries and snacks every weekday.
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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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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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New John Waters-style Oakland dive bar will ‘bring back the trash cocktail’
The folks behind Eli’s Mile High Club and Mosswood Meltdown promise a trashy, 1970s dive bar and live music venue in the venerable Stork Club space.
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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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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.
