There’s plenty of food news in this week’s Bites, including an update on 21st Amendment’s San Leandro brewery (opening soon!) and Elmwood’s The Advocate.
Cakes and Purls
Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
PocketMe is a local startup that gives customers a 3D figurine of themselves based on photos taken in a 72-camera photo booth. Photo: PocketMe POCKETME STUDIO POPS UP A Berkeley couple opened their startup PocketMe’s first portrait studio in Downtown Berkeley last month. PocketMe offers customers a 3D full body portrait of themselves. The studio uses 72 […]
What’s new in East Bay food, XXXVIII
Bites is Nosh’s round-up of restaurant openings, happenings and closings in the East Bay. Got a tip or scoop? Send it our way to nosh@berkeleyside.com.
Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
BIJA COLLARS If any city can support not one, but two dog-collar shops, it’s canine-friendly Berkeley. We have written about Paco Collars on Shattuck. Now comes news of Bija Collars, which has opened an appointment-only store on University Avenue. Described as “a two dog and one woman shop” by owner Apryl Guisasola, who lives nearby, Bija […]
New downtown Berkeley bakery channels New York
Marie Sitaro, who has opened Cakes and Purls on Allston Way, is bringing the old-style Brooklyn cakes and cookies of her youth to the heart of Berkeley.