Three former employees of the Oakland restaurant have filed suit for wage theft. The employees, along with a restaurant worker’s group, held a protest of Calavera on April 1.
Calavera, Uptown Oakland’s newly opened Mexican joint, is serving up everything from housemade tortillas and 35-ingredient mole to crisp, fried grasshoppers and cocktails with Oaxacan “salt air.”
Oakland raises its minimum wage to $12.25, prompting many changes at local restaurants, Mr. Espresso wins an SCAA award, and much more in this week’s Bites.
New Caribbean joint Miss Ollie’s opens in Oakland, Assemble going into BoilerHouse space in Richmond, and Paul Canales about to open Duende. Food news, in Bites.