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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses

Giuseppe Manzone testing out his wood-fired oven prior to opening Cugini Manzone last week. Photo: Cugini Manzone CUGINI MANZONE Giuseppe and Michele Manzone opened Cugini Manzone last Thursday night in at 2930 College Ave. in the Elmwood. The restaurant features an Italian wood-fired oven for thin-crust pizza and calzone (the Manzones are also cooking eggplant parmesan and […]

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Neighborhood restaurants, part two

Prompted by “the Bauer”‘s praise for Wood Tavern, reader Ira Serkes has his suggestions for restaurants that help give their neighborhoods “soul” and make for happy locals. Here’s his list — some of which stray slightly out of Berkeley proper, but who’s on border patrol?: Cugini and Rivoli on Solano in Thousand Oaks/AlbanyInn Kensington on […]