The Sierra Nevada brewery in Chico. Photo: Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada, the craft brewing company known for its pale ale, is planning to open a tasting room on Fourth Street by the end of the year. The Chico-based company will serve around 16 different types of beer in a 1,700-square-foot space in the Read Building […]
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Comal: New restaurant takes a bet on downtown Berkeley
Berkeley architects Abueg Morris designed Comal to be "textural and warm, and not afraid to show the patina of age". Photo: Tracey Taylor On Friday, John Paluska will throw open the heavy steel doors to his ambitious new restaurant, Comal, which he hopes will become a magnet for local residents and a cultural incubator. “I […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Comal restaurant at 2020 Shattuck: slated to open on May 2 very soon VIVA MEXICO It’s countdown time to the opening of a “big” new restaurant in downtown Berkeley. Comal, a Oaxaca-inspired Mexican eatery which will seat around 160 customers both inside and at an outdoor patio area, is slated to open its doors on […]
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Cannabis dispensaries display a stylish flair
The renovated lounge area at BPG. The frosted covering on the windows was removed to make the place feel airier and more open. Photos: Frances Dinkelspiel After the Berkeley Patients’ Group’s plans to move into the old Sharffen Berger chocolate factory on Heinz and Seventh Street fell through in 2010, the medical cannabis dispensary turned […]
