Yasuda and his wife Diane opened the first Berkeley Bowl in 1977 and the second in 2009, stocking each with an incredible array of fruits and vegetables, meats and prepared foods. His son will now take over.
Glenn Yasuda
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Council overturns landmark designation where Berkeley Honda hopes to open
Berkeley Honda can now push forward with its plans to open in the former Any Mountain location on Shattuck Avenue after a City Council vote last week. Neighbors had put together a petition late last year to ask the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect the building, at 2777 Shattuck Ave. The LPC voted in […]
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Landmark designation another hurdle for Berkeley Honda
The Berkeley City Council voted this week to review a decision by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to protect the former Any Mountain and Berkeley Bowl location, where Berkeley Honda hopes to one day open, as a structure of merit. Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to bring the decision to a public hearing “at the […]
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Berkeley Honda says its future is at risk
Representatives of Berkeley Honda told the Berkeley City Council earlier this week that its future in the city may be in jeopardy, particularly in light of a new petition filed last week to landmark the building Honda hopes to one day occupy. Last November, Berkeley Honda left its longtime location at 2600 Shattuck Ave. to make […]
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LeConte residents express concern about Berkeley Honda’s move to site of Any Mountain store
More than 50 residents of the LeConte neighborhood turned up for a meeting Wednesday night to hear about Berkeley Honda’s plans to move into the historic Shattuck Avenue building now housing Any Mountain. While numerous people at the raucous – and sometimes unruly – meeting said they support the family-owned Berkeley Honda, they said it […]
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Berkeley Honda hopes to take over Any Mountain space
Berkeley Honda, which was displaced from its home at 2600 Shattuck Ave. in November, is making plans to move down the street into the building now occupied by Any Mountain, at 2777 Shattuck. Any Mountain has yet to find a new location in the city. If Berkeley approves the auto dealership’s application, it would end […]
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Produce for the people at Berkeley Bowl
Nick Christopher moved out West in the early 90s, drawn to the punk-rock scene here he toured with a band and hung out with Green Day. These days Christopher spends more time thinking about perfect produce than the perfect tune, as an organic produce buyer for Berkeley Bowl. He started at the Bowl as a […]
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Berkeley Bowl workers get new chance for union election
Workers at the Berkeley Bowl on Oregon Street are going to have another chance to decide whether they want a union. The National Labor Relations Board in late December nullified the election Berkeley Bowl held in June 2010 that decertified the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 5. The NLRB has ordered the store […]