Berkeley firefighters were able to extinguish the flames within ten minutes, but the restaurant was still damaged badly.
Gourmet Ghetto
Posted inBusiness
Plates, pitchers, jars and more, all on sale at Alice’s restaurant. (Chez Panisse, that is)
The sale of the legendary restauranteur’s cast-offs, as well as those of her daughter, drew a huge crowd to Berkeley on Sunday morning.
Posted inNosh
Update: Berkeley’s 42-year-old Juice Bar Collective is closing
The Vine Street shop is set to close on Feb. 28.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Harassment, attack of multiracial group prompt woman’s arrest in Berkeley
Even after being attacked and told to “get out of Berkeley,” the friends said they did not want to pursue a criminal case against a woman who followed them down Shattuck Avenue.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Berkeley assault, carjacking ends in arrest in Oakland
An assault and carjacking that happened in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto early Monday morning ended with an arrest of a female suspect in West Oakland.
Posted inSchools
Should UC Berkeley’s Oxford Tract be developed for student housing?
At a town hall held this week, discussion centered on whether to build much-needed student housing on a Berkeley tract of land long used for extensive research.
Posted inNosh
Ask Nosh: Where did the term ‘Gourmet Ghetto’ come from?
Was it Herb Caen, Alice Kahn or someone else entirely who coined the phrase? You asked Nosh and we have the answer.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Berkeley detectives ask for help to ID man wanted after East Bay armed robberies
BPD detectives are asking community members to help identify a suspect in numerous armed robberies in Berkeley, Albany, Alameda, San Leandro and Walnut Creek.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Police respond to stabbing at North Berkeley Safeway
A Safeway staffer was stabbed Thursday afternoon, and police and paramedics are on the scene in North Berkeley.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Is a better ‘brand’ of violence what animals deserve?
Even ‘humanely” butchering animals is killing them. Pointing this out through dramatic protests is a crucial step toward creating a city free of violence toward animals.
Posted inBusiness
Local Butcher Shop hangs animal-rights sign under duress to stop protests
The sign, created by Berkeley-based Direct Action Everywhere, denounces the killing of animals.
Posted inCrime & Safety
Man found dead outside in Berkeley
A man who has not been identified was found dead outside in the popular Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood Sunday. It may be the latest in a series of troubling deaths on Berkeley streets.