Owners Haig Krikorian and Cindy Lalime Krikorian say the indefinite moratorium on dine-in service as well as a desire to retire convinced them to close the Westbrae restaurant.
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Best burgers in the East Bay: Nosh readers call it
The answer to the question ‘where to go for the best burger in the East Bay’ is that we are so darned spoiled for choice!
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Meals on Wheels supporters feast for a cause
A host of top chefs, as well as Narsai David, helped raise a total of $225,000 for Meals on Wheels last week.
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5 Berkeley restaurants make it into Chronicle’s Top 100
The Chronicle’s food writer Michael Bauer chose the same five Berkeley restaurants that made it into last year’s Top 100 for his 2012 selection. The “Top 100 Restaurants” list, which was published yesterday, embraces Chez Panisse, Ippuku, O Chamé, Rivoli and Corso Trattoria. Ippuku, known to be favorite haunt of Chez Panisse owner Alice Waters, was a newcomer last year. […]
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Berkeley Bites: Mollie Katzen
Each Friday in this space food writer Sarah Henry will ask a well-known, up-and-coming, or under-the-radar food aficionado about their favorite tastes in town, preferred food purveyors and other local culinary gems worth sharing with visitors and residents. Bestselling cookbook author Mollie Katzen kick-starts this new column. Mollie Katzen is perhaps best known for her […]
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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/Albany Inn Kensington […]