Celebrate your food-loving mom (while also supporting local restaurants and food businesses) with one of these edible and drinkable gifts.
Mother’s Day
How do they do it? Insight from working moms in the East Bay food scene
On the eve of Mother’s Day, we talked to four women who are balancing motherhood with working in the chaotic whirl of the East Bay food industry.
Bring it to her: An alternative take on Mother’s Day brunch
Avoid potential long waits and “hangry” crowds by bringing these six brunch foods to your mom from her favorite East Bay eateries.
Encuentro pops up again this Friday and Saturday for Earth Day
The recently shuttered vegetarian café and wine bar reopens its doors for a four-course vegetarian, gluten-free dinner this weekend and more pop-ups with local businesses.
Maker’s Common, Salsipuedes, Giovanni, more
Downtown Berkeley will be getting a new cheese and charcuterie bar, Maker’s Common, from the folks behind SF’s Mission Cheese. These details and more, in this week’s Bites.
KronnerBurger, The Tap Haus, Kingfish Pub
In this week’s food news, KronnerBurger debuts on Piedmont, Berkeley’s Tap Haus opens, Temescal’s Kingfish Pub sets an opening date, and much more.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Mortars and pestles in action at last year’s Edible Schoolyard Plant Sale. Photo: Nancy Rubin EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD PLANT SALE The 13th annual Edible Schoolyard Plant Sale and Celebration opens at 9 a.m. Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. There’s delicious, locally made food, music, student-guided tours of the garden, raffle prizes and, needless […]
What’s new in East Bay food, XXI
Mother’s Day brunch spots, more details on Berkeley’s upcoming “Dine Out” to save school cooking and gardening program, and more, in this week’s edition of Bites.
What’s new in East Bay food, XX
New coffee shop in the Dimond, Ad Hoc chef pop-ups, hot restaurants, and much more fresh East Bay food news.
A mother’s day, the Berkeley way
Jane Stillwater with her daughter Ruby in 1979. Photo: Jane Scherr. Jane Stillwater is the quintessential Berkeley mom. After reading our recent coverage of the “Your Mom is So Berkeley” website, she wrote this delightful account of her quintessential Berkeley Mothers’ Day. Stillwater, a grandmother as well as a mom, has four children and lives in […]