Gail Lillian stands outside her lime-green falafel truck. Photos: Christina Diaz Gail Lillian is one busy street food hawker. The seasoned chef just launched a brand new lime-green truck bearing the Liba label and in a typical week she and her crew of five can do nine food service shifts around the Bay. Case in point: […]
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Ebbett’s Good to Go debuts tonight at Off The Grid
Ebbett’s Good to Go comes to Off the Grid. Photo: Shari Washburn Finally, the local gals get to park their food truck close to home. The duo behind Ebbett’s Good to Go, which currently hawks gourmet sandwiches to the lunchtime office set in Emeryville and San Francisco, will bring their mobile eatery to serve their […]
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Berkeley street style: Stars in stripes
Nico Migdal at a Fourth of July BBQ in Berkeley. All photos: Dana Smith By Dana Smith Patriotism is alive and well in the People’s Republic of Berkeley if the display of red, white and blue during the city’s Fourth of July festivities was any indication. Even before Independence Day, we had noticed a proliferation […]
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Berkeley street style: Geeky good spectacles
Sarah Jackson from Oakland, Barista at Berkeley’s Café Fanny. Photos: Dana Smith Sarah Jackson from Oakland, Barista at Berkeley’s Café Fanny. Photos: Dana Smith By Dana Smith In a city that prides itself on seeking the truth behind the headlines and the nuances beyond the soundbites, it’s not unexpected that Berkeleyans would want to sharpen […]
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Saul’s to cook street food at Berkeley’s Off The Grid
Saul Deli’s Executive Chef Peter Levitt will be cooking up street food from the Off The Grid Truck, Wednesday in Berkeley. Photo: Tracey Taylor Saul Deli’s Executive Chef Peter Levitt will be cooking up street food from the Off The Grid Truck, Wednesday in Berkeley. Photo: Tracey Taylor Saul Deli‘s Executive Chef Peter Levitt will […]
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Crowds turn out for Berkeley’s inaugural Off The Grid
An estimated 1,000-2,000 people came to Berkeley’s first Off The Grid. Photos: Tracey Taylor An estimated 1,000-2,000 people came to Berkeley’s first Off The Grid. Photos: Tracey Taylor [Update, 8:50 pm: Watch a video of Off The Grid, at foot of story.] Organizer Matt Cohen needn’t have worried about the weather being a dampener — […]
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More local food trucks join Berkeley’s first Off The Grid
An Off The Grid street-food gathering at Fort Mason, San Francisco. Photo: Off The Grid A total of eight food trucks will be working Berkeley’s inaugural Off The Grid street-food event tomorrow night in the Gourmet Ghetto, and four of them are East Bay based vendors. Joining the four who signed up early — Cupkates, Liba Falafel, Hapa […]
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Off The Grid to launch street food event in Berkeley
Off The Grid, which is launching in north Berkeley, currently has six San Francisco locations, including in the Haight (above). Photo: Off The Grid Off The Grid is launching its first event outside San Francisco and, starting next month, a regular group of street food vendors will set up shop every Wednesday evening in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. […]
