THE JINX CONTINUES Origen, the farm-to-fork restaurant that opened with great fanfare last October in the troubled restaurant spot at 2826 Telegraph, has shut its doors. Calls to the owners, Tracy Leighton and Daniel Clayton, went unanswered, but the restaurant’s voicemail stated June 23 that the restaurant would be closed that night because of a […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
The spruced up Nick's Lounge. Photo: Doug Williamson THE NICK OF TIME Nick’s Lounge, at 3218 Adeline near Fairview, has been a neighborhood fixture for almost 50 years. Bryan Smith bought the bar in April and has spruced it up, getting rid of the gambling machine and repainting the bar inside and out. He holds […]
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Will new restaurant break this spot’s unlucky streak?
Locanda da Eva lasted four months at 2826 Telegraph Avenue The location isn’t exactly cursed. But it can be called unlucky. In the past 14 years, there have been a total of five restaurants at 2826 Telegraph Avenue. For 37 years, Casa de Eva ruled the roost. When it closed in 1997, Mazzini, the brainchild […]