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Toaster Oven coming to Telegraph HOT TO TROT Hot sandwich restaurant Toaster Oven is crossing the bridge to the East Bay and opening soon on Telegraph Avenue. The chain, which has three locations in San Francisco, serves meat and vegetarian grilled sandwiches, as well as breakfast sandwiches, shakes and cookies. Toaster Oven Berkeley will be at […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Peet's Café Solano and Café Domingo LOCAL BREWS Peet’s Coffee & Tea has introduced two very Berkeley-centric blends: Café Solano and Café Domingo, in honor of two of their Berkeley stores on Domingo Avenue and Solano Avenue. Café Domingo is described as a smooth, balanced and medium-bodied Latin American blend “with hints of toffee sweetness and a […]
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No more morning cappuccinos with pooch on Peet’s patio
A dog looks on forlornly as a "no animals allowed" sign is erected outside Peet's on Fourth Street on Friday September 16. Photo: Nancy Rubin Berkeleyside contributing photographer Nancy Rubin happened to be sitting outside Peet’s on Fourth Street the other day when she saw a sign being affixed to a garbage can that read: […]
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New to Berkeley: Festival celebrates all things caffeine
The inaugural Berkeley Coffee and Tea Festival takes place on September 24th Whether you’re partial to a cup of third-wave, single-origin, shade-grown espresso, a frothy decaf cappuccino, or a low-fat soy chai, it’s likely you enjoy coffee or tea in some form. Cognizant of this, and of the fact that there are dozens of coffee […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Peet's replaces A Cuppa Tea. Photo: April Lee Swartz COFFEE CLOSE-UPS Peet’s Tea & Coffee is to open a new store in the old A’Cuppa Tea space on the corner of College and Alcatraz Avenues, no doubt sending shivers down the spines of Cole Coffee aficionados which is at the other end of the block […]
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Doctor’s orders: Eat your greens says Preston Maring
Here’s a notion that hardly seems radical: longtime Berkeley resident Dr. Preston Maring thinks physicians should prescribe healthy eating along with dispensing drugs to their patients. Maring, Associate Physician-in-Chief at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, believes doctors should also walk the walk about the preventive health benefits of sound nutrition. He’s so committed […]
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The Mushroom Guys: A business out of UC Berkeley
Alex Velez and Nikhil Arora. Photo: Kristen Loken There’s so much buzz around the fledgling food business launched last year by two former UC Berkeley students, you’d think they were pumping out premium honey. BTTR Ventures, run by Haas School of Business graduates Nikhil Arora and Alejandro (Alex) Velez, has been featured in the New […]
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Berkeley Bites: Lisa Rogovin, Epicurean Concierge
Lisa Rogovin. Photo: Robert Durell. A former ad sales rep for Gourmet magazine (R.I.P.), Lisa Rogovin had what she calls her Eat, Pray, Love moment in 2005, meaning she left an unhappy marriage, sold the house, and embarked on a food-fueled journey around the world, visiting 14 countries (yes, India was in the mix) in […]
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Peet’s caters to commuters, Saturn opens today
Allie Zimnoch, left, buys an espresso at the new Peet’s at Berkeley’s Downtown BART station. Allie Zimnoch, left, buys an espresso at the new Peet’s at Berkeley’s Downtown BART station. By Rachel Gross Still dragging yourself to BART in the morning with bleary, unfocused eyes and barely stifled yawns? For shame. You no longer need to […]
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Berkeley’s Solano Avenue gets sidewalk seating
Tables and chairs outside Peet's on Solano Avenue By Jane Tierney After three years of planning, Peet’s on Solano has put chairs and tables outside its store on Solano Avenue, helping to create a European-style ambiance for the block. It took the company that long because of Berkeley’s labyrinth permit process – and the fact […]
