Visitors to Crush 2011 enjoy sipping wine at sunset. Photo: Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Crush, the annual East Bay wine and food festival, takes place this Sunday, Nov. 11, and, incredibly, the gourmet get-together is marking its 17th year in Berkeley. OFFER: Berkeleyside has four Crush tickets (worth $50 each) to give away to our […]
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Crab takes center stage at Spenger’s ‘Iron Chef’ contest
The prepared dishes at Spenger’s 11th Annual Crabby Chefs Festival. Photos: Frances Dinkelspiel The prepared dishes at Spenger’s 11th Annual Crabby Chefs Festival. Photos: Frances Dinkelspiel The unexpected rain on Sunday in Berkeley didn’t put much of a damper on the 11th annual Spenger’s Restaurant Crabby Chefs Seafood Festival on Fourth Street. The drizzle stopped […]
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A natural approach: Berkeley’s Donkey & Goat winery
Jared Brandt, co-owner of Donkey & Goat, takes a wine sample from a barrel The exterior of Berkeley’s Donkey & Goat winery is urban in the extreme. Its entrance sits behind steel doors in a concrete tilt-up building on Fourth Street, and the front door looks out on a parking lot. Interstate 80 is less […]
