Analisa Goodin from Oakland enjoying strawberry and candied walnut from Ici By Dana Smith Oh sun gods, how you tease. But lucky for us, we’ve learned your fickle ways and we’re quick on our sandaled feet. Give us noontime highs in the 70’s or 80’s (see, we don’t ask for much) and we’ll shed our […]
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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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Why does the street food scene bypass Berkeley?
Kate McEachern and her CupKate mobile. At Berkeley’s Spice of Life Festival yesterday, for the first time in the event’s eight-year history, street carts were part of the mix. Jon’s Street Eats, Primo Parrilla, Chairman Bao and Skylite Snowballs were among the dozen or so street-food purveyors who signed up to join Gourmet Ghetto chefs and local D.I.Y. food […]
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New street food: Berkeley does Baltimore, on ice
Katie Baum runs Skylite Snowballs, which sells gourmet shaved ice. Photo: Lance Knobel. Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another variation on food trucks, a new one has popped up in Berkeley. Yesterday was launch day for Skylite Snowballs, street eats with a Baltimore provenance. Skylite sells cups of shaved ice flavored with syrups […]