This week’s Bites has something for everyone: Japanese food, juice, cupcakes, vegetarian fare, wine, whiskey and much more.
Zaki Kabob House
Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Amazing Crab, newly opened on Shattuck at Channing. Photo: Siciliana Trevino AMAZING CRAB Just opened at 2370 Shattuck Ave. (at Channing) — former home of fro-yo spot Frozen Creations — is Amazing Crab, a restaurant that offers dishes like boiled crab, shrimp with Cajun sauce, crawfish, spinach and cheese soufflé and Cajun fries. It’s early days and reviews […]
Farewell Zaki’s, hello High Peaks, Bole, more
Zaki Kabob House in Albany is closing, but three new spots in Oakland — featuring Indian, Ethiopian and creative burgers — have diners buzzing.
Cherished Zaki restaurant is at a crossroads
The Ayyad family, owners of the much-loved Zaki Kabob House, are looking to the community in the hope they can hang on to their Albany building.
Berkeley Bites: Christopher and Veronica Laramie, eVe Restaurant
This culinary couple met cute at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, no less. He followed up his gastronomical studies with a stage at the prestigious Georges Blanc (three star Michelin) outside of Lyon, then the two headed to Miami, got married, and went to work at posh nosh spots in South Beach; Blue Door for him […]