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Tag Archives: Eccolo
Zut alors! New restaurant opens in Eccolo space
Almost exactly one year after chef Christopher Lee shut up shop for the final time at Eccolo, his Italian-inspired restaurant on Berkeley’s Fourth Street, a new restaurant has opened in its place
Zut! — as in zut alors, the French for “shoot” or “shucks” – is serving regional Mediterranean dishes prepared by executive chef Jim Wimborough, 35, a graduate of Home, Kokkari, Grand Café, Boulevard and Rubicon, all in San Francisco, as well as Evvia Estiatorio in … Continue reading »
Tagged Christopher Lee, Eccolo, Jim Wimborough, Zut!
Berkeley Bites: Samin Nosrat, ex-Eccolo and co-creator of the Pop-Up General Store
Samin Nosrat is a veritable poster girl for the current trend (some would say necessity) of workplace reinvention.
Since the shuttering last summer of Eccolo, an acclaimed Italian eatery on 4th Street, that restaurant’s one-time sous chef now juggles an impressive number of part-time jobs in the culinary world.
Nosrat is the co-creator (along with former boss, Chris Lee, currently cooking in London) of the much buzzed about Pop-Up General Store, a fleeting food market … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 06.22.10
Bicylist fatally struck by car on South Park Drive in Tilden Park [ABC7]
Who knew? Berkeley-based Grocery Outlet eyes expansion in lean times [SF Chronicle]
Former Eccolo sous-chef on breaking the rules in the Bay Area [The Atlantic]
Benefit for Berkeley’s East Bay Humane Society post-fire [East Bay Express]
City council meets tonight: thirty-seven item agenda [City of Berkeley]
Photo: At the Berkeley Farmers’ Market by fom/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
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