Sandwich maker extraordinaire Ike Shehadeh was in Berkeley the other day, scouting out a location near the campus with a view to potentially opening a sandwich shop here with some business partners.

Shehadeh currently runs three sandwich spots: Ike’s Place in San Francisco, an outlet at the School of Engineering on the Stanford campus, and another shop on the Redwood Shores.

Shehadeh said he would like to be in Berkeley — the building he was looking at was on Bancroft Way, near the Bears Lair Pub — but he is wary of applying to the city to open a business. “There’s a history with Berkeley in the way it treats small businesses,” he said. “Everyone speaks about it.” … Continue reading »