Berkeley’s longtime ‘hippie bread’ bakery is in peril of closing
Vital Vittles mills its own flour for its whole wheat “Real Bread,” but the pandemic has dried up its suppliers and vendors.
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Vital Vittles mills its own flour for its whole wheat “Real Bread,” but the pandemic has dried up its suppliers and vendors.
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The iconic Berkeley restaurant’s new pandemic model works to preserve its suppliers and workers who make its farm-to-table philosophy possible.
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Owners Haig Krikorian and Cindy Lalime Krikorian say the indefinite moratorium on dine-in service as well as a desire to retire convinced them to close the Westbrae restaurant.
After two weeks of takeout service, the longtime owners have shut down the restaurant, but they hope to eventually reopen and find a way to “make Saul’s strong again.”
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