Save Our Chinatowns recipe zine; Inauguration Day eats; Dar Couscous in Oakland
Plus: Gyu-Kaku brings yakiniku to Old Oakland; States Coffee’s second Oakland location is open.
Sarah Han
Sarah Han (senior editor, food) joined the Berkeleyside team in April 2017. She has worked as an editor at The Bold Italic, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She currently lives in North Oakland.
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New ownership at Public Market Emeryville; Berkeley’s new banh mi spot; Señor Sisig in Oakland
Plus: Tony’s Style brings baguette pizzas to Northside; a fundraiser for Pinky & Reds; and what’s cooking at Berkeley’s Hidden Cafe.
Augie’s Montreal Deli takes over Brennan’s; Chez Panisse tries breakfast
Plus: Oakland Restaurant Week returns; Popoca aims for a brick-and-mortar; Square Pie Guys is coming to Oakland; more East Bay food news.
East Bay New Year’s Eve takeout guide
Restaurants, caterers and pop-ups offering celebratory meals, meal kits, celebration packages and virtual events to ring in 2021.
Alley & Vine, a new farm-to-table spot in Alameda; Monkey King comes to Oakland; Nick’s Pizza is back
Plus: June Taylor is closing her business at the end of the year; the Elmwood Theater offers popcorn takeout on Sundays and more East Bay food news.
Where to order Christmas takeout in the East Bay
Feast your eyes on our bountiful list of East Bay restaurants and caterers offering special holiday menus to enjoy at home.
A new restaurant at Tribune Tower; Shake Shack in Oakland is open
Plus: Blues Chocolates is back with a new name; Bad Walter’s Hanukkah ice creams; brick-and-mortar spots for La Guerrera’s Kitchen, La Santa Torta and Malibu’s Burgers.
Picnic brings rotisserie and charcuterie to Albany; Smokehouse reopened, but is now closed till Dec. 7
Plus, Cafe Ohlone Sunday Supper dinner boxes; Belotti’s white truffle menu; free pet food at Berkeley shelters and more East Bay food news.
Alloko Garden brings a taste of Ivory Coast from a ghost kitchen in Oakland
This new restaurant is one of more than 40 takeout and delivery-only operations at a new ghost kitchen called Jingletown Eats in East Oakland.
States Coffee opens first Oakland cafe; Boichik’s Bagel Black Friday; Finfine is fundraising to relocate
Plus, Huangcheng Noodle House finds a home at Swan’s Market; Stay Gold Deli is temporarily closed; Donut Savant reopens in Oakland
Where to get Thanksgiving pies in Berkeley and Oakland
Thanksgiving celebrations will be a little different this year, but pie should always be on the table.
Berkeley’s Corso has closed as owners leave the restaurant industry
Roscoe Skipper and Wendy Brucker have closed 12-year-old Tuscan trattoria Corso and sold their 26-year-old restaurant Rivoli, which will remain open.
Karaoke hotspot Nick’s Lounge is for sale; Ain’t Normal Cafe is open; Poppy Bagels pop-up
Plus, a new gluten-free craft beer taproom; Halloween and Election Day events for food lovers; more.
Grand Lake Kitchen in Dimond is trying out pizza; Seabreeze on the Dock comes to Jack London Square
Plus, Tannery Bend Beerworks heads to Oakland; vegan brunch returns to Donut Farm; progress at Limon Rotisserie in Oakland; and more East Bay food news.
Nokni Upstairs scraps restaurant plans; Mujiri in Oakland; Townhouse reopens in Emeryville
Plus, an update on Nick’s Pizza; new izakaya spot in Temescal; La Cocina’s Voices from the Kitchen goes virtual.
We asked restaurateurs, will you reopen for indoor dining?
Alameda County has not yet given the go-ahead for dine-in service, but with other Bay Area counties already reopened, local restaurant owners are considering what they’ll do.
