Berkeley’s Café La Méditerranée is for sale
Owner Garbis Baghdassarian is looking for a new restaurant owner to pick up and continue the 36-year-old Mediterranean restaurant in the Elmwood.
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Freight & Salvage celebrates its 50th; invites the city to musical block party
Peter Williams, the program director, is diversifying the type of music being performed beyond Americana. He has tapped into the Bay Area's deep pool of Afro-Caribbean music.
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Supple Skincare is on the move; Sephora will open on Fourth Street; also news on Maker's Row and Twig and Fig.
Bites: Icicles brings rolled ice cream to Berkeley, Alameda County OKs pop-ups for now, Eat Real Festival
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
End of an era: Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Casting shuts down after 84 years
The closure of the city's last big "smokestack" factory means the end of well-paid union jobs. But it also means neighbors will no longer be bothered by a 'burnt pot handle' smell.
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Lola’s African Apparel: ‘I wanted to share Africa with people through clothes’
Every colorful garment stocked at Ifafunke Lola Oladigbolu's store has been made by an independent Nigerian seamstress or tailor and, in this way, benefits entire communities.
Shop Talk: One bookstore opens, another one closes; more local business news
Catch up on all the latest local business news in Berkeley.
Orchard Supply Hardware to close all its stores, including Berkeley
The store that stocks everything from plants to plumbing supplies is shutting down, part of a change of strategy by its parent company, Lowe's.
Shop Talk: Phone Repair Hut; Perricone MD; Aesop; Sonic
Bye-bye Perricone MD, hello Aesop on Fourth Street; the Phone Repair Hut opens in the Elmwood; and gigabit fiber comes to town in our round-up of local biz news.
Almost 60-year-old Brennan’s Restaurant in Berkeley is closing
The restaurant and sports bar will close on Sept. 15 and follows the closure of other Berkeley stalwarts like Hs Lordships, Caffe Mediterraneum and Oscar's.
Subway Guitars in Berkeley: This stomping ground for the greats has activist roots
A corner building covered in clouds was once the haunt for some of the world's most influential musicians. Subway Guitars owner Fatdog still oversees a vibrant music community hub.
