Business

Shop Talk: Rocket Restaurant Resource; Tika; Jigsaw

By Mary CorbinAug. 2610 a.m.August 26, 2019

One store is new, and two others are closing.

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Bakmi ayam campur (egg noodle soup) from Jayakarta Restaurant in Berkeley.

Spiraling costs prompt Jayakarta, Berkeley’s only Indonesian restaurant, to close

By Sarah HanAug. 223:45 p.m.August 22, 2019

The owner says the city is too expensive for restaurants to survive. Jayakarta's last day is Saturday.

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A large mural of a black woman in traditional Korean garb by Korean artist Chris Chanyang Shim graces the wall upstairs at Wrecking Ball in Berkeley.

Don’t call it the Gourmet Ghetto says owner of new Berkeley café

By Sarah HanAug. 2212:15 p.m.August 31, 2019

San Francisco-based coffee roaster Wrecking Ball says its Shattuck Avenue café will de-emphasize coffee to prioritize diversity and inclusion in coffee culture.

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Mica Talmor's Kickstarter campaign will allow her to buy a new hummus machine for Pomella.

Bites: Ba-Bite owner crowdfunds for more silky-smooth hummus; The Octopus Lounge is closing

By Sarah HanAug. 219:59 a.m.August 22, 2019

Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.

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An update on The Cheese Board Collective’s expansion — a bigger space, more products to come

By Sarah HanAug. 1912 p.m.August 20, 2019

Last year, the Cheese Board took over The Produce Center, a former longtime Gourmet Ghetto grocery store. Nosh checked in with the collective to find out what's to come there. The short answer: "more of us."

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Berkeley residents don’t seem willing to give up their gym memberships at Equinox, SoulCycle to protest Trump

By Kate Darby RauchAug. 162:39 p.m.August 17, 2019

While many gym members don't like the idea that a major investor in the fitness facilities threw a fundraiser for Trump, they said canceling their memberships might hurt those who work there.

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Boochman Kombucha co-founder and brewer Numan Karabiyik at the business' new Berkeley taproom. Photo: Sarah Han

Boochman opens the first kombucha bar in the Bay Area

By Sarah HanAug. 168 a.m.August 17, 2019

The Berkeley-based farmers market and wholesale vendor now has a small taproom on University Avenue, where it serves fermented drinks and fermented foods.

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