Our top picks for Berkeley Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 21-31
The eighth annual event features special prix-fixe menus for $25-$40 at about 40 restaurants across the city.
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Oakland’s first alcohol-free bar serves beer, wine and cocktails without the buzz
Bizzy’s Dry Bar invites customers to socialize over virgin drinks without judgment or temptation.
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Bites: Malibu’s vegan burgers; Katrina Rozelle closes; Chris Kronner is no longer at Henry’s
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Our picks for Alameda Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 16-26
We’ve chosen our favorites from the nearly 40 participating restaurants, bars and cafés offering discounts and freebies for lunch, dinner, drinks and dessert during the third annual event.
Bites
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Bites: Nokni Upstairs, Wild Rabbit Bakery, Lao noodle-making workshop
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Bites: Salvage Hausu vegan sushi pop-up; benefit for La Note owner; Bay Area crab season is here
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Bites: John’s Ice Cream in Berkeley shutters; Ben ‘N Nick’s lives another day; Doña opens on Piedmont Avenue
Catch up on the latest East Bay food and events.
Bites: Arizmendi aims to reopen in January; Nick’s Pizza rolls out New York-style bagels
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Drink
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Oakland’s first alcohol-free bar serves beer, wine and cocktails without the buzz
Bizzy’s Dry Bar invites customers to socialize over virgin drinks without judgment or temptation.
Big House Beans creates jobs, ‘family’ for formerly incarcerated
John Krause spent 11 years in and out of Bay Area prisons before founding his East Bay-based coffee company, which gives second chances to former inmates.
Nosh Lists
Our top picks for Berkeley Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 21-31
The eighth annual event features special prix-fixe menus for $25-$40 at about 40 restaurants across the city.
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Our picks for Alameda Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 16-26
We’ve chosen our favorites from the nearly 40 participating restaurants, bars and cafés offering discounts and freebies for lunch, dinner, drinks and dessert during the third annual event.
Our top picks for Oakland Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 9-20
We pored over menus and chose some of our favorite prix-fixe meals at various price points for you to enjoy this year’s Oakland Restaurant Week, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Recipes
Recipe: Frosted fig torte
This simple, rustic recipe featuring fresh figs, aromatic spices and a decadent cream cheese frosting will fill your kitchen with sweet autumn aromas.
La Cocina’s cookbook highlights recipes and women chefs from around the world
‘We Are La Cocina’ features 40 chefs who’ve participated in the celebrated food incubator program and their recipes, including a Cambodian chicken salad from Nite Yun of Nyum Bai, shared here.
‘East Bay Cooks’ shines a light on favorite chefs, recipes from the region
James Beard-award winning food writer Carolyn Jung’s new cookbook features profiles and recipes from 41 chefs and business owners based in Berkeley, Oakland, Emeryville and beyond.
Try this breakfast recipe: Tacubaya chilaquiles with guajillo chile sauce
Restaurateur Dona Savitsky shares her recipe for this favorite Mexican breakfast dish made with scrambled eggs and sauteed tortilla chips in a flavorful red sauce.
Nosh Archives
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Our top picks for Berkeley Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 21-31
The eighth annual event features special prix-fixe menus for $25-$40 at about 40 restaurants across the city.
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Oakland’s first alcohol-free bar serves beer, wine and cocktails without the buzz
Bizzy’s Dry Bar invites customers to socialize over virgin drinks without judgment or temptation.
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Bites: Malibu’s vegan burgers; Katrina Rozelle closes; Chris Kronner is no longer at Henry’s
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
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Our picks for Alameda Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 16-26
We’ve chosen our favorites from the nearly 40 participating restaurants, bars and cafés offering discounts and freebies for lunch, dinner, drinks and dessert during the third annual event.
Korean soups, casseroles and stews shine at Moo Bong Ri in Temescal
Nestled in the back of Koryo Plaza, the Oakland location of this Korean franchise chain offers specialty dishes, like blood sausage, galbi tang and Korean hangover soup.
4 alleged gang members charged with felony assault at Berkeley pizza shop
Four men identified by authorities as gang members from Contra Costa County are set to appear in court this week after being charged with a violent attack on a UC Berkeley student in a Telegraph Avenue pizza shop.
Pie vs. pie: Zachary’s and Little Star go deep on two East Bay avenues
In what we’re calling the Grand-Solano Deep-Dish Double Dare, we visited four locations — Zachary’s and The Star on Grand Avenue, and Zachary’s and Little Star on Solano Avenue — to compare the two beloved brands.
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Our top picks for Oakland Restaurant Week 2020, Jan. 9-20
We pored over menus and chose some of our favorite prix-fixe meals at various price points for you to enjoy this year’s Oakland Restaurant Week, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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Bites: Nokni Upstairs, Wild Rabbit Bakery, Lao noodle-making workshop
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Berkeley’s new disposable cup law is now in effect, but here’s why you might not realize it yet
The Single Use Disposable Foodware and Litter Reduction Ordinance went into effect on Jan. 1, but many restaurants and cafés are not in compliance with the new law.
Berkeley DoubleTree restaurant manager charged with drugging, raping hotel guest
A man who worked in the restaurant of the DoubleTree at the Berkeley Marina has been charged with drugging a hotel guest and raping her in her room while she was unconscious, according to officials and court papers.
Eden Silk Road brings traditional and fusion Xinjiang cuisine to Oakland
The Chinatown restaurant specializes in Chinese halal and Uyghur dishes, such as lamb kebabs and handmade noodles.
