Berkeley’s oldest restaurant, Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto, has permanently closed
The shutdown of the 128-year-old restaurant follows closely after the closures of longtime Berkeley institutions Brennan's and Hs Lordships.
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1919 Fourth St.
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Second West Berkeley human remains discovery prompts call to re-examine shellmound boundaries
The discovery of a second set of human remains in a Fourth Street lot long considered to sit outside the boundaries of the West Berkeley Shellmound has some people wondering if Berkeley really knows where the perimeter should be.
Ohlone human remains found in trench in West Berkeley
Update April 10: The developer of the Fourth Street site issued a statement to Berkeleyside through its publicist, in response to the original April 8 story:
New beer garden, retail planned on Spenger’s block
A developer is seeking to make major changes to the West Berkeley block where Spenger's Fish Grotto has operated since 1933.
