Talking Berkeley’s ‘Hippie Food’ culture with Jonathan Kauffman
We asked the food writer about Berkeley’s place in the natural-food movement, as well as about his favorite places to eat in the East Bay.
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Gioia Pizzeria
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Thin-crust pizza restaurant to open in Rockridge
Heather and Jeff Clapp are opening a new thin-crust pizza restaurant in the heart of buzzing Rockridge, and they swear there's room for them and Zachary's across the street.
Berkeley’s Gioia Pizzeria gets its tables back
Berkeleysider Neil Mishalov went by Gioia Pizzeria on Saturday and saw that the popular restaurant has gotten a quick serve restaurant license from Berkeley. The stools at the interior banquet, which were removed in late January, have returned, making it all that much easier to eat Gioia’s slices of formaggio, fungi, and other flavors.
No sitting to eat pizza at Berkeley’s Gioia, at least for now
The marble counter at Gioia Pizzeria on Hopkins Avenue used to be crowded with people eating slices of formaggio or funghi pizza.
Northbrae named one of nation’s Top 10 neighborhoods
Homes sell fast in one of the nation's Top 10 great neighborhoods, according to the APA.
The best pizza in Berkeley? Our readers decided
Wow. Who knew Berkeley residents were so passionate about pizza? It’s right up there with free speech, free love, and free-range eggs — or so it seemed based on readers’ record responses to our request last week for their choice of the best pizza places in town.
Where do you get the best pizza in Berkeley? You tell us
Today this space is all about cheese. And crust. And toppings.
Berkeley Bites: Samin Nosrat, ex-Eccolo and co-creator of the Pop-Up General Store
Samin Nosrat is a veritable poster girl for the current trend (some would say necessity) of workplace reinvention.
Neighborhood restaurants, part two
Prompted by “the Bauer”‘s praise for Wood Tavern, reader Ira Serkes has his suggestions for restaurants that help give their neighborhoods “soul” and make for happy locals. Here’s his list — some of which stray slightly out of Berkeley proper, but who’s on border patrol?:
