Bites: Slow Food indigenous dinner with Crystal Wahpepah; what’s to come at Castro Valley Marketplace
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This Oakland baker makes loaves at home, delivers them by bike
After working at Tartine and other well-known bakeries, Lucio Mejia has struck out on his own with Oakland Bread Studio.
Bites: Farmhouse Kitchen’s East Bay expansion; Sanctuary Bistro to close, 85°C Bakery Cafe shutters in Berkeley
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Crave BBQ chef opens Grammie’s Down-Home Chicken & Seafood in Oakland
Rashad Armstead's mission is to create a quick-service franchise brand to open in black neighborhoods, where he'll train and employ youth to eventually own and operate the business.
The East Bay restaurants that opened and closed in May
This month, the East Bay welcomed almost 20 new eateries, including Thai Table, Easterly, Bissap Baobab, and Zomsa Himalayan Kitchen, and said goodbye to La Bedaine, Wildcard Brewing and many others.
Bites: Grand Lake Kitchen Dimond opens; Mandela Grocery turns 10; 4505 Burgers & BBQ coming soon
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
These East Bay restaurants are redefining fast-casual halal food
There's a growing number of local counter-service eateries offering flavors and forms not typically associated with halal cuisine. Their mission: to make more foods accessible to more diners.
Mago on Piedmont Avenue strives to be a seasonal, accessible neighborhood restaurant
Best known for his fine-dining restaurant AQ in San Francisco, chef Mark Liberman wants to try something more approachable in Oakland.
Bites: Reem Assil to leave Dyafa; updates on Arizmendi, Quince after car crash closures
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Bites: Grégoire reopens after fire, Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement stays in Emeryville
Catch up on the latest East Bay food news and events.
Tamarack in Oakland, a collectively run restaurant with an activist vibe
The restaurant affords members a self-sustaining site for organizing socio-political projects, but Tamarack’s elevated comfort food will unite diners irrespective of politics.
An Eritrean chef finds community and support at her restaurant, Shewhat
Abby Dair's cozy Eritrean-Ethiopian restaurant is a second home for regulars and a place for the chef-owner to share her mother's recipes.
All in the family: East Bay restaurants and food businesses run by mothers and kids
For Mother's Day, we celebrate six local food businesses where moms play an integral role, working side-by-side with their kids.
