Smoke Berkeley Archives

Chef Tina Ferguson-Riffe with husband Jed Riffe and son Sean Hagler at Smoke BBQ, which closed this month.

Displaced BBQ restaurant Smoke Berkeley finds a new home at Spats

By Sarah HanJuly 19, 20199:57 a.m.Nov. 21

The longtime downtown Berkeley watering hole invited the BBQ business to take over its kitchen. The soft launch will be July 30-31, for the bar’s screening of the next Democratic debates.

Perdition closes, changes at Oliveto

By Kate WilliamsOct. 16, 20151:15 p.m.Nov. 21

Big news for Berkeley barbecue and beer fans: Perdition Smokehouse has closed suddenly. Details on this story, and much more, in this week’s Bites.

Chew on this: John Birdsall on Berkeley’s food scene

By Sarah HenryOct. 10, 201212 p.m.Nov. 7

Food writer John Birdsall moderates the panel Chew on This as part of the Litquake Literary Festival’s Berkeley Ramble.