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East Bay diners may remain unmasked, for now
Homestead is selling off much of its kitchen ware; Snail Bar has opened; more Quick Bites.
Prominent Oakland A’s hot dog vendor weighs in on Howard Terminal ballpark plan
Also: Some best of the East Bay rankings; the end of Cookie Wednesday; more Quick Bites.
Oakland’s Arizmendi Bakery temporarily closes after death of longtime member Jose Cardenas
Also: a rave review for Just Fare; inequity in PPP loan distribution; more Quick Bites.
Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs has left San Francisco for Oakland
Soul Slice’s biscuit-crust pizza; Golden Bull’s star-studded live show; more Quick Bites.
Oakland pit master Matt Horn is opening a taco trailer outside Horn Barbecue
Can a cooking class taught by a celebrity chef help fight Alzheimer’s?
The Golden Bull reopens; Guy Fieri delivers hefty grant to Oakland taqueria
Also: June’s Pizza exits the slice game and The Bussdown launches a fine-dining supper series.
A new slice house for Oakland on Piedmont Ave.; Corso reopens as Via del Corso
Plus: Munch India returns as a takeout-only operation; and an ambitious sandwich pop-up rises in Alameda.
Matt Horn plots a burger shop; two new Thai spots come to Oakland
Lalime’s in Berkeley won’t return; Cafe Mezzo springs back
North Oakland neighbors petition against ghost kitchen; Lion Dance Cafe ends preorder service
Plus: Pride month specials; MexiQ pops up; Duende returns; more.
Lulu plots fall opening in Berkeley; Cheese Board hosts fundraiser for COVID-19 relief in India
Plus: Playt closes; a local celebrity chef talks mental health; Save our Chinatowns rebrands to Cut Fruit Collective; more.
Oakland’s Homestead winds down its fine-dining operation
The Piedmont Avenue dining destination will serve its last dinner next month. The Humble Sandwich, its casual offshoot operation, will remain.
Duende reopens in June; Liege closes for good
After a long, dark 10 months, Duende is preparing to reopen “I’m getting kind of stoked,” Paul Canales said. He spoke to Nosh after a month spent working on reopening his 8-year-old Uptown Oakland restaurant Duende, which he temporarily shuttered last fall after he realized “we just couldn’t make it work on takeout.” Canales said that his business, which […]
Smokehouse commissions a mural of itself; Alameda County votes to allow cooks to launch home food businesses
Plus: The Uptown Nightclub is for sale; Bryant Terry announces a publishing deal; First Edition reopens for business; more.
The Alley reopens after community pitches in to save piano bar
A year of fundraisers and auctions saved the 88-year-old Grand Avenue watering hole.
Palmetto reopens with a meaty menu; COVID-19 cases delay Blue Willow Teaspot’s reopening
Plus: A driver smashes La Frontera’s parklet; Alice Waters auctions off a luncheon in her garden; Caffe Med space to become ramen restaurant; more.
Salt & Straw opens its first East Bay scoop shop; Taste of Temescal announces lineup
Plus: Milkbomb returns to Berkeley; Nora Haron helms new East Bay Singaporean restaurant; more.
A new hotel bar in Uptown; Red Bay opens a huge new cafe
Plus: East Bay restaurants join a day of action; MeloMelo Kava Bar and Shiba Ramen reopen; more.
Quesabirria fueled the opening of downtown Oakland’s new LGBTQ+ bar
Que Rico, from the owner of La Frontera Mexican Restaurant, will host outdoor happy hours on a rainbow-lit parklet, drag brunches and Latinx-focused club nights.
Orange tier isn’t enough to convince these East Bay bars to reopen
Alameda County expects to enter the less restrictive reopening tier this week, but some publicans say the inhibition-dropping effects of alcohol are giving them pause to reopen.