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We can sometimes get warm fall days in the Bay Area, but something tells me the line out Milkbomb’s new Berkeley location will continue even into the cold winter days.
The specialty ice cream store is from San Francisco, where Milkbomb created a name for itself with its Instagram-friendly creation — the donut ice cream […]
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Earlier this summer, a Japanese-influenced dessert cafe opened in Berkeley, and as expected Instagram went crazy over the primarily matcha desserts.
But I was in the midst of a no-sugar diet for much of July so I had to patiently wait before I could drop into the new Amausaan Uji Matcha on Shattuck Avenue. The […]
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I’ve always known it as the Hotel Durant, the tiny hotel just a stone’s throw from the UC-Berkeley campus that has been home for many years to visiting friends and families of students. I didn’t realize that more than a year ago it re-opened as part of the Graduate Hotels group of boutique hotels.
So […]
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UPDATE: This cafe closed suddenly in summer 2019. Owners said it was time to move on to a new phase for the business.
This modern Berkeley coffee house on the far end of University Avenue (toward the marina) seems new to me, but it’s actually been open for more than two years. Algorithm Coffee Co. […]
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Khao mun gai is Thailand’s version of the popular Hainanese chicken rice, poached chicken breast over rice with cucumbers and served with sweet bean dipping sauce. It’s a popular plate that’s commonly sold from vendors on the street.
In the Bay Area, restaurants have been recently introducing khao mun gai to American diners, from Hawker […]
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I’d first heard about Ippudo in Manhattan, where its reputation for delicious Japanese ramen noodles translated into long waits of more than 1.5 hours. Its popularity spawned a Westside location, but lines are still supposedly long for the hakata tonkotsu broth.
I didn’t realize that Ippudo was a major chain from Japan […]
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Stateside Bakery in Berkeley lets you relive your childhood, giving you permission to indulge in sugary treats that look like favorite snacks like Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes, or Oreo cookies. But these nostalgic treats (at least for people from my generation) are made with quality, natural ingredients and no preservatives.
I finally got to try these […]
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UPDATE: This location closed on Aug. 1, 2016 because of reportedly low foot traffic.
Flour and Co. is a new bakery in the middle of University Avenue in Berkeley, taking over the spot once occupied by another bakery, the Bread Workshop.
The 2-months-old bakery and cafe is the second location of owner Emily Day, who opened […]
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UPDATE: The restaurant, citing economic reasons, announced it will close its doors on Oct. 27, 2016.
The story: The people behind the successful high-end Mexican restaurant Comal in downtown Berkeley branched out to the tiny Elmwood neighborhood with a splashy new restaurant called The Advocate (how this is supposed to make you think […]
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I’m more a wine than beer drinker, but there’s something about a warm, sunny day that makes me want to just chug down a cold, refreshing mug of beer. That’s exactly what I was doing yesterday when I visited the Westbrae Biergarten in the northwest area of Berkeley.
Westbrae is a popular new beer garden […]
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In some ways, you could say I’ve dined at Chez Panisse without stepping one foot into this famed Berkeley culinary institution.
That’s because California cuisine defined in the 1970s by founder and owner Alice Waters and Chef Jeremiah Tower as local, fresh and simple is now the epitome of dining in the San Francisco Bay […]
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There’s no question that the East Bay food scene is on the upswing, especially in Oakland where there have been several prominent new openings. And many of them were featured Sunday night in the annual Taste of the Nation East Bay fund-raiser.
The event, which puts on similar fund-raisers in cities across the country including for years […]
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The best way to have Chinese food is a big banquet with several courses to feast on. Last week I organized a smaller version of a spring banquet and invited some of my favorite food blogging friends.
We gathered at Great China, the popular Berkeley Chinese restaurant that had to close for a few months […]
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Dojo Dog has got to be the smartest food truck in town. I mean, it is parked right outside the University of California, Berkeley, campus.
And it’s not just the smart location serving up gourmet hot dogs to hungry college students notorious for their munchies, but they play up an Asian martial arts theme outside […]
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