Luke on the closing on 3/25 of Jamaican restaurant Kingston 11 located on Telegraph Av in Uptown Oakland -
"But for the foreseeable future, diners will no longer be able to come in and sit down for a meal — a huge loss for a city that has already experienced the loss of so many Black-centered spaces. Miss Ollie’s, the beloved Afro-Caribbean spot, closed this past year. So did Brown Sugar Kitchen.
The 7 heaviest burritos in SF, from 19 oz. to 4 lbs. Spoiler - Papalote and El Farolito in the Mission are the heaviest.
Aliz Wall in Berkeleyside/The Oaklandside
On Friday March 24 Boichik Bagels opened its West Berkeley factory and dining space at 1225 6th Street and will be open everyday from 7:30 am to 1 pm.
From sfist and sfeater -
What’s genuinely neat here is that you can not only get a coffee and the bagel at the new plant, but also watch the bagels being made by some sort of robotic bagel-maker. “The main thing is that I designed the whole place around the showpiece, which is the heart of the plant, the dough line, which has been like my new baby,” Winston tells Eater SF. “It’s super awesome, it’s really fun to watch — it’s quite mesmerizing
Richmond, CA.
Sorabol K Banchan Kitchen had a soft opening on Friday March 24 at Telegraph Av and 40th St in Oakland. Hours for now are set at 10:30 am to 7 pm everyday except Tuesday. The kitchen though closes at 6 pm.
It looks airy with several flower placements, three two-tops inside and 2 two-tops outside.
There are several refrigerators with many kinds of banchan and kimchi in clear plastic tubs. Most of the banchan are in the $4 - $6 range. The menu board lists grilled meats, vegetables and sandwiches in the $10-$16 range.
The staff is friendly and gave me a small bowl of rice and a package of dried seaweed to go with my $5 banchan of jalapenos, pearl onions and radish in vinegar.
There ae $3.50 pastries from Acme in a case near the front counter.
They take credit cards and acceptance of cash might be limited.
Below is a link to to a 2-minute low resolution video taken on 3/24.
https://www.wevideo.com/view/3010071374
Sorabol K Banchan Kitchen
4013 Telegraph Ave (near 40th Street and MacArthur BART)
Oakland
closed Tuesdays
From youtube:
Tulare Lake was known in the late 1800s as the largest freshwater lake in the western United States. The water levels are something we haven’t seen in nearly four decades. The winter of 1982-83 was the last time we saw water going into the Tulare Lake basin.
Marr of Fisherman’s Life has success crabbing in the ocean using ling cod as bait. His best catch starts at about the 9:37 mark.
Power paucity precipitates pastrami perishing.
That power outage in Berkeley might put the restaurant, newly opened Delirama, out of business. Very sad–they worked for years to get a store going, and it was wildly popular.
Don’t write off Delirama yet. Their GoFundMe looks successful. I’ll be going down to try some of their other sandwiches, to help bridge their income.
Saucy Asian Korean fusion to open soon on Bay Street in Emeryville -
“Saucy Asian will feature a wide variety of bowls, poke and California-inspired fusion burritos and tacos. Menu items will include unique blends of sauces and flavors from kimchi-chipotle aioli and homemade gochujang sauce to Korean styled pickled jalapeños and fried rice cake (ddeokbokki) drizzled with gochujang aioli.”
Wed 3/28 at 9 am on KQED FM 88.5 radio, Luke Tsai, Reem Assil and Hisham Abdelfattah talk about Ramadan.
WED at 9 AM PT @alexismadrigal:
— KQED Forum (@KQEDForum) March 29, 2023
For our next installment of All You Can Eat we'll speak w/ @theluketsai, @assil_reem & Hisham Abdelfattah about Ramadan.
❓ How has Ramadan changed your relationship with food?https://t.co/K0xgLsaVcT
An article by Reem Assil in Saveur a year ago.
Alan Chazaro in KQED Arts
Brock Keeling in Berkeleyside/The Oaklandside
Esther Mobley in the SF Chronicle
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/best-wineries-napa-sonoma-bay-area-wine-country/
There’s also a new Jamaican patty place at the Ferry Building, next to Fort Point.
Have You Eaten Yet?’ takes place on Sunday, April 2, from 2–4 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (388 9th St., Ste. 290) in Oakland. Tickets are free with pre-registration, and the event is wheelchair-accessible
San Francisco Restaurant Week from Friday April 14 through Sunday April 23.
Joanna in Berkeleyside/The Oaklandside.
Brock Keeling. -
French bistro Left Bank in Oakland’s Jack London Square
Edalatpour in the E B Express -
Hearst is offering its Chronicle and SFGate workers a 1% raise. That is not very much.
The sun is shining and we're preparing to head back to the bargaining table this morning. It's time to make sure Hearst knows that San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate workers are #WorthMoreThanOnePercent! ✊ @newsguild @pacmediaguild pic.twitter.com/WhLC5segbZ
— San Francisco Chronicle Guild (@SFCGuild) March 30, 2023
Calif bans commercial dungeness fishing starting April 15 to protect whales
From about 10 years ago, food writer Michael Pollan talks about photographer Ansel Adams’s pictures showing the role of the University of California in the mechanization of farm work in the Central Valley in the 1960s.
