Berkeleyside reports a few notable changes to our restaurant scene.
Lilly’s, the Cantonese place on Hopkins near Monterey Market is closing, and will be replaced with a Japanese sushi joint. Last service is today, if you want some classic fried rice and pot stickers.
Bacheesos, the Mediterranean buffet place on Telegraph, is closing, and the site will become a “five-story mixed-use complex”. Last service will be on Nov. 3rd or 4th; I can’t tell from the text.
Fondue Fred is closing in December. It’s in that cute little food/shopping court at Telegraph and Dwight. Another mixed-use building will replace it. I’ve never eaten there.
Lucia’s Pizza, downtown, got a new chef from Italy, as I found out last Sunday when I ordered a breakfast pizza. The pizza used to have tomato sauce and fried eggs, but the chef says that tomato does not belong with eggs. The perfect is the enemy of the good. IMO.
