It’s an interesting read - I think a good amount of self-assessment.
Doesn’t really belong here but there is nowhere to put this, but maybe of interest to @geo12the- Caribbean place in Vallejo opening.
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Also don’t know where to put and it has been open for a while, Peruvian empanadas in Emeryville:
La Marcha, a Spanish tapas bar in Berkeley, is hosting Paella Feast, a community-style dinner on April 6 where guests can taste five kinds of paella for $30. (Photo courtesy of La Marcha)
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Some kind of restaurant is going into the old Toots Sweets site on Gilman. It’s been empty a while and before that the bakery had been pretty bad for a few years. (I used to like their bear claw, but that was a long time ago.) I’m curious to see what sort of a place this will be. There’s plenty of off-street parking.
Favorite brunch place Meal Ticket has closed, and will be replaced by KC BBQ. I’m going to miss the salmon and eggs, and those thick burgers, at Meal Ticket. KC BBQ closed after a fire last year.
Comal Next Door.
2024 Shattuck
Berkeley
https://www.baybookfest.org/session/creating-a-better-way-to-eat-hippies-hawkers-and-starfruits/
Creating a Better Way to Eat: Hippies, Hawkers and Starfruits
Sunday, April 29 | 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Current AffairsFoodHistory
Jonathan Kauffman, Laura McLively, James Syhabout, moderated by John Birdsall
Your dinner tonight is about so much more than just what’s on the plate—though this panel is about to make that more interesting too. Jonathan Kauffman’s “Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat” shows how we moved (thank goodness) from 1950s TV dinners to eating seasonally, locally, and organically. Chef James Syhabout, proprietor and chef of Hawker Fare, Commis (the only Michelin-starred restaurant in Oakland), and other restaurants, helps home chefs learn from his life story and his classic training in “Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef’s Isan Thai & Lao Roots,” written with moderater John Birdsall. Laura McLively has turned her popular food blog into “The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook,” working magic with some of the market’s most intriguing and exotic ingredients, such as Pepino Melon Poke and Starfruit Almond Torte. (Just what do you do with a particular mushroom, a foreign root, a spiky fruit? You’ll find out.) Don’t miss this mouth-watering session.
To guarantee access to indoor programs, we recommend that you purchase a Priority Admission Ticket for only $10. Otherwise, you can purchase a General Admission Wristband for $15 for the whole weekend, with first-come, first-served admission after Priority Ticket holders are let in.
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The pun is fitting, as Yu’s lunchtime to-go spot is known for its beef noodle soup. Using a recipe passed down to Yu from her grandfather, the dish is a mixture of Shandong and Taiwanese styles, with tender chunks of braised beef and thick wheat noodles in a rich, spicy and flavorful broth topped with chili oil. Aside from the beef noodle soup, other offerings include potstickers, tea eggs and chow mein. Many of Yu’s customers are international students from China or Taiwan, looking for their hometown street snacks in Berkeley.
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Prior to opening the shop in 2014, Yan Yu, who had first moved to Oakland from Shandong, China, in 2006, had been looking to start a small and independent business that wouldn’t infringe on her time and ability to care for her kids.
Face to Face
2109 Milvia St. (near Addison)
Berkeley
Phone (510) 798-8868
Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday; closed on Sunday.
Cash only,
The beef noodle soup at Face to Face in Berkeley. Photo: Justine Wang
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Main Street Pizza, at the top of Solano, has closed and will be replaced by a branch of Venus Cafe. The same parent company owned Main Street.
On San Pablo near Monterey in Albany, the Lanesplitter site will become a French patisserie.
http://www.patisserierotha.com/gallery/
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Ernie - I think you mean San Pablo near Monroe, in Albany?
Patisserie Rotha opens June 30th
1051 San Pablo Ave., Albany
Yes, that’s the place. Marin is a short distance to the north.
I saw the Venus menu in the window today, when I was there for a slice of pizza. So it hasn’t actually closed yet and the sign implies there’s going to be a merger. Though I don’t know how that would work.
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Today, the latest iteration of Da Nang is run by the original owners, the Bentons (who also owns a location in Antioch called Da Nang Tourane), and once again, serves only Vietnamese fare, including noodle soups like pho, bun bo hue, mi quang, bun rieu, as well as vermicelli noodle bowls, rice plates and more. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, except Tuesdays. Da Nang, 905 San Pablo Ave. (at Solano Ave.), Albany
