California Food Journalism and News 2020 [SF Bay Area, Los Angeles and the rest of California]

The Damel

1312 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 817-4939
https://www.thedamel.com/

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Does anyone know how this, I am assuming, ghost kitchen work? I see they have locations all over the Bay Area including a location next to the Grocery Outlet in Palo Alto. They signed up some restaurants, and specifically do they cook the pies elsewhere and deliver here, or do they cook, or maybe finish, the pies at each individual location?

dosa by DOSA
China Live
Slice House by Tony Gemignani
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https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/12/17/local-magnate-clint-reilly-buys-san-francisco-exam.html

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from SF Chronicle:

Shengjianbao — a cousin to the more popular, water balloon-like xiaolongbao — are difficult to get right. Filled with meat and broth, then steamed and fried, the dumplings offer plenty of ways for the process to go wrong. But thanks to Lily Wong’s auteurist hands, the version offered at Hayes Valley’s Dumpling Home are filled with plenty of well-seasoned soup and sculpted with an curvaceous, vase-like structure. Their golden brown bottoms are a pleasure to crunch into, though warn your tablemates in advance so they don’t get squirted in the face with hot broth: Eating these is a whole experience. Previously, the dumplings were only available for in-person dining, but the dish is now available for takeout.

Dumpling Home. $12.95. 298 Gough St., San Francisco. 415-503-1666 or on the website.

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I think they make pizza and soup at their plant up here in the Rogue Valley too. Perhaps more pizzas go along with folks staying home these days.

…significant increase in demand

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The new Square Pie Guys, which will open in late February 2021, will be located at 499 9th Street in Oakland.

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“We’ve seen an uptick in individuals going to farmers markets. More people are staying home and cooking,” said Andy Naja-Riese, CEO of the Agricultural Institute of Marin, or AIM, which runs the Grand Lake Farmers Market, Oakland’s biggest and most well known. “We ask why now, and market customers say they feel safer shopping outdoors and also know where their food is coming from, being that there is less contact with a lot of hands.”

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Checked out LGK today. It is worthy of the hype. Traditional but with next level skills and understanding of flavors…yet subtle and balanced. Exceptional fish taco (not deep fried). Chicken pozole, chicken tamale and barbacoa were all excellent. Looking forward to trying the rest of the menu. Chicken mole is suppose to be their dish.

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LGK is La Guerrera’s Kitchen
in the former Tamarindo Antojeria space at
468 8th Street in Old Oakland

see post #147, above, for more info