Best of the East Bay Best of the East Bay 2002 by EastBayExpress Archives May 8, 2002 The theme of this year’s Best of the East Bay is the Next Big Thing. We focus on items that describe new people, places, things, and trends in food, shopping, music, theater, entertainment and elsewhere. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Previous article2C-T-7’s Bad TripNext articleThe Kitchen Sink 18,654FansLike0FollowersFollow67,429FollowersFollow Newsletter sign-up eLert sign-up Local Weather Oakland overcast clouds enter location 62.2 ° F 64 ° 60 ° 55 % 0.6mph 100 % Sun 63 ° Mon 65 ° Tue 62 ° Wed 66 ° Thu 67 °