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Nov 5, 2024
Nat Harry guides discerning drinkers in ‘Spirits Distilled’
In 2012, Nat Harry won the East Bay Express award for “Best Bartender in the East Bay.” At the time an EBX article described Harry’s presence at Berkeley’s Revival Bar + Kitchen as, “Relentlessly adventurous, well-studied but...
Oct 29, 2024
Millennium celebrates 30 years
On Sept. 26, Millennium hosted a 30th Anniversary celebration. The cheerful staff buzzed around the dining room refilling drinks, chatting and catching up with old friends. A former dishwasher played in the music trio in the corner....
Oct 22, 2024
Saving our dining scene
Oakland’s downtown has been slow to recover from the pandemic. Longterm restaurants such as Calavera, Luka’s Taproom and Parlour have closed. Before the Oakland Restaurant Marketing Collective (ORMC) officially formed this year, Nelson German and Luigi DiRuocco...
Oct 15, 2024
Chef Tu David Phu honors ‘bloodline’ in familial cookbook
The bloodline of a fish is a dark red muscle that runs along the animal’s spine. In the fine-dining kitchens where Chef Tu David Phu began his professional career, he was taught to throw the bloodline away....
Oct 8, 2024
Of All Places elevates the bodega
A new East Bay specialty market is redefining the meaning of the word bodega. Celia and Joe Catalino’s Of All Places, in Berkeley, recently joined the ranks of small markets such as Preserved and Benchmark Portavia. Instead...
Oct 1, 2024
Oakland Bloom launches Open Test Kitchen
Understory, a worker-owned collective on Eighth Street, closed its Oakland location at the end of June. The owners have yet to announce a reopening date elsewhere, but their progressive approach to running a kitchen and dining room...
Sep 24, 2024
Uncommon flavors scooped at Bad Walter’s
Sydney Arkin loves ice cream. When the pandemic hit, most household shoppers stampeded through the aisles of grocery stores to stock up on sacks of flour and bulky packages of toilet paper. Arkin bought 13 pints of...
