.Food & Drink

Dec 3, 2024

Shaka Shack serves it up Hawaiian-style

The bright yellow Locos Only food truck—the one with the anthropomorphized pineapple on the side—has made appearances at East Bay breweries, events and wineries since 2018. Donald Kubisch and Amy Griffith’s first culinary project gained momentum after a successful 2014 pop-up at Faction Brewing in Alameda. “I found out...
Nat Harry guides discerning drinkers in ‘Spirits Distilled’
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...
Millennium celebrates 30 years
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....
Saving our dining scene
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...
Chef Tu David Phu honors 'bloodline' in familial cookbook
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....
Of All Places elevates the bodega
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...
Oakland Bloom launches Open Test Kitchen
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...
Uncommon flavors scooped at Bad Walter’s
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...
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