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Maya Murchison-Turner reinvents Cal Burger
At Cal Burger & More, Maya “Yaya” Murchison-Turner smashes burgers in six different ways. The Classic melts American and jack cheese on top of seared beef. Onions, pickles, tomato, lettuce, mayo and a “Go Crazy” sauce complete...
Jjampong Zizon expands franchise to Oakland
At the corner of 40th and Broadway, a new branch of an existing franchise opened its doors this year. A famous Chinese restaurant in Korea and with locations in Los Angeles, the franchise is expanding into Northern...
Ann’s Catering carries Rick & Ann’s legacy to Oakland
When I arrived in the Bay Area, I was immediately made aware of and drawn to three matriarchal spaces: Alice Waters and her incandescent Garden of Eden. Bette Kroening, always front and center at her Fourth Street...
Richmond mead brewer brings honey wine to East Bay drinkers
Stephen Phillips and his wife were saving up to buy a house—that is, until he asked to use that money to start making canned honey wine.
Believed to be the oldest alcoholic beverage, mead is made by diluting...
Town Biscuits crafts butter-forward biscuits
Chas Barwick defines a good biscuit as, “One that doesn’t crumble to pieces when you bite into it, and really butter-forward.” Barwick opened Town Biscuits last fall with her husband, Will Kovach, a chef with 15 years...
Green Girl Bakeshop inspires loyalty and national distribution
This aging body doesn’t absorb sugar the way it used to. The heady days of rushes and highs are behind me. Whether it’s disguised in pastries, swimming in scoops of ice cream or layered in cake, sugar...
Teni East Kitchen relocates to Piedmont Avenue
When we walked into the new Turkish restaurant on Berkeley’s Fourth Street, more than half of the tables sat empty. But without a reservation, even on a sleepy weeknight, they weren’t seating customers inside or outside on...
