.Restaurant Review

Jun 17, 2025

Exploring alterna-burger options for Bay Area Burger Week

Bay Area shopping malls are experiencing a renaissance, with a couple of notable exceptions—I’m looking at you, San Francisco Centre. As we’ve returned en masse to gathering in public, the malls that are thriving have been invigorated and anchored by food courts rather than by department stores. Food-on-a-stick novelty...
Alora Social creates cheerful atmosphere in San Ramon
May 20, 2025

Alora Social creates cheerful atmosphere in San Ramon

Bollinger Canyon Road is lined with miles of white rose bushes. This month they’re in bloom. There’s something funereal about them, as if they indicate the way to a mausoleum entrance rather than mark the perimeter of...
Alameda chef John Thiel returns with Pizzeria Pappo
May 13, 2025

Alameda chef John Thiel returns with Pizzeria Pappo

Chef John Thiel makes two kinds of pies at Pizzeria Pappo. Alamedans enjoyed Thiel’s cooking for nearly two decades at his previous restaurant, Pappo, which closed in early 2022. When we spoke on the phone, Thiel told...
Yoyo’s Botanería brings authentic Mexican street food to Hayward
May 6, 2025

Yoyo’s Botanería brings authentic Mexican street food to Hayward

Yoyo’s Botanería is a love letter to Mexican street food culture. Tajín rims dust the edges of plastic cups. Old-school jams like “La Niña Fresa” blast overhead. Teens pose with their marquesitas in front of a hot...
Mia Comida Casera keeps on cooking
Apr 29, 2025

Mia Comida Casera keeps on cooking

After the lunch-hour rush, Jack London Square empties out. It’s not post-apocalyptic, ghost-town quiet, but it’s also not a bustling hub of activity. The Waterfront Hotel’s closure at the end of January contributed to the decrease in...
Lao Garden blooms in Berkeley
Apr 1, 2025

Lao Garden blooms in Berkeley

Chef Kanlaya Palivan and her team have transformed the space on San Pablo Avenue that formerly belonged to Paisan. They’ve added bright orange dining room chairs. Yellow, pink, red and blue lanterns hang down from the ceiling....
BH Wood-Fired Grill revamps Bounty Hunter in Walnut Creek
Mar 11, 2025

BH Wood-Fired Grill revamps Bounty Hunter in Walnut Creek

The sign below BH Wood-Fired Grill’s roofline still reads “Bounty Hunter,” an unfortunate name that conjures chase scenes in B movies. Since it’s embedded in the façade, removing it would require the City of Walnut Creek to...
Mon Superette opens on Piedmont Avenue
Feb 18, 2025

Mon Superette opens on Piedmont Avenue

At the wintry end of 2022, Emily Le, Kayla Bui and Khanh Tran launched their first restaurant together. Bacogai quickly became Alameda’s Vietnamese hotpot hotspot. But the small kitchen limited the variety of dishes they could make....
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