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Chez Panisse opens next-door cocktail lounge
Despite the darkness and a cold January wind, a line formed out the door of Bar Panisse. Inside, every bar stool and table was...
Petite LaFleur handcrafts confections in Berkeley
After dinner at a friend’s house the other night, she laid out a small plate with pieces of candy. There were dark chocolate peppermint...
Museum café expands exhibit engagement
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) upstairs café peers down on a gallery two floors below. This café is at once...
Crustacean reopens in downtown San Francisco
The legend of Thanh Long’s garlic noodles and roasted crab preceded my arrival in the Bay Area by several decades. But soon enough, friends...
Napa celebrates Jacques Pépin’s 90th birthday
Mythologies are built up and around famous chefs, layer upon layer, with the same amount of labor it takes to make daily batches of...
Bistro 4293 celebrates Azerbaijani food
“My favorite Azerbaijani restaurant is ____. It’s much easier to fill in that blank when the restaurant in question is Mexican, Vietnamese or French.
Before...
Daytripping for ‘oysters’ and scones
The artists in Anthony Meier’s group show, “Consider the Oyster,” are united, not by their relationship to mollusks, but by a more ephemeral relationship...
Building Oakland’s soundscape to foster community
In Haruki Murakami’s novels, the melancholic main character will inevitably stave off his ennui by spending time in a smoke-filled, boozy jazz club. The...