- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jul 20, 2005
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This Takes the Cake
One fake birthday, four chain restaurants, three days.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Oct 18, 2006
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Salgadinhos & Futebol
A Brazilian food scene is beginning to surface in West CoCo County.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jan 2, 2008
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Rice and Easy
All the sushi you can eat is either a blessing or an abomination. At Edoko, it feels like home.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Mar 13, 2002
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The Hawaiians Are Coming!
The new wave of Asian fusion comes ashore — in Walnut Creek
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Mar 4, 2009
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Crossover Burritos
Three burrito shops add new flavors, from Korean to Cajun to Mediterranean.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jun 11, 2003
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Simple Food, Complex Tastes
A trip to Canvas is enough to restore one's hope in fusion.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, May 12, 2010
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Homeward Bound at SR24
Named after nearby Highway 24, the new Temescal spot serves spruced-up comfort food.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Aug 25, 2004
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Moonlight Becomes You
Consistently excellent yet undiscovered Cantonese fare from a DAIMO defector.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Nov 9, 2005
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Assimilation à la Carte
Down-home Chinese? Lebanese-Mexican? Biriani-stuffed pizza? Three tales of cultural collision.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Oct 24, 2012
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Escape to Rio California Cafe
A lunchtime oasis, just steps from the heart of downtown.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Aug 27, 2003
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Golden Horn of Plenty
Bosphorus imports the delightful flavors of Anatolia to Berkeley's Indiatown.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Nov 10, 2004
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Romancing the Creek
Breads of India proprietor woos Contra Costa residents with his effusive multiregional menu.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jan 25, 2006
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Iguana: Tastes Like Chicken
Despite its tacky ex-KFC digs, El Tazumal serves up sophisticated Salvadoran slow food. Such as lizard soup.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jan 9, 2013
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Grand Lake Kitchen: A Multitasking Deli
The new Lake Merritt-area deli fills three or four different culinary niches.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, May 2, 2007
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A Slurpy Hypothesis
Chef Louis Kao is skilled with the meats, but his Noodle Theory needs a bit of tinkering.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jul 4, 2001
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Dealt Lemons? Make Limoncello
Lemon-yellow walls cheer up the room, offsetting the gray-blues and seashore paintings that call forth the Amalfi coast.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Sep 25, 2002
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Too Much Is Not Enough
Lack of focus mars Bay City Grill's pan-Asian offerings.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Dec 17, 2003
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It's All 'Bout the Music
Eli's Mile High ain't quite a supper club, but it's pretty good for pub food.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Feb 16, 2005
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It's Good for You!
And sometimes it even tastes good: It's two new vegan joints.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Feb 8, 2012
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How to Survive a Brazilian Meat Party
Drink plenty of water and pace yourself at Pikanha's.
