- Food & Drink, Last Call, Sep 21, 2011
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The Kingfish Endures
The ninety-year-old former bait shop is a truly great dive bar.
- Food & Drink, What the Fork, Jun 29, 2011
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Peaberry's Coffee and Tea Steps Into the Light
The coffeeshop's new owners vow to dial down the roast.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Aug 11, 2010
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Do the Time Warp at the Saturn Cafe
Diner food gets updated fleshlessly, with a shout-out to Che.
- Food & Drink, Last Call, Aug 31, 2011
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Oliveto's Happy Hour: Too Beautiful to Live
Plus: Make Westing, Uptown Oakland's newest bar.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Nov 26, 2008
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Rehabbing the American Diner
Rico's Diner straddles retro and modern culinary worlds with perfection.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jun 2, 2010
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Jac's Asian Bistro: Kowloon, With Cheese
A miniature Hong Kong in El Cerrito.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Feb 20, 2013
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Does Rockridge's New Ramen Shop Live Up to the Hype?
A trio of Chez Panisse alums fuses Japanese tradition with a Californian sensibility.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Nov 25, 2009
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More, More, More
Why eat in a student dining hall if you're not a student anymore? Because, at Crossroads, you can.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Nov 2, 2011
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Asian Cajun at Rockin' Crawfish
A uniquely Vietnamese-American style of restaurant comes to Oakland.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Feb 3, 2010
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Ackee Days Are Here Again
Pairing Jamaican classics with inventive originals, Flavah Island is a find.
- Food & Drink, What the Fork, Dec 14, 2011
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Success, with Reservations
Mobile food in Oakland gets another little nudge. Plus, Christmas dining options.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jun 15, 2011
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Porchetta Dreams
In search of authentic pork loin roast at Market Hall, Adesso, Plum, and RoliRoti.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Oct 1, 2008
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Gluten-Free Glutton
A growing number of East Bay pizzerias add gluten-free crust to their menu. But easy as pie it ain't.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Jan 13, 2010
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Talk to the Taro
Each dish at Green Papaya, Berkeley's first vegetarian Thai restaurant, packs its own sly surprise.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Nov 10, 2010
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Nex in Line
Hisuk Dong of Soizic Bistro and Mua opens another smart Oakland eatery.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Aug 5, 2009
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Classic Americana Revitalized at Scott Howard's Five
The chef brings his inventive French-California cuisine to Berkeley's renovated Hotel Shattuck Plaza.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Oct 19, 2011
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Local Cafe Makes Good On Its Name
New Piedmont Avenue venture reclaims the word "local" — with simplicity and meaning.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Dec 2, 2009
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Seasonal Comfort Food
Venus offers delectable country cooking in the heart of Berkeley's concrete jungle.
- Food & Drink, The Kitchen Sink, Aug 4, 2004
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Breakfast or Dinner?
A brief history of the "freakish" chicken-and-waffle combo.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review, Apr 9, 2008
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Oakland's New Soul
Brown Sugar Kitchen serves up down-home cooking with a light, contemporary touch.
