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5 Best Restaurants in Berkeley, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Berkeley, California — a city where the hills tumble toward the bay, where the air is perfumed with eucalyptus and espresso, where every block is stitched with murals, bookstores, and the laughter of students, old-timers, and dreamers. Here, Craftsman bungalows lean into the future, co-ops and Victorians stand shoulder to shoulder, and the scent of sourdough and spice drifts through neighborhoods alive with possibility.

Berkeley, CA · 4d
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Nearly 17-Year-Old Italian Restaurant in Napa to Close Its Doors Next Week

A longtime favorite Italian restaurant in downtown Napa Valley, Oenotri has announced its permanent closure. The restaurant shared the closure announcement on social media with a farewell message. The final dinner of the restaurant will be hosted next week. Oenotri in Napa Valley Set to Close. Opened in 2010, Oenotri...

Napa, CA · 3d
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5 Best Restaurants in Richmond, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Richmond, California — a city where the Bay’s salt air drifts through neighborhoods old and new, where murals bloom on brick and stucco, where the clang of shipyards and the laughter of children echo across parks and avenues. Here, the skyline is a patchwork: cranes and cranes, eucalyptus and palm, each block humming with the stories of those who built, rebuilt, and keep rebuilding. Richmond is a crossroads — of Black, Latino, Asian, and white, of newcomers and old-timers, of artists, activists, and dreamers who refuse to let the city’s spirit fade.

Richmond, CA · 10d
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5 Best Restaurants in San Leandro, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

San Leandro, California — a city where the fog rolls in from the Bay and lingers in the morning, where pastel houses and redwoods stand sentinel over neighborhoods stitched together by memory and migration. Here, the laughter of families mingles with the quiet wisdom of old-timers, the dreams of newcomers, and the steady rhythm of those who have called this place home for generations.

San Leandro, CA · 7d
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5 Best Restaurants in Napa, California You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Napa, California — a valley where the morning mist clings to the vines, where sun-warmed stone and weathered wood cradle a thousand stories, where the laughter of winemakers, the hum of harvesters, and the quiet pride of families echo between rolling hills. Here, the architecture is a patchwork: Victorian facades, rustic barns, glass-walled tasting rooms, and the gentle sprawl of olive groves. Napa is a crossroads — of old-timers and newcomers, of chefs who chase the seasons and farmers who coax life from the land, of dreamers who believe that food and wine can be a kind of poetry.

Napa, CA · 1d

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Alamo’s Super Exciting New Restaurant Just Soft-Opened

ALAMO, CALIFORNIA — After months of construction and anticipation, one of Alamo’s most exciting new restaurants is officially welcoming customers. The Post, a new American comfort food restaurant from the team behind Walnut Creek’s popular Main St Kitchen & Bar, has soft-opened in the former Forli Ristorante space at 3160 Danville Boulevard.

Alamo, CA · 22h

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You’ll Fall In Love With The Homemade Breakfast At This Old-School California Diner

Not every great restaurant announces itself loudly, and Oceanview Diner in Berkeley, California is proof that the best ones often don’t. It sits along a Berkeley street with a green awning and a neon sign in the window, looking exactly like what it is, a real diner that makes a real homemade breakfast, and that’s more than enough.

Berkeley, CA · 4d

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After 61 Years, a California Bakery Is Winding Down, and 92 People Are Feeling the Impact

Safeway is winding down its commercial bread plant in Richmond, California, ending a long-running piece of its bakery supply chain. A California WARN notice filed October 20 lists 92 affected workers at the facility, which supplies bakery products for Safeway stores. What is confirmed about the Richmond bakery closure The facility is at 905 South…

Richmond, CA · 5d

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This Historic Pleasant Hill Restaurant Is The Last of Its Kind as Sister Location Closes After 20 Years

PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA – A restaurant that has been part of Pleasant Hill for more than half a century is carrying on the Zio Fraedo’s name after its waterfront sister location announced its farewell. The Vallejo restaurant named Sunday, October 25, as its final day after roughly two...

Pleasant Hill, CA · 3d

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This Budget-Friendly East Oakland Soul Food Spot Fries Chicken And Catfish That California Diners Say Are Worth The Trek

Some people drive all the way from Santa Rosa for a plate of fried catfish. Others order the fried chicken at least once a week and never get tired of it. In East Oakland, one small counter has built a loyal following by keeping its prices low and its fryers busy with food made to order. It is not fancy, and the neighborhood can feel rough around the edges, but the crowds keep coming back anyway.

Oakland, CA · 1d

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Pleasant Hill’s Massive Japanese Marketplace Finally Has an Opening Date

PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA — After months of waiting, Pleasant Hill shoppers finally have a date to circle on their calendars. Osaka Marketplace, the enormous Japanese grocery store taking over the former Orchard Supply Hardware space in Downtown Pleasant Hill, is set to open on Friday, November 20, according to Diablo magazine.

Pleasant Hill, CA · 1d

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A mysterious closure rattles Menlo Park

Longtime employees, regulars stunned at abrupt closure of Cook’s Seafood. When news broke on Thursday about the closure of Cook’s Seafood, a 98-year-old fish market and restaurant in Menlo Park, it quickly became the talk of the town. Almanac editor Andrea Gemmet told me that the Sunday Menlo Park farmers market was full of chatter about the closure, and theories were circulating about why Cook’s had closed – and so abruptly.

Menlo Park, CA · 1d

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Sip Worldly Beers Beside an 11-Foot Polar Bear at This Wonderfully Weird California Biker Bar

Some of the best stops in California are the ones you almost drive right past. Picture a quiet road, a tiny town, and a plain old building that hardly looks like anything special. Then you walk inside and find a giant polar bear, walls packed with oddities, and a kitchen...

Port Costa, CA · 1d

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Sacramento-Area Diner Cited for Old Rodent Droppings and Sanitation Violations

[Editor’s note: The report mentioned here is from an inspection conducted on November 2 and may not represent the future health inspection status of the food establishment.]. The Sacramento County health department conducted an inspection at The Original Mike’s on November 2. Inspectors documented several health violations and issued the restaurant a yellow placard.

Elk Grove, CA · 3d

Wide Open Country

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Landmark Seafood Restaurant Closes After Nearly 100 Years

After nearly a century in business, Cook's Seafood closed the doors of both of its locations last week. As the New York Post reports, the original Cook's Seafood began serving shellfish in 1928 and soon became a San Francisco Bay Area institution, drawing foodies for its catfish, salmon, and other dishes.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 2d

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Every Ice Cream Flavor Is Churned Right Behind the Counter at Fenton’s Creamery in Oakland, California

Some of the best food memories start with a place you almost walked past without a second look. Picture a busy street in California, a line out the door, and a retro sign promising ice cream, and you start to wonder what all the fuss is about. Then a sundae...

Oakland, CA · 8d

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Abrupt closure of 98-year-old Cook’s Seafood rattles Menlo Park community

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When a regular customer known as Mrs. Hockey walked through the doors at Cook’s Seafood in Menlo Park Oct. 28, longtime employee Steve Whitaker was thrilled. He hadn’t seen her in a few years, and she was in her 90s. Whitaker couldn’t wait to tell his colleague, Dan Dowler, a veteran who’d been with Cook’s for 55 years.

Menlo Park, CA · 1d

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Lagunitas Brewing faces class action over claims of forever chemicals in beer

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A San Francisco man filed a class action against Lagunitas Brewing Company over claims its beers contain levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known as PFAS, that are harmful to human health. Named plaintiff Nathaniel Talbot claims Lagunitas Brewing was or should have been aware...

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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A Beloved Filipino Bakery Is Now Brewing One of the Bay Area’s Rarest Coffees

For more than three decades, Ling Nam (formerly Ling Nam Starbread) has cultivated a huge following for its sweet, pillowy señorita bread — arguably the Bay Area’s most widely beloved Filipino American baked treat. Now, the new Union City location of the bakery also serves a unique coffee that goes especially well with a fresh batch of señorita bread.

Union City, CA · 19h