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Oakland Chef Sarah Kirnon Hosts Final Dinner Before Moving Back to Barbados
Sarah Kirnon’s final Oakland dinner is set for Sunday, November 1, at Burdell, the Telegraph Avenue restaurant whose Grandma Series invites chefs to cook from family memories. The meal offers a last local chance to experience Kirnon’s cooking before they plan to move back to Barbados in 2027.
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CHAGEE To Open At San Jose’s Westgate Center As Bay Area Expansion Continues
CHAGEE is preparing to expand its presence in Northern California, with a new Modern Teahouse planned for Westgate Center in San Jose. The location is part of a broader expansion that will bring at least six CHAGEE stores to the Bay Area in 2027. According to the San Francisco Business...
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Boichik Bagels Is Facing an “Imposter”
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — Boichik Bagels is warning customers to take a close look at where they’re ordering their next dozen. The Berkeley-founded bagel company says a lookalike website has copied its photos, product descriptions and branding, offering steep discounts in what the business describes as a scheme to collect customers’ card information.
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Kiwanis Club of the Delta Hosts Pride of the Delta Restaurant Tour
ANTIOCH, CA — The Kiwanis Club of the Delta invites the community to enjoy an afternoon of delicious food while supporting local charities during its 2026 Pride of the Delta Restaurant Tour, scheduled for Sunday, November 1, 2026. The annual event will take place from 1:00 pm to 5:00...
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Salt & Straw Scoops Into Rockridge, Bringing Turkey-and-Bacon Caramel to Oakland
Oakland is finally getting its own Salt & Straw. The Portland-based ice cream chain plans to open its first Oakland shop in the Rockridge neighborhood on Friday, November 13, at 6310 College Ave., Suite 140. The opening would mark Salt & Straw's ninth Bay Area location and its second in...
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Juniper Café To Open Second Location In San Mateo
Juniper Café is preparing to expand beyond San Francisco with a second bakery in San Mateo, California. The business plans to open at 1 North B St. inside The Brickline, a mixed-use development in downtown San Mateo, in early 2027. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the new location...
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Forget 7-Eleven: Palo Alto’s Yutori is a roadtrip-worthy upscale konbini
Supersize Asian supermarkets are booming in the Bay Area, selling fresh pandan, ready-to-eat sushi, and fancy imported rice cookers. For this series, The Standard’s food team visited six of the newest, from San Jose to Emeryville, to find out what each does best — and where you should head for your next grocery run.
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A Legendary Chef Bids Farewell With One Final Dinner in Oakland
For more than a decade, Sarah Kirnon presided over one of the Bay Area’s most widely celebrated restaurants. Until it closed in 2022, Miss Ollie’s, Kirnon’s Afro-Caribbean spot in Old Oakland, served up some of the tastiest braised oxtails, Bajan pepper sauce and skillet-fried chicken in the Bay. The restaurant also served as an important gathering place for Oakland’s Black, brown and queer communities.
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A Secret Freezer Full of the Bay Area’s Best Local Ice Cream Is Hiding in Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – Lafayette has a handful of ice cream options. But even many locals probably aren’t aware of a little secret–a freezer full of some of the Bay Area’s best local ice cream, inside a totally different shop. Fenton’s has long been known for its...