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thewildcattribune.com
Rolling in flavor: street bites at San Ramon Farmer’s Market
Restaurants play an important role in the community, allowing customers to enjoy different cuisines and serving as hangout spots for families and friends. However, in recent years, another form of dining has captured the spotlight: food trucks. These trucks have been around for decades — right after the Civil War,...
PopMatters
Cyril Neville and King Youngblood Serve Up Inspiring Gumbo
It’s Fat Tuesday here in Berkeley, California, on 17 February, and the Bay Area has a special musical treat on the calendar with Cyril Neville at the Freight. A living legend in the New Orleans music scene, dating back to his time with bands like the Meters and the Neville Brothers, the 77-year-old singer-songwriter known as “the Uptown Ruler” still has his mojo working.
bayareatelegraph.com
New Details Emerge on the Restaurant Replacing Walnut Creek Yacht Club
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – They’re big shoes (big boat shoes?) to fill. When Walnut Creek Yacht Club sailed into the sunset after decades serving downtown Walnut Creek, everyone knew the restaurant’s former spot wouldn’t stay vacant for long. Sure enough, plans emerged almost immediately for a...
contracosta.news
RockOut Hunger Aims to Raise Funds for Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa
Join Sixteen Scandals at Del Cielo Brewing in Martinez as they host an 80’s themed pre-show event to help raise funds for Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa. The pre-show event is being held on March 5 and coincides with Del Cielo (701 Escobar St, Ste A) is hosting a beer release party.
Silicon Valley
Vegan Mob closes its Downtown Vallejo location
It is the end of an era for Vallejo’s Vegan Mob. Saturday, Feb. 21, marked the final day of operations for the popular plant-based restaurant’s “707” location off Virginia Street in downtown. The Vallejo storefront was part of a Bay Area franchise that continues to operate in San Bruno and Oakland.
Bay Area Reporter
A stunning “All My Sons” at Berkeley Repertory – Jimmy Smits stars in Arthur Miller’s classic family drama
A heartfelt humanism strides alongside a bitter critique of the military-industrial complex in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” now playing in a brawny, compassionate revival directed by David Mendizábal at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Miller trusts that intelligent middle-class Americans –both the characters in his scripts, and...
jweekly.com
As Kneaded Bakery opens a new chapter with library cafe
Library cafes usually aren’t destinations unto themselves. When they do exist, the coffee is often stale and the food could easily have come out of a vending machine. But when I heard that Iliana Imberman Berkowitz was opening an As Kneaded Cafe in the San Leandro Public Library, I knew that it would become a destination.
berkeleyside.org
Ox 9, Cafe Bolita, Rice Dynasty openings deliver new flavors to Berkeley; FOB West soft opens at Prescott
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SFist
Weekly ‘Overpass Visibility Dance Party’ Lights Up Berkeley Freeway Every Friday Night
The Friday night dance party takes place on an I-80 overpass in Berkeley, a daytime protest hotspot, transforming the bridge into a glowing display of support for the Bay Area community and those protecting democracy, while urging an estimated 12,000 cars per hour to "honk" in solidarity. Since January, a...
bayareatelegraph.com
One of Walnut Creek’s Best Thai Places Has Sadly Closed
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – Lots of Thai food places are happy to offer the basics–some chicken satay, drunken noodles, and mango rice–and call it a day. Others, though, do things differently, bringing different flavors or styles to their dishes. Walnut Creek has several creative Thai places like...
bayareatelegraph.com
A New “Dinner Club” is Coming to Lamorinda, With a Mysterious Element
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA – People often lament that they no longer know their neighbors. And the “loneliness epidemic” is a well-documented concern. Without formal reasons to get together with others in the community, lots of people simply stay in, scroll on their phones, and stay isolated. A new...
CBS News
Grand Lake theater in Oakland celebrating 100 years since its opening
hoodline.com
Boots Riley’s Oakland Takeover: ‘I Love Boosters’ Steals Grand Lake Spotlight
Boots Riley is bringing his latest cinematic troublemaking home. His new film I Love Boosters is getting a hometown West Coast premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival, with back-to-back screenings at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater on April 28. The satirical, high-fashion heist film stars Keke Palmer, features Demi Moore as a ruthless fashion mogul and is set for a wide U.S. release on May 22. Bay Area audiences also get a rare bonus: Riley will appear in person for a festival conversation tied to the event.