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A fresh take on Turkish cuisine takes root in West Berkeley

Divan, a new Turkish restaurant in West Berkeley, delivers on some of the cuisine’s greatest hits: pides (“Turkish pizza”), pomegranates and pistachios, plus the passion for grilled meats and eggplant, Turkey’s most beloved vegetable. But, Divan does it in a sleek, contemporary, spacious room with a full bar, without the museum-like displays of ceramics and rugs other Turkish restaurants in the Bay Area often lean on for decor.

Berkeley, CA · 10h
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Skip the cooking: 7 Peninsula restaurants offering take-home Thanksgiving meals and sides

Thanksgiving shouldn’t be stressful – although it often is. From grocery shopping to chopping vegetables to basting the turkey, it’s a lot of work. If you’re short on time this holiday season or just want to relax, plenty of Peninsula restaurants offer take-home Thanksgiving meals and a la carte dishes.

Menlo Park, CA · 1d
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You’ll Fall In Love With The Retro Charm Of This Drive-Thru Dairy In California

There’s a drive-thru in Pleasanton, California that has absolutely nothing to do with burgers, fries, or anything you’d eat while steering with one knee. Meadowlark Dairy serves soft-serve ice cream through a window, and once you’ve experienced it, every other drive-thru in your life will feel like a letdown.

Pleasanton, CA · 1d
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It’s inedible and highly elusive — and San Francisco bartenders can’t get enough

For a few short weeks every spring, San Francisco chefs and bartenders race to get their hands on ume, a tart Japanese plum with skin the color of a tennis ball. It’s not because they’re good to eat; in fact, they’re inedible raw. But once the golf-ball-size fruits have been coated in sugar and steeped in spirits for at least half a year, the infusion becomes one of the most sought-after cocktail ingredients of the moment: umeshu.

San Francisco, CA · 2d
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Cliff House Name Finally Returns Home, but SF Landmark Still Sits Empty

The name Cliff House is finally back where longtime San Franciscans feel it belongs. Dan and Mary Hountalas, who ran the cliffside institution for decades, donated the restaurant’s name and all its associated trademarks to a local nonprofit just days before November 10, 2025 — but the landmark building itself at 1090 Point Lobos Ave. remains empty, with no confirmed date for anyone to walk back through its doors.

San Francisco, CA · 11h

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Giant, crispy, golden: Why Korean katsu is booming in the South Bay

A growing number of restaurants in the Bay Area are specializing in Korean-style donkatsu, cutlets pounded until thin and massive, then fried to a crisp.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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A new Japanese BBQ comes to Oakland, a Turkish cafe lands in South Berkeley, and more East Bay restaurant openings

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Subscribing to the Nosh newsletter is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene.

Oakland, CA · 2d

San Francisco Chronicle

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A customer loved this Bay Area babka. So he took over the bakery

Babka specialist Braid Bakery has a new owner, a fresh outpost in Berkeley and plans to expand.

San Francisco, CA · 19h

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Brentwood restaurant Toscana pairs four-course autumn dinner with rare Oregon wines

Boutique Willamette Valley vintner Audeant brings limited-release bottles to San Vicente Boulevard. Small-batch Pacific Northwest winemaking meets classic Northern Italian cuisine in Brentwood this Thursday, when neighborhood fixture Toscana hosts boutique Oregon producer Audeant for an intimate, one-night-only tasting dinner. Scheduled for Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m., the collaborative dining...

Brentwood, CA · 18h

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After 27 years in Mountain View, Vaso Azzurro prepares to close

On its surface, Vaso Azzurro seems like your typical old-school Italian restaurant, with crisp white tablecloths and a menu of classic Italian American dishes. But sit for a bit and you’ll quickly realize just how unique the place is. Waitstaff randomly burst into operatic song, serenading tables and eliciting...

Mountain View, CA · 2d

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Eight California Coffee Shops Where Retirees Have Held The Same Morning Table For Decades

Every town has that one table where the same group shows up each morning, orders the usual, and settles the news of the day before most people are awake. In California, some of those tables have been claimed for so long that the regulars outlasted the menus, the paint jobs, and a few of the coffee machines.

California · 1d

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Starbucks’ Halloween limited-edition menu sparks mixed opinions

Starbucks released two limited-edition items, the Black Cat Frappuccino and the Black Night Cookie, just one week before Halloween. The Black Cat Frappuccino is made by mixing Starbucks’ classic Creme Frappuccino blended beverage with cocoa. The Black Night Cookie features dark chocolate cookie dough with caramel fudge filling. The...

Belmont, CA · 2d

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Salt & Straw ice cream chain with viral following opens in this Bay Area city, drawing crowds

OAKLAND, Calif. - A popular artisanal ice cream chain known for its unconventional, creative flavors is expanding in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, viral sensation Salt & Straw launched a soft opening at its new location in Oakland. Long line out the door. On a warmer than usual November evening,...

Oakland, CA · 9h

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Panda Express Just Turned Its Famous Rangoons Into a Triple-Chocolate Dessert With Ghirardelli—but There’s a Catch

The chain's first-ever dessert rangoon is filled with Ghirardelli chocolate, but not everyone will be able to try it.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 1d

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Nov. 2026 Food & Drink Updates: Three New Public Market Tenants Poised to Open

Our November food & drink updates include three new businesses preparing to join the Public Market’s lineup. Plus, a popular Oakland beer garden announces its impending closure, and Tokyo Central extends its evening hours. Xula Guatemalan Cuisine Sets Soft Opening Date at Public Market. Xula Guatemalan Cuisine is putting...

Oakland, CA · 2d

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Midpen’s suggestions: The best lunch stops at Town & Country Village

Only a couple of minutes after the lunch bell rings, crowds of Palo Alto High School students flood the crosswalk connecting their campus to Town & Country Village, a shopping and dining center in Palo Alto. Given its convenience, variety and efficiency, Town & Country Village is a popular place for many students to get food at lunch and in between classes. To find the most optimal lunch spot for Palo Alto High students, I evaluated the preferences of my peers across grade levels.

Palo Alto, CA · 2d

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T&T Supermarket Fills a Decade-Empty Former Best Buy on Geary Boulevard as San Francisco Loses Neighborhood Grocers

T&T Supermarket opened its first San Francisco store on Nov. 5 at City Center, 2675 Geary Blvd., filling a former Best Buy space that had been vacant since 2017, according to SFist. The roughly 50,000-square-foot store at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue is the Canadian chain's second California location and fourth in the United States.

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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Los Altos coffee brand debuts slow bar residency at Tal Palo

Silicon Valley moves at a fast pace. From grab-and-go coffee shops to drive-thrus, speed is often prioritized in the service industry. But for Amblett, a new pour-over coffee pop-up at Tal Palo in downtown Los Altos, the goal is to be intentionally slow. Founder and Los Altos resident Andrew Czajkowski...

Los Altos, CA · 1d