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Owner and Oakland native Lila Owens has moved her five-year-old bake shop to a larger, brighter, and contemporary space, offering her scratch-made cupcakes in more than a dozen rotating and seasonal flavors, as well as gluten-free and vegan options. Let’s end this piece on a positive note by focusing on news from a female- and black-owned business: ~CUPCAKIN’ BAKE SHOP~ has relocated to Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. It’s time for Harvey Weinstein to buy some remote property and create Shame Island-we have plenty of men to send there to keep him company, starting with this guy. His hubris is as infuriating as it is staggering. Its inclusion nullifies every other point in his “plan.” And to think they are also gunning to open a new restaurant in Berkeley, Western Pacific. Way to diminish the weight of all the pain, damage, abuse, and suffering he has inflicted on far too many employees. Yup, a dunk tank is really going to lighten things up.

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The fact that he thought the inclusion of a monthly dunk tank in the plan was a good idea (are you frigging kidding me?), and that (now) co-owner and managing partner Donna Insalaco signed off on it, shows a pretty twisted sense of reality (and of restaurant culture, and how to make amends). Chef Charlie Hallowell, accused of sexual harassment by more than 30 employees, has released a 12-point plan that is supposed to be a roadmap for his return to work after stepping away the past 10 months. He’s baaaaaack, just in time for Halloween nightmares.

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Reservations for this series will be available on starting November 7th. Their next one will be “Blizzards,” beginning December 7th, and will take diners on a culinary journey through the winters of Japan and Scandinavia. They serve a five-course ($50 per person) and seven-course ($70 per person) tasting menu that rotates every three months, and is treated like a dining “exhibition,” but unlike most art galleries, is meant to be unpretentious and relaxed. at Trestle Glen, Oakland, 51.Ĭhefs (and conceptual artists) Andrew Greene and Duncan Kwitkor have made their Abstract Table pop-up dinner series a permanent fixture at The Gastropig in Uptown Oakland. Open Wed-Mon 5pm-2pm (dinner from 5:30pm-9pm, Fri-Sat until 10pm snacks until 12am, and 1am Fri-Sat). Come by for happy hour, dinner (served upstairs, for $59), or late-night bites-weekend brunch will be coming later. The food (from Anthony Salguero and Brian Starkey) and cocktails from Jason Huffman also have a throwback feel, with some modern touches.

It’s designed to feel like a midcentury modern dinner party, with a retro living room atmosphere, complete with vintage furnishings and glassware. Seth and Jenni Bregman have opened their first project in the former Michel Bistro in the Lakeshore neighborhood, ~BARDO LOUNGE & SUPPER CLUB~, and it’s a swanky and fun-looking spot. Hours are Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm and dinner Sun-Wed 5pm-9pm and Thu-Sat 5pm-10pm. There’s also a cocktail list, designed by Tamir Ben-Shalom of Bull Valley Roadhouse.

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Owners Peter and Melissa Swanson (both Oliveto alums) are offering “Neo-Neapolitan” pizza with some California touches (think sourdough starter for the dough, and some creative toppings), plus housemade pastas, and some entrées too. Īnother pizza takeover: a second location of ~BENCHMARK PIZZERIA~ has opened in the former Desco in Old Oakland.

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The menu will be similar to other Zachary’s locations, and the pizzeria is also hoping to have full liquor, which would be a first for them-but no word about the fate of the hearth. Their other project, The Kebabery, will remain open.īut the surprises continue with the news of Camino’s replacement: a location of ~ZACHARY’S CHICAGO PIZZA~ will be opening there in 2019. It was already unexpected news when ~CAMINO~’s owners Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain announced they’re closing their 10-year-old Oakland restaurant at the end of December (operating costs and staffing are a challenge, a problem throughout the Bay Area, and they’re also ready for a break).