Berkeley

My mother's birthday is coming up and she's a vegetarian. Due to her diet she sort of eats the same thing all the time (some variation of salad). How she lives with this diet I don't know. It would...

I'm looking for a mexican restaurant in Berkeley. It had the best food, cheap, haven't been there in over 20 years, have no idea if it's still there. It was/is in a yellow building, in the wareho...

Next door to Brazil Cafe. I believe it's called A Dora Pie and today they had lemon meringue, pecan, chocolate dream along with several varieties of cookies. I was on my way to a meeting so no ti...

I'm picking my son up at Oakland International later this week and I thought he'd appreciate some dim sum before we headed for home. Can anybody recommend any dim sum in either Oakland or Berkeley?...

by Melanie Wong 7 months ago

"... Students are three times more likely than the average Alameda County resident to be food insecure: 44 percent versus 13 percent of residents at large. And 57 percent of UC students who are foo...

Need out of this world fresh seafood experience for father's 80th birthday. Need absolutely best of the best. Quality is more important than ambiance (fisherman's wharf). However fine dining would ...

by Dave MP 9 months ago

I feel like I may have asked this in the past, but I'm asking again. Does anyone have recommendations for kimchi sources in the East Bay (preferably Oakland, San Leandro or Berkeley). I don't care ...

by Civil Bear 2 years ago

Chengdu Style Restaurant has been mentioned in Chowhound, but I think it's worthy of its own thread, if for nothing else the Toothpick Lamb. Cumin Lamb is one of my favorite dishes in the Bay Area,...

Hi. My Dad is coming to Berkeley for his 80th birthday. We'll be a party of 9, including some kids, a vegetarian and someone who's lactose-intolerant. I'm looking for a lovely restaurant that seems...

We are here,in Oakland, for a week and it's been so hard to choose but here's what we've done so far: Dinner at Al's Place: Last year was our first time there and it was a huge turn on. One y...

I LOVE cookbooks! I recently bought, The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook by Laura McLively. She had (or has?) a blog about shopping at Berkeley Bowl and that blog became a cookbook! I am sorry to say I ne...

by coonyham 11 months ago

My mom turns 80 next week and we are taking her to the Russian River for a long weekend. Unfortunately, our plans to take her to dinner to celebrate her day that weekend are not working out (too m...

by Ruth Lafler 1 year ago

It looks like there haven't been any posts about Saha since it moved to Berkeley a year and a half ago. That's partly my fault, since I had brunch there last year and didn't report on it (and sadly...

by Robert Lauriston 6 years ago

Opened last week. Sightglass coffee, porridge, pastries, Acme toast, brandade, salumi, wine ... Tuesday-Saturday 7am-6pm, Sunday 8am-4pm, closed Monday

We will be leaving SFO at about 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, headed to St. Helena. Looking for a quality place to have dinner along the route (but obviously don't have time to linger). I'm thinking ...

I just wanted to share that the fish market at the Bowl has skate wings with some regularity - probably more than half the time, price a bit under $5/lb. Quality is fine. When I was young in the...