Plus: Playt closes; a local celebrity chef talks mental health; Save our Chinatowns rebrands to Cut Fruit Collective; more.
Eve Batey
Eve Batey has worked as a reporter and editor since 2004, including as the co-founder of SFist, as a deputy managing editor of the SF Chronicle and as the editor of Eater San Francisco.
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Oakland’s Homestead winds down its fine-dining operation
The Piedmont Avenue dining destination will serve its last dinner next month. The Humble Sandwich, its casual offshoot operation, will remain.
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Duende reopens in June; Liege closes for good
Plus: Mama gets a partner; Broc Cellars heads outside; House of Curries moves; more.
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Smokehouse commissions a mural of itself; Alameda County votes to allow cooks to launch home food businesses
Plus: The Uptown Nightclub is for sale; Bryant Terry announces a publishing deal; First Edition reopens for business; more.
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The Alley reopens after community pitches in to save piano bar
A year of fundraisers and auctions saved the 88-year-old Grand Avenue watering hole.
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Palmetto reopens with a meaty menu; COVID-19 cases delay Blue Willow Teaspot’s reopening
Plus: A driver smashes La Frontera’s parklet; Alice Waters auctions off a luncheon in her garden; Caffe Med space to become ramen restaurant; more.
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Salt & Straw opens its first East Bay scoop shop; Taste of Temescal announces lineup
Plus: Milkbomb returns to Berkeley; Nora Haron helms new East Bay Singaporean restaurant; more.
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A new hotel bar in Uptown; Red Bay opens a huge new cafe
Plus: East Bay restaurants join a day of action; MeloMelo Kava Bar and Shiba Ramen reopen; more.
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Quesabirria fueled the opening of downtown Oakland’s new LGBTQ+ bar
Que Rico, from the owner of La Frontera Mexican Restaurant, will host outdoor happy hours on a rainbow-lit parklet, drag brunches and Latinx-focused club nights.
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Orange tier isn’t enough to convince these East Bay bars to reopen
Alameda County expects to enter the less restrictive reopening tier this week, but some publicans say the inhibition-dropping effects of alcohol are giving them pause to reopen.