I am so happy right now. Really. I just ate dinner at Ippuku for the first time, and I am so happy that a true yakitori restaurant has landed right here in my town. Ippuku feels like a little piece of Japan transplanted into Berkeley. ...
Tag Archive: Berkeley
Breakfast and Lunch @ Gather
Gather Restaurant in Berkeley has been well-received by both "official" critics and local food bloggers. Located across Oxford from UC Berkeley, it's got the corner spot in the David Brower Center, a recently-completed LEEDS certified building with the mission of housing non-profits with an environmental bent. So Gather's a great fit - ...
Dinner @ eVe Restaurant
When I made plans to meet up with @BasilLeaf, I suggested dinner and she responded with an enthusiastic, "I LOVE FOOD!" So I decided to take the opportunity to try out a new restaurant I'd kept forgetting to visit -- one that I first spotted in The Perfect Spot ...
Lunch at Gregoire Restaurant, Berkeley
Today I hit Gregoire for lunch. If you don't know Gregoire, it's the East Bay's premiere take-out place -- a little tiny postage stamp of a place, but which churns out ...
That Sauce Makes the Pie
Emilia's Pizzeria opened in the fall and from the friends & family opening onwards has been gathering the kudos. It's a small shopfront (still no sign, although I think I saw it leaning up against the wall when I picked up ...
2009 Faves
Places we kept going back to again and again: Camino, Pizzaiolo, adesso, Dosa, Corso Trattoria, Gregoire, Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, Wood TavernFun for a special occasion: Michael Mina, Commis (actually reasonably priced, so maybe not just special occasions)For when you can't stop eating: Zabu Zabu, Espetus, farmer brown's brunchPerenniels: Yank Sing, Bette's Oceanview Diner, CheeseboardIt's ...
Eating at San Francisco’s Michelin Stars
The Michelin star ratings for San Francisco were released back in October. I haven't exactly made it a goal to eat at all the restaurants on the list, but I thought I'd examine the list and see which I've been to, and maybe revisit some I haven't been to in a while, and put others ...
Currently Obsessing: Taco de Lengua – Tacubaya
OMG, every weekend for weeks (I say weekend because I travel during the week, but sometimes even more than 1x a week) when I've been in town, I've gone to Tacubaya on 4th St. in Berkeley... ordering up a couple of tacos ...
Quickie review of Corso
Early dinner tonight at Corso (skipped lunch). The Bellini al Corso was great, quite sweet though, so avoid if sweet is not your thing. Mozzarella burrata was creamy -- the filling was different than I expected, not the best I have ever had, but went well with the pinenuts and oil on the plate. The ...
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