Food and Dining

Nov

America’s First Cat Cafe

Posted In: Alameda County, Arts and Entertainment, Community, Food and Dining, For the Heck of It, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids, Good Eats, Neighborhood Businesses, Neighborhood Events, Oakland, Photos, Places, Uncategorized

America’s first cat cafe has opened in Oakland! Cat Town Cafe is an awesome cafe that helps the cats least likely to be adopted from Oakland’s municipal shelter. It is getting a lot of press and doing some great work in the community! If you love cats you should definitely check it out! You can make a reservation here to guarantee a [...]

Jun

Soft opening at the Westbrae Biergarten

Posted In: Berkeley, Food and Dining, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids, Good Eats, Neighborhood Events

I couldn’t make it to the soft opening at the Westbrae Biergarten so I sent my accomplices in crime: my husband and 2 daughters. First mistake my honey made: went too late. Lines were very long, as expected. (Although I guess he didn’t expect them to be) Food took over an hour to get. There were people everywhere. Long [...]

May

Westbrae Biergarten opens

Posted In: Berkeley, Food and Dining, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids

The much-anticipated Westbrae Biergarten will be opening soon! Took these pics this morning on my run. Can’t wait!

Mar

Food and Wine Magazine’s Top Places to Drink Wine in the Bay Area

Posted In: Alameda County, Berkeley, Food and Dining, Oakland, Rockridge

Food and Wine Magazine’s Sommelier of the year just released their top 10 places to drink wine and Berkeley and Oakland made the list. Berkeley’s own Chez Panisse made the #1 spot and Oliveto in Rockridge made #5. To see Ceri Smith’s complete top 10 list, along with reviews, visit the Food and Wine Magazine blog.

Feb

Country Cheese is coming to Kensington

Posted In: Food and Dining, Kensington, Neighborhood Businesses

Look at what Kensington will be getting…the Country Cheese Company! I was driving my daughter to preschool and passing through the small business district when I saw the sign go up: Country Cheese Company. Even Kaia noticed it. “What happened to the Arlington General Store?” I said to Kaia. “They have been there forever.” Turns out they were there for [...]

Aug

Foodies! Emeryville Public Market is getting a Foodie Facelift

Posted In: Emeryville, Food and Dining, Neighborhood Businesses

The Emeryville Public Market is slated to get a foodie facelift. I haven’t been in awhile. But I used to go all of the time, especially for some tasty udon if I was sick. I liked it when Borders Bookstore was there. Not sure what I think of Urban Outfitters (although is a 40 year old woman supposed to shop [...]

Mar

Coffee in an Aerobus

Posted In: Community, Food and Dining, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids, Good Eats

L O V E Love = coffee Love = local coffee So you can imagine how elated I was when I heard that Flowerland in Albany was going to park an aerobus at the entrance and open up a Local 123 Coffee annex. I originally stumbled into Flowerland in October 2012 to grab a cup of the delectable richness. I [...]

Nov

More New Restaurants Poppin’ Up Around Town

Posted In: Albany, Berkeley, Community, El Cerrito, Food and Dining

I love to eat. I love to eat good food. Guess that is why I adore the East Bay- so many amazing eats! Here is the scoop about what is coming around town: El Cerrito will be adding to the chain line by opening up Chipotle, which features gourmet burritos and tacos, and some great guac. The newest line in [...]

Aug

Scene Wine Bar : New Wine Bar Opening in El Cerrito

Posted In: Community, El Cerrito, Food and Dining

Looks like the scene is changing again in El Cerrito: first Elevation 66 opens near the El Cerrito Theater, and now a new wine bar is about to make its debut. Looks to be featuring wine, pizza, and small bites. You know that I will be there opening day!

Jul

Benchmark Pizza opens in Kensington

Posted In: Community, Food and Dining, Fun for Grown Ups, Fun for Kids, Kensington

I just love good pizza. So it is no surprise that I was eagerly counting down the days when Benchmark Pizza, the newest eatery in the Kensington Circle, would open. We met some friends there for the grand opening celebration on July 20th. There were tons and tons of people waiting, and it wasn’t long before we were seated. [...]