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November 29, 2024
Seasonal produce is the star at Sun Moon Studio
When the dishes arrive at the table, Sun Moon Studio’s dining room undergoes a subtle transformation. On the bottom floor of a newer build in West Oakland, the restaurant is a small rectangular room. The cold concrete...
October 28, 2024
It doesn’t get better than Donato and Co.
The white truffles arrive once a week from Piemonte. By the time this article is published, they’ll be gone, just like the black truffles from Umbria, whose precarious shelf life dictates a twice-weekly shipment. Each variety is...
October 28, 2024
Millennium celebrates 30 years
On Thursday, Sept. 26, Millennium hosted a 30th Anniversary celebration. “Good will towards all” was the unspoken theme of the evening. It felt like a holiday party given by Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig. The cheerful staff buzzed...
September 26, 2024
Of All Places elevates the bodega
A new East Bay specialty market is redefining the meaning of the word bodega. Celia and Joe Catalino’s Of All Places in Berkeley has recently joined the ranks of small markets such as Preserved and Benchmark Portavia....
August 29, 2024
Aracely Lounge opens in Danville
Theoretically, diners crossing the eastern span of the Bay Bridge have two opportunities to eat at Linda Edson’s Aracely restaurants. Aracely Cafe has been open for a decade on Treasure Island, where the clientele drops by for...
August 28, 2024
Chef Mark Liberman makes magic at Mägo
The thought of taking part in a multi-course tasting menu evokes a certain degree of formality. White tablecloths, German composers haunting the dining room with piano concertos, rows and rows of cutlery, flowers arranged like avant-garde sculptures....
August 7, 2024
Steeped in History
The fragrant roots of tea reach back centuries to Chinese soil, discovered, according to myth, by a divine farmer named Shunan Teng. In search of edible offerings from the lands he roamed, a leaf drifted into his...
