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Jul 20, 2022
What’s Up, Doc?: Rick & Ann’s Restaurant in Berkeley
I’ve been ordering “Doc’s Delight” at Rick & Ann’s Restaurant for the better part of two decades. You get a perfectly crisp and tender waffle, two chicken apple sausages and two eggs any style. My style is...
Feb 24, 2021
Best Food and Drink: The Allendale at Donut Savant
Before the recent grand reopening of Donut Savant in the Allendale, the DS website posted a tantalizing video teaser. For several weeks you could click on donutsavant.com to find moving footage of batter frying in baskets of...
Feb 24, 2021
2021 READERS’ PICKS: Food & Drink
Best Bakery
Arizmendi Bakery
Best Bar
Hotsy Totsy Club
Best Bartender
Den Stephens, North Light
Best BBQ
Horn BBQ
Best Beer Label
Fieldwork Brewing Company
Best Brew Pub
Ghost Town Brewing
Best Breakfast
Brown Sugar Kitchen
Best Brunch
Sequoia Diner
Best Burger
TrueBurger
Best Business Lunch
The Trappist
Best Butcher Shop
Clove and Hoof
Best Cafe ⁄ Coffeehouse
Timeless
Best Caterer
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Jul 30, 2019
Most Luxurious Crab Cake Benedict
Nobilis bills itself as a "finer diner," and that's exactly what you get: diner classics done to perfection, with a touch of flair. In the kitchen, chef Stevie Neal churns out some of the best Benedicts you'll...
Jul 30, 2019
Best Late-Night Refuge for the Ravenous
If you are a UC Berkeley student, or any other person who consistently stays awake into the early hours of the morning, odds are you have made your way into Cal Gyros Mediterranean Cuisine. Don't be mistaken,...
Jul 30, 2019
Best Decadent Cheesecake
The online menu for Caffè Chiave doesn't even mention its cheesecake, but the dessert alone is reason enough by itself to visit this Piedmont Avenue cafe. One piece for $5.50 comes in a couple different flavors including...
Jul 30, 2019
Fanciest Cocktails With Instructions
There's a 2012 Portlandia sketch about a mixologist who sweeps a patron off her feet with his mind-blowing drinks made from unusual ingredients — like love. That bit of satire isn't far off from what new craft...