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Four months after the revamped Henry's reopened on the south side of UC Berkeley, the new Meridian staked its claim just west of campus and opened as an "international sports cafe" a year ago.
Where Henry's opted for tavern-like wood and brass, ...
Think jalapenos in your hush puppies, chicken fajitas sharing the menu with oyster po' boys and a chevre corncake with your pozole.
Portions are enormous. I defy anyone to eat the entire meat loaf plate ($13), a mountain of mashed potatoes and enough ...
But that never happened. Antonio's tomatoes grew deformed and misshapen.
"It feels like it has something to do with how they produced the original fruit - almost like the DNA of the seeds was changed," she says.
So one day in early August, she and her ...
The vibe is friendly, families are welcome and the crowd is mixed, like the neighborhood. The place can be noisy, with all its hard surfaces, but that just adds to the buzz and isn't annoying.
The waitstaff often forgets dishes and wasn't much help ...
Eight months later, it's a no- brainer why the bar side of Bijou is busier than the dining room. A cocktail and a few small plates are easier to swallow, literally and financially.
It might also be because the food, while ambitious in its French-style ...
A Zen tapa might be a perfect plate of halibut sashimi ($13), thin, fresh slices of fresh fish doused Nobu-style with hot oil and soy and topped with sliced scallions. Delicious.
It can also mean a big bowl of mentaiko pasta ($7), a fusion version of ...
Pizzaiolo's Cate Whalen learned her bar magic from the masters.
Three years behind the buzzing bar at Berkeley's Cesar infused her with a deep knowledge of wine and spirits. "I started to appreciate the culture of sharing that with food," she ...
Henry's, the longtime hangout of Cal frat types and Golden Bears fans near the UC Berkeley campus, made the leap this year, under the new ownership of restaurateur Chip Conley and his Joie de Vivre company.
Joie de Vivre owns dozens of hotels and ...
But even people who aren't into wine, or aren't drinking that night, won't feel left out because the food - mainly small plates, salads and sandwiches - is fun, inventive, made from sterling ingredients and generally delicious.
Franklin Square opened ...
The west Berkeley space that housed Vanni's Thai restaurant until it closed in 2006 is now the 10-month-old Anchalee Thai Cuisine, a more casual spot that still retains the grace of its predecessor.
The curries, soups and stir-fries arrive in pretty ...
