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The taqueria located at 2404 Telegraph Ave. closed Saturday — an event that sits heavily on the hearts and stomachs of campus students and staff alike. There will soon be a Mexican-Central American fusion restaurant to fill that void, however.
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Veggie Grill, a plant-based fast-casual restaurant, is holding a grand opening for its Downtown Berkeley location Friday at 10:30 a.m.
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Cafe Réveille started out of a truck in the financial district in San Francisco and now has locations on the city’s Steiner Street and Long Bridge Street. Knoble Tankiamco, the cafe’s supervisor, said the company expanded to the East Bay because of its “convenient location next to Cal,” and he said he has noticed many UC Berkeley freshmen coming to the cafe. Much of the clientele at the cafe is from its San Francisco locations.
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After 84 years in business, Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Casting, or PSC — which was once the third largest steel foundry in the country — has closed.
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Palm Açaí Café, an açaí bowl and smoothie store, opened Aug. 27 on College Avenue, replacing a storefront that had been empty for the past six years.
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Owner Jeff Koren originally opened Sleepy Cat Books a decade ago in Orinda but moved to Berkeley because a new owner bought the building, and tenants who held month-by-month leases had to leave.
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A Chinese restaurant has been approved to move into the 2142 Center St. space, Berkeleyside reported. Guacamole 61’s Shattuck Avenue location is still open.
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These businesses may be family-owned restaurants spanning across generations or shops that originated from the owners’ interests — all of the businesses have their own unique stories to tell.
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A popular eatery that opened in 2003, Tacubaya reopened at its new, larger location three weeks ago, two doors down from its former venue at 1788 Fourth St.
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On Friday, the internationally acclaimed Berkeley music label and film studio Fantasy Studios announced its intent to close Sept. 15.
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