Berkeley’s historic Caffe Mediterraneum changing ownership
Victoria Glynn/Staff
After 60 years of service to the Berkeley community, Caffe Mediterraneum — a historic center of counterculture movements — will be changing ownership.
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Poke Parlor to open near campus on Telegraph Avenue by early next year
Poke Parlor, an upcoming restaurant that will sell poke bowls and other fish dishes, will replace the vacancy left by smoke shop Gypsy Trader on Telegraph Avenue.
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Caffe Mediterraneum to change management hands after 8 years
Telegraph Avenue’s Caffe Mediterraneum, bracketed between Amoeba Music and Shakespeare & Company Books, is officially up for lease with a purchase component following the owner’s desire for a change in management hands.
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Berkeley homelessness still problem 1 year after failure of Measure S
Slightly more than a year after the failure of a controversial sit-lie measure, many advocates and opponents of the measure can agree on at least one thing: there has been slow progress on homelessness in Berkeley.
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3 arrested in Caffe Mediterraneum tip jar robbery Saturday night
Berkeley and campus police arrested three men involved with a robbery at Cafe Mediterranean on Telegraph Avenue around midnight Saturday night.
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City Council debates eliminating Telegraph restaurant quotas
The city currently has numerical and size limitations on businesses such as restaurants, gift shops, and barber shops in the Telegraph Avenue commercial district. A proposal considers temporarily relaxing the quotas for three years.
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Southside story
Council Watch
Berkeley City Council has approved a zoning amendment that will allow businesses on Telegraph between Bancroft and the north side of Dwight to stay open 24/7. Those between south Dwight and Parker can operate between 7 a.m. and midnight seven days a week. There are, of course, restrictions — establishments
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Berkeley city council passes plan allowing Telegraph Avenue to be open 24/7
By next month, commercial businesses on Telegraph Avenue north of Dwight Way will have the option of staying open for 24 hours.
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Following failure of Measure S, opponents and supporters reflect on campaign
With the final poll numbers showing that Measure S, Berkeley’s controversial Sit-Lie ordinance, narrowly failed in this year’s election, dismayed proponents of the ballot measure are in a time of reflection.
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Student groups hold rally on Sproul to protest sidewalk measure
A rally was held at the steps of Upper Sproul Plaza on Friday to protest and raise awareness of the controversial ballot Measure S that will be voted on by Berkeley residents next Tuesday.
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