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Grégoire, an artisanal takeout restaurant in the heart of Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto, reopened Monday. Known for its “cult status” potato puffs, the restaurant had been temporarily closed for more than a month after suffering a kitchen fire April 1.

Grégoire, a restaurant known for its “cult status” potato puffs, temporarily closed down Monday after a kitchen fire.

Qualcomm Cafe is set to reopen at the start of the 2018 spring semester with Yali’s as its new vendor after being closed for renovations since the end of May.

While you might have heard the name Gourmet Ghetto spoken a dozen times since arriving on campus, you might have never actually taken the journey there. On the surface, it's simply the part of Shattuck Avenue sandwiched between Hearst Avenue and Rose Street. But in reality, it's so much more: what some claim to be the birthplace of California cuisine.

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