ici ice cream

Milkbomb Ice Cream, the San Francisco-based ice cream shop known for its creative take on the classic ice cream sandwich, saw a line extending far beyond its doors when it opened in Downtown Berkeley Saturday.

Two months after Ici Ice Cream closed down both of its locations in Berkeley, two ice cream shops — Humphry Slocombe and Milkbomb Ice Cream — announced that they will be taking over its old locations.

Nefeli Caffe has closed its doors after providing coffee, Greek food and soft jazz to North Berkeley for more than 20 years.

Ici Ice Cream, an ice cream shop known for using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, bid farewell to the Berkeley community after announcing the closure of both of its locations Thursday.

Two armed robberies occurred in Berkeley last week, according to a Nixle alert released by the Berkeley Police Department on Thursday at 2:32 p.m.

Icicles, a Milpitas-based ice cream chain, opened its 13th location at 1812 University Ave. The University Avenue store is the chain’s 10th location in Northern California.

It’s finally June and the hot weather is here. With the week hitting mostly in the 70s, it’s time to enjoy some nice, refreshing ice cream.

Despite the revolving door of businesses currently facing Elmwood, a newly opened restaurant is taking this occurrence in stride.

The Berkeley we left behind post-finals week is not the Berkeley we returned to when we came back from winter break. A few local favorites have disappeared, others have been replaced, and others jumped to a new location.

Ici Ice Cream, an ice cream shop in Elmwood known for its seasonal organic ingredients, opened a new location on University Ave. in downtown Berkeley last week.