Cal’s and Mt. Agni go dark, plus the last East Bay outpost of a classic Italian deli has closed

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Cal’s fried hen and burgers

After saying a brief closure earlier this yr, this informal eatery in Downtown Berkeley seems to have closed completely. The web site and Instagram pages have been eliminated and are now not lively on the supply and restaurant ordering apps. Along with fried hen sandwiches and smash burgers, the restaurant served hen strips, fries, wings and chopped cheese sandwiches. Cal’s Fried Rooster and Burgers was positioned at 2026 College Ave. in Berkeley.

Genoa Deli

In ten years, the Bay Space has misplaced all its Genova Delis. In 2016, followers flocked to the unique Oakland location for one final sandwich earlier than it closed. In November, one other location on Deal with Boulevard in Walnut Creek closed, and now, as of this week, the final location, in downtown Walnut Creek, has closed, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. Genova Deli has a historical past courting again almost sixty years in Walnut Creek, with the primary Oakland deli opening in Temescal in 1926. The corporate’s ravioli enterprise will stay open and proceed promoting to markets and eating places within the Bay Space, in keeping with the Chronicle report, and one other Genova Deli in Napa, owned by a unique group of members of the family, will stay open. Genova Deli was positioned at 1105 S California Blvd. in Walnut Creek

Mount Agni

A tipster knowledgeable Nosh that Mount Agni, on the north facet of UC Berkeley’s campus, has closed, the restaurant’s telephone has been disconnected and the web site has gone darkish. The restaurant specialised in Nepalese, Himalayan and Indian dishes similar to momos and biryanis. Mount Agni was positioned at 1829 Euclid Ave. in Berkeley.

Xocolate Bar (Rockridge)

Following a surge in chocolate purchases on Valentine’s Day, Xocolate Bar completely closed its Rockridge location on February 15, which was set to open in 2023. Xocolate Bar’s unique retailer on Solano Avenue in Berkeley stays open. In an announcement, proprietor Malena Lopez-Maggi stated metropolis laws prevented her from transferring extra enterprise operations to the Rockridge location as she initially deliberate, and that a number of elements led to the closure. The Xocolate Bar was positioned at 5854 School Ave. in Oakland.