Three years after sparking protests, Bar Panisse opens in Berkeley

The workforce behind acclaimed Berkeley bistro Chez Panisse is launching its subsequent offshoot, Bar Panisse, on Thursday, December 11. San Francisco Chronicle reported that the bar will serve small plates, entrees and cocktails, and a draft menu submitted to town of Berkeley will embody snacks equivalent to fritto misto, house-made chips and crostini with duck liver mousse, plus a twist on Chez Panisse’s well-known backyard lettuce salad. A coy Instagram post introduced that Bar Panisse is accessible solely; diners can anticipate service Thursday by Sunday evenings from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Chez Panisse just lately gained the award Nosh Award for Best Restaurant for Special Occasions for the second yr in a row.

The bar is positioned on César’s former location. When Chez Panisse proprietor Alice Waters determined to finish César’s sublease after 24 years in 2023 in order that she might take over for her personal idea, fans of the popular Spanish tapas restaurant protested. Three years haven’t healed the injured César champions both, in line with the emails that Nosh frequently receives. When Chez Panisse gained the particular events award on Monday (voted on by Nosh readers), one individual emailed:

“If Waters hadn’t killed César, possibly there would have been one other special day winner? We nonetheless grieve and miss it on a regular basis.”

Bar Panisse’s kitchen is led by chef Amelia Telc, previously of San Francisco’s Tartine and Mission Chinese language Meals in New York Metropolis, and the beverage program was developed in collaboration with Dylan O’Brien of Prizefighter Bar in Emeryville, in line with the San Francisco Chronicle. Bar Panisse, 1515 Shattuck Ave. (off Vine St.), Berkeley

Cafe da Fonk, a self-proclaimed eco-friendly, Berlin-inspired neighborhood cafe, has opened close to Oakland’s waterfront. You will discover espresso and tea alongside breakfast plates like halal turkey spam and eggs and rice and inexperienced chile brisket breakfast tacos. However maybe probably the most nostalgic German merchandise on the menu is the schorle — fruit juice infused with carbonated water – one thing this contributor not often sees in the US. Café da Fonk, 465 2nd St. (at Broadway), Oakland

Native espresso chain Highwire is opening a brand new location within the Vespr house advanced in Uptown Oakland, subsequent to Tarts de Feybesse bakery on the bottom flooring. Tender hours are set at 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM till they’re adjusted day by day from 6:00 AM to three:00 PM. Highwire coffee, 312 twenty fourth St., Oakland

There are numerous great methods to eat a cookie, and the newly opened City Biscuits could have considered each choice. There are, in fact, easy handmade buttermilk biscuits paying homage to North Carolina cuisines, however there’s additionally the blueberry jam and goat cheese biscuit, the fried rooster biscuit, the bacon egg and cheese biscuit, and extra. The Metropolis Cookies, 434 twenty fifth St., Oakland