Cecilia Seiter

Los Angeles

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Articles

At a crossroads, Crixa Cakes shuts down; Teta Nahla shifts to only catering

6 days ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. After 25 years of serving small-batch chocolate cakes, peach raspberry pies and Hungarian kifli on Adeline St., Crixa Cakes is closing shop.
New digs, same values: After an 8-month hiatus, Understory blooms open again

1 week ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

For the better part of a year, Oakland had been without Understory, the vibrant worker-owned restaurant known for its diasporic comfort food and radically inclusive pay-what-you-can model. 3340 International Blvd. (at 34th Avenue), Oakland; understoryoakland.comCafe: Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner: Wednesday to Friday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Brunch: Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.This was, by all accounts, a blow to Oakland.
Berkeley welcomes grab-and-go sushi spot and a classic American diner

1 week ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Grab-and-go sushi rolls, nigiri, fresh summer rolls and poke bowls are now on offer at Sun Sun Sushi Shop, a new takeout restaurant replacing longtime Berkeley institution Sushi California. It’s a great choice for a snack on the go or a quick alternative to meal app delivery.
Berlin’s beloved street food is settling down in the East Bay

1 week ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Lederhosen, pretzels, beer, bratwurst — these are things typically associated with German culture here in the United States. In Germany, however, that list of cultural icons would also include döner kebab, the legendary Berlin street food (often consumed after raving to hard techno beats in a dark, sweaty bunker).
Church’s Chicken shutters temporarily

1 week ago | berkeleyside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Church’s Chicken appears to have closed following a failed inspection by the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, according to a notice posted on the door. Church’s website states the Telegraph Avenue location is temporarily closed.
Church’s Chicken shutters temporarily

1 week ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Church’s Chicken appears to have closed following a failed inspection by the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, according to a notice posted on the door. Church’s website states the Telegraph Avenue location is temporarily closed.
Forge relocates to Rockridge, Dumpling House opens in Alameda

2 weeks ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Dumpling House, home of feel-good Chinese food like steamed dumplings, chive pocket turnovers, poached chicken and fresh pork buns, has touched down in New Bamboo Kitchen’s old spot on Lincoln Ave.
Zarri’s to close end of April, Kilovolt Coffee moving around the corner

2 weeks ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. The E’ville Eye reports that Cookie Plug, a hip hop-themed bakery offering super-thick cookies, has shuttered temporarily. The franchise’s Emeryville location has been pulled from its website, and Google search states the shop is temporarily closed.
Signal Coffee moves into Tribune tower, Y’s Choice debuts new location and Dek Doi reopens

3 weeks ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. The Thai cafe on Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue closed at the end of March for renovations, and the work is complete and the restaurant has reopened. In addition to the renovations sprucing up the place, Dek Doi is now serving beer and wine and added some new menu items.
After 8 years in Oakland, this ube pizza purveyor is closing its doors

3 weeks ago | oaklandside.org | Cecilia Seiter

Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here. Unconventional pizza toppings may be nudging themselves into the mainstream, but possibly no other pizzeria has gone quite to the lengths that Spinning Dough has in eight years of cranking out bright purple ube and sweet-and-savory longanisa pizzas.