June 6, 2025 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·Local Business·News & Commentary ‘Iconic’ Rotten City Pizza Shutters; Employees Scrambling to Reopen It The iconic Rotten City Pizza may have sold its final slice after 17 years in Emeryville owner Jonas Bernstein has confirmed with us. Both Read More
May 31, 2025 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·Local Business·News & Commentary May 2025 Food & Drink Updates: New Cookie Spot; PME Loses Tenant; Benihana & Tokyo Central Updates Some Food & Drink updates in and around Emeryville since our most recent April update. These include a new gourmet cookie spot, the loss Read More
April 16, 2025 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·Local Business·News & Commentary March/April 2025 Food & Drink Updates: New Public Market Stall; Cookie Plug Closes; Farmers’ Market Move Delayed; West Oakland News Some Food & Drink updates in and around Emeryville since our last update in February. These include a new Public Market stall, the likely Read More
March 25, 2025 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·Local Business·News & Commentary Benihana Pulls Permits to Occupy Former Emeryville Chevys Space The former Emeryville Chevys space may soon have a new tenant according to the City of Emeryville. Chevys closed down about a year ago Read More
February 25, 2025 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·Oakland News February 2025 Food & Drink Updates: Total Wine & Tokyo Central Grand Opening Dates; Delirama Jr. & Kowbird Pull Plug; Almanac West Oakland Clubhouse Our February, 2025 Food & Drink updates include Grand Opening dates for the highly anticipated Total Wine & More as well as the Tokyo Read More
January 10, 2025 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·News & Commentary January 2025 Food & Drink Updates: C Casa Closure; Mama Lamees Returning; Trader Vic’s expanding; Acorn Café Pop-Up Paused Our January, 2025 Food & Drink updates include Trader Vic’s expanding to L.A., Mama Lamees getting a full-service restaurant, the closure of two Public Read More
November 29, 2024 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood November 2024 Food & Drink Updates: Public Market Seeing Winter “Flurry” of Activity Emeryville’s cherished Public Market, which has had its ups and downs in the wake of the pandemic, is the source of some mostly good Read More
October 31, 2024 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood·News & Commentary October Food & Drink Updates: Oaks Corner Reopens; Peet’s Delayed; Concern for Denny’s; Emery Farmers’ Market Moving Our October Food & Drink updates include the return of a classic, The Emery Farmers’ Market on the move, a transit-accessible beer trail, concern Read More
September 28, 2024 Food & Drink·In the Neighborhood Sept. 2024 Food & Drink Updates: Sweetgreen Coming; TVs turns 90; Jungdon Katsu Sit Down? Our September Food & Drink updates include some comings and goings at the Public Market, a grand opening celebration at Bay Street, the 90th Read More