Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels plans to open its new Santa Clara location this week. Lydia Daniller/Courtesy of Boichik Bagels Santa Clara’s long-awaited location of Boichik Bagels is finally expected to open on Dec. 7, owner Emily Winston announced on Instagram. Winston first announced her popular Berkeley bagel business would be opening a bagel shop at 2050 … Read more
Black Star Pirate BBQ’s original location in Richmond. Freda Moon In an Instagram post shared Monday, chef Tony Carracci announced that the eatery — newly christened as Black Star BBQ — would return as a pop-up seven days a week in the parking lot of Baltic Kiss, his other Southern-comfort restaurant and music venue at … Read more
FILE: Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes take off at the same time from San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on June 21, 2023. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The merger must first face the Biden administration, which has recently scrutinized similar airline consolidations. The combined airline would be based in Washington, where Alaska’s primary hub … Read more
A glass dome held by a robotic arm ascended from our table, releasing a whoosh of steam that seeped into my pores. But I wasn’t at a spa: Before me appeared a tantalizing plate of freshly cooked shrimp. Xian Steam Pot & Yakiniku, a new restaurant that opened in Milpitas in June, specializes in both Chinese … Read more
The gates to Pixar’s campus is seen in Emeryville, California, on November 29, 2016. FRANKIE TAGGART/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of its first round of layoffs in a decade, Bay Area animation giant Pixar has listed 16,800 feet of newly renovated office space on the sublease market. Famous for enduring classics like “Monsters … Read more
Sushi by Scratch opened its first Bay Area outpost in Healdsburg, Calif., on Dec. 1, 2023. Image via Yelp user Lina C. A posh Los Angeles-based restaurant known for its A-list celebrity following has opened its first Bay Area outpost. Michelin-recognized Sushi by Scratch, which is part of the Scratch Restaurants Group family, debuted at … Read more
Luong Dang believes that we eat with our eyes first, so when he decided to add a giant taco to his Taqueria Azteca menu, he made sure to give customers an eyeful. In late October, a massive hard-shell taco made its way to the strip mall restaurant at 7155 Amador Plaza Road in Dublin. With … Read more
