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evergreen cafe's turkey and slaw baguette sandwich is a recent addition to its seasonally shifting menu. quietly open since early last summer, the soul-soothing little berkeley cafe serves bowls, toasts and sandwiches for a range of diets, along with highwire coffee drinks, tea curated from blue willow tea,
albany destination california-palestinian restaurant lulu on solano from chef mona leena is reformatting into new, counter-service concept lulu's little kichen, after a final day of full service for the restaurant on january 31. the counter-service concept will open february 14 in the same space at 1106 solano avenue,
five area stories of note: psa: berkeley has two new south indian spots, both recently opened – id cafe in the former organic greens space at 2177 kittredge street, and idly express at 1974 university avenue, replacing closed burgerim. new yemeni cafe qahwa time has softly opened at 2440 shattuck avenue
new year, new hope: vanessa's bistro at 1715 solano avenue in berkeley remains open for vietnamese-french-fusion bistro dining, having been spared december closure thanks to cooperative landlords and a community of fans. the mother-daughter duo of vanessa dang and vi nguyen are still looking for a buyer for
after eight years of planning and anticipation, the cheese board collective is expanding its north berkeley footprint. folks might have noticed new construction at the corner of shattuck and vine, the shipping container now stationed near the cheese board's parklet, and the extended holiday pause for the cheese
