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Bear Silber, the new owner of Grand Bakery, slides freshly-baked challah onto a rack to cool in Oakland on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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After buying Grand Bakery for $1, new owner of Oakland legacy is dreaming big

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Sirgout Badana adds "alicha ater kik," Ethiopian yellow split peas, to a to-go box at Desta Ethiopian Cafe in Oakland, Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Desta Ethiopian Cafe in East Bay joins a short list of local kosher destinations

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Danny Ronen, founder of beverage consulting company DC Spirits and partner in cocktail kit service Shaker and Spoon, mixes a cocktail at The Legionnaire Saloon in Oakland, Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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hummus, olive oil, chickpeas
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Hummus Bodega seeks new owner, while Delirama bites the crust

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Matthew Kosoy at work early in the morning at Rosalind Bakery in Pacifica on Jan. 18, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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The secret to Rosalind Bakery’s tangy sourdough? The Pacific Ocean

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A bicyclist peers through a window at Smitten ice cream in San Francisco, Nov. 22, 2023. The chain's Valencia Street location was vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti the month before. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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‘We’re just a bagel shop’: Local Jewish and Israeli restaurateurs targeted over Gaza war

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 16, 2024February 23, 2024
Rabbi Yisroel Labkowski at Bay Kosher, his packed little grocery store in Lafayette, Dec. 12, 2023. (Photo/Alix Wall)
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Chabad rabbi looks to expand his little kosher market in Lafayette

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 19, 2023August 6, 2025
Left: Tamir Ben-Shalom is the bar manager and, since March of this year, the owner of Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa. Right: The dining room of Bull Valley Roadhouse. (Photos/Risa Scott)
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Owner of funky roadhouse in Port Costa worked his way up from busboy

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 11, 2023December 20, 2023
a man handles a pizza with steam visibly rising from it
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Award-winning pizza maker at Oakland’s Acre Kitchen hasn’t strayed far from his roots

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 27, 2023April 21, 2025
Borsch Mobile owners Igor Teplitsky and Anna Flider at Iggy's Place, their new venture in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Borsch Mobile owners go brick-and-mortar with Iggy’s Place

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