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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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‘You can’t be wrong about what you like’: This Bay Area consultant likes to shake things up  

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 6, 2024February 23, 2024
hummus, olive oil, chickpeas
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Hummus Bodega seeks new owner, while Delirama bites the crust

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 26, 2024February 23, 2024
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

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 25, 2024February 23, 2024
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

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 15, 2023December 20, 2023
Arnon Oren at Sailing Goat, one of two eateries he owns in Richmond. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Why this Richmond-based chef’s new kosher catering outfit may not be in Richmond

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 9, 2023December 20, 2023
One latke and three knishes by Ramni Levy's King Knish. (Photo/Courtesy Levy)
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Ramni Levy, San Francsico’s king of knishes, is making a comeback; and more Small Bites

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 7, 2023December 20, 2023

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