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Long-awaited French-style wine bar opens in El Cerrito
A new French-style wine bar on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito opened to welcoming crowds this weekend. Anticipation had been building since a local couple signed on in September 2021 to turn the building at 10368 San Pablo Avenue into a gathering spot called Banter Wine.
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Oakland’s famed White Horse Bar changing hands, will remain an LGBTQIA+ nightclub
One of the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ bars in the Unites States will continue operating, as the White Horse just-announced new ownership of an industry veteran with previous involvement with the End Up, Mezzanine, and Club Q.
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Oakland’s 93-year-old Taste of Denmark bakery has closed for good
Taste of Denmark — one of Oakland’s oldest family-owned businesses — announced over the weekend that it would be closing up shop for good. The bakery served its last pastries Sunday at 3 p.m., with people lining up to get one last treat from the dessert shop.
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New French-inspired wine bar Banter Wine is coming to El Cerrito
A local couple with major Bay Area wine-and-dining connections is working to open a French-inspired wine bar on San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito. It's been a bumpy road, from construction and permitting delays to a freak car accident, but the building at San Pablo and Stockton avenues is now in renovation.
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Acclaimed Oakland food truck Tacos El Último Baile opens a brick-and-mortar spot at Fruitvale Public Market
East Bay taco outfit Tacos El Último Baile, which has been evolving since its early days selling its delicious creations from a table outside an Oakland bar in 2016, is about to debut its own brick-and-mortar location starting Saturday.