Aunt Mary’s Cafe is located in the Temescal/North Oakland part of Telegraph Avenue, at 4307 Telegraph Ave, between 43rd St & 44th St. They specialize in traditional American cuisine catering to breakfast, brunch, and lunch with a special emphasis on Southern cooking- plenty of eggs, grits, and biscuits. Their ingredients are fresh, local, and from sustainable sources. Continually [...]
What to do after the dining halls and sandwiches have left us longing for something more worldly yet comforting, gourmet yet cheap? Where to go when the meal points are low, all the Easy Mac is gone and our wallets are shamefully thin? Two simple nouns answer the question and leave the stomach stuffed [...]
Inspired by the delicious aromas of Thanksgiving festivities, I have decided to share one of my all-time favorite recipes with the Caliber audience: Fresh Yams Baked in Orange Sauce! This is an amazing dish for Thanksgiving, but is in no way limited to this one day in November. Check it out! You will [...]
Nov. 18, 2011: This past Friday night was the Berkeley Student Food Collective’s 3rd Annual Harvest Gala. The store, located down on Bancroft a few stores past Wells Fargo, just celebrated its one year of being an up and running Berkeley business. This annual gala is the store’s biggest event, intended to raise much needed [...]
Need somewhere where you can eat a cheap, easy, quick and delicious meal (or snack), a treat that is either sweet or savory? If you haven’t already, stop by Crepes-a-Go-Go, located between Bancroft Way and Durant Avenue. As quoted from their website, Crepes-a-Go-Go has no other creperies or eateries “…like it. Sweet and savory crepes [...]
Did you know, that every Wednesday, inside the Volcom store, right next to the American Apparel store at the intersection of Telegraph and Bancroft (meaning right in front of Sproul Plaza!), there is a tea pouring session open to the public? They take place from 5:00 to 6:00, or 5:30 to 6:30, depending on students’ [...]
I, like many of you I’m sure, had heard of Yoshi’s several times before, but had never made the effort to check out the place for myself. That is until I was invited by a friend (let’s call him Ignacio for the sake of privacy and personal amusement) to go with his fraternity to hear [...]
This past Sunday, I had the honor of attending Sunday Supper, an annual event at Berkeley’s own International House. Free for I-house residents, we had the chance to dine quite royally with alumni, board members, and international activists. Performers and speakers from around the world entertained us, while we enjoyed a delicious meal under dimly [...]
Organic, home-cooked vegetarian cuisine sits atop PETA-postered tables, tattooed arms reach over pink vinyl booths, local artwork finds its way over glittery walls, kids twirl on barstools and couples laugh as they share organic fair-trade coffee shakes. Berkeley, meet Saturn Café. If you haven’t been already, the spacey Saturn Café on the corner of Allston [...]
Missing the exotic flavors of Asian foods for cheap prices? Or maybe you miss the tastiness of home cooked Asian food. Hopefully you didn’t miss out on the Asian American Association’s (AAA) food festival on Lower Sproul this week. It showcased amazing food and culture presentations from the Pilipino Association of Scientists, Architects & Engineers [...]
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