Cindy Gershen, who runs a healthy-food program at a Concord high school that serves low-income families, was walking with friends in the East Bay some months ago and talking about how poorly her students and their families were faring during the pandemic. Her description of their predicament stopped her friends “in their tracks.” “These kids…
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Solomon’s Deli does drag; Schlok’s Bagels goes brick-and-mortar; etc.
Schlok’s Bagels, a pandemic-born pop-up available weekends at the Snug eatery in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights, announced on Instagram that its life as…
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All-kosher ‘Food Oasis’ on the horizon at Palo Alto JCC
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Ever since Earl Hartman started keeping kosher and “frummed out,” as he…
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The demise of Burgerim's bold Bay Area plans
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Though it happened last year, we only recently learned that Mike and…
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Local restaurants, caterers have Passover at the ready
With most of us likely celebrating our second Passover without our extended family and friends due to the pandemic, here’s some cheer: Plenty of local…
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New York Times declares California bagels better than N.Y.
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Monday morning of this week started out just like any other for Emily…
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At first things were the pits, but now Olive is thriving
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. What happened last March to the East Bay catering company Olive mirrors…
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South Bay investor puts his stock in making organic kosher wine
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Len Lehmann is a known name in pockets of the Peninsula and South Bay,…
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SF kosher institution Sabra Grill is in danger of shutting down
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. For years, Sabra Grill was the only kosher restaurant in San Francisco…