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Verbena Names a New Chef, Ryan Shelton
The Chatterbox

Verbena Names a New Chef, Ryan Shelton

After Sean Baker left last month, it looks like ~VERBENA~ has a new chef. His name is Ryan Shelton and his previous experience includes Chez TJ in Mountain View, the fantastic BaumĂ© in Palo Alto (the restaurant earned two Michelin stars), Le Cigare Volant in Santa Cruz, and, most recently,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Full Glam at Spruce

Fabulous actress, Academy Award winner, badass feminist, and all-around glamorous person Kate Winslet dined at Spruce on Friday night. She was accompanied by two of her children and her husband, whose name is Ned Rocknroll. No joke. They enjoyed a Hendrick’s gin and tonic, olive, mussels, gnocchi with…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Kate Winslet

Full Glam at Spruce February 24, 2015 Fabulous actress, Academy Award winner, badass feminist, and all-around glamorous person Kate Winslet dined at Spruce on Friday night. She was accompanied by two of her children and her husband, whose name is Ned Rocknroll. No joke. They enjoyed a Hendrick’s…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Come to My Window...for a Biscuit
The Starlet

Come to My Window...for a Biscuit

Melissa Etheridge dined at Brenda’s French Soul Food on Polk last week. She was there not only to have the amazing biscuits and soul food, but also because she wanted Brenda Buenviaje to carry her special line of cannabis wine. How would that be for the munchies? Wow. Melissa…
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The Starlet

Melissa Etheridge

Come to My Window...for a Biscuit February 24, 2015 Melissa Etheridge dined at Brenda’s French Soul Food on Polk last week. She was there not only to have the amazing biscuits and soul food, but also because she wanted Brenda Buenviaje to carry her special line of cannabis…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Future Bars Open Tupper & Reed This Week in Berkeley
The Lush

Future Bars Open Tupper & Reed This Week in Berkeley

Sound the trumpets: TUPPER & REED is opening this week, a new bar from the Future Bars team (Bourbon & Branch, Swig, Local Edition, Devil’s Acre, Wilson and Wilson, Tradition, Rickhouse, Cask) in the former Beckett’s in Berkeley. Brian Sheehy and Doug Dalton are taking the space back…
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