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This Cal student stepped away from school to build his protein bar business

For a while, Aditya Banerjee tried the Cal freshmen thing. 

He went where his friends did: squeezing into packed crowds along frat row, shoulder to shoulder with other Cal students hoping to get into parties at houses like Sigma Chi and Tau Kappa Epsilon. He went to big campus events too, the kind that sent students flooding across Sproul Plaza and Memorial Glade clad in navy and gold.
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Freshmen Food Guide: The Berkeley restaurants every Cal student should know

To help you get acquainted with Berkeley’s vibrant food scene, Nosh has curated a guide that highlights essential eats, reliable study spots, restaurants that provide guaranteed leftovers, late-night bites and buzzy brunch spots. We also have some upscale options — perfect for when someone else is footing the bill — and some outdoor places to grab a bite at and soak up some sun.
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Facing largest hike in grocery prices in 50 years, East Bay shoppers get creative — and food banks get busier

Erika Riffe, a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Library, moved from Florida eight years ago. She considers the Bay Area home and has been thinking of starting a family with her partner. But with the rising cost of living and grocery prices skyrocketing, the pair are digging deeper into their pockets to cover the essentials each month, and starting a family here has begun to feel out of reach.
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Egg Pals is trading pop-ups for a permanent home in Oakland

To Brack DeFries and Chris Morgan eggs are the name of the game, and have been for over four years. Since first starting their popular Bay Area breakfast sandwich pop up Egg Pals, they’ve been serving massive, double fried-egg sandwiches at farmers markets, cafes, wine bars and even ramen shops. What started as a small venture, where they only sold around 60 sandwiches a day, quickly grew to 200, with extensive lines trailing down sidewalks. Now the pair are preparing to open up their first brick-and-mortar restaurant, Egg Palace.
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Follow the sweet aromas and long lines to Oakland’s latest buzzy bakery

A weekend ago, while on the hunt for my next pastry fix, I found myself wandering around a large, nondescript industrial lot in West Oakland. There was no storefront, no sandwich board, sign thrower or smoke signal that could’ve pointed me towards one of the buzziest bakeries in the East Bay right now. But it turns out the answer was much simpler than I thought. All I had to do was follow the smell of yeast and the faded chalk lines scrawled into the concrete.
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Burdell's Geoff Davis is bringing back the neighborhood bar and grill

What’s your definition of an Unc? 

To younger generations, it’s a term of endearment — a moniker for someone a little older and wiser that you might grab a drink with or seek advice from. It might even be a playful roast referring to someone’s age. For Burdell chef-owner Geoff Davis, ‘unc’ is all of that and more. It’s an ethos of familiarity, connection and family, one that he plans to imbue in his upcoming Oakland restaurant.
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Matt Horn closes last Horn Barbecue location amid wage theft accusations

It’s official — Horn Barbecue has gone dark.

Over the course of the past decade, critically acclaimed pitmaster Matt Horn has been lauded for his grilling prowess, rising up from an Oakland pop-up to national fame, as he opened multiple restaurant concepts and sold retail items. But after a flurry of lawsuits, wage theft claims and an eviction notice, Horn has gone from once running three restaurants concurrently in The Town and expanding into central California to zero locations.
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