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Sipbie Caffe owner's "taste buds' help create drinks for his Los Gatos pop-up
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (482+ words) When Matthew Clark opens his pop-up coffee shop on Main Street in Los Gatos each weekend, he's serving drinks based not only on his own travel experiences but on the taste buds of his friends and neighbors. Clark, a Los…...
Sightglass Coffee brings brown-butter lattes, doughnuts to Berkeley
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (225+ words) Berkeley's workforce and student masses just got a new place to recaffeinate " Sightglass Coffee, which opened in May right across from the UC Berkeley campus. Sightglass started in 2009 inside a World War I-era warehouse in San Francisco's So Ma district....
Coffee shop could head to shuttered Rec Room site in downtown San Jose
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (417+ words) SAN JOSE " Plans are underway to open a new coffee shop at the former Rec Room site in downtown San Jose. After about a year of being empty, the building at 1 East San Fernando St. is poised to come back…...
Designer fashion brand opens its only Bay Area coffee shop
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (182+ words) Ralph's Coffee, a chain of coffee shops by Ralph Lauren, has opened its first location in Northern California at Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center. Decked in forest green and white, the cafe adjoins a new Ralph Lauren store at the…...
Got a sweet tooth? Try the San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (283+ words) Fortunately, the San Francisco International Chocolate Salon is arriving this March, just in time to palliate the sweet-starved populace with a Wonka-factory's worth of bars and bon bons. San Jose's. .. There is a dangerous stretch between Valentine's Day and the…...
Letters: Deflation is the wrong answer for high prices
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (375+ words) Re: "Tapping brakes on inflation isn't enough" (Page A6, March 18). JJ Kael is right: Slowing inflation doesn't pay the rent. His frustration is understandable. But his prescription " deflation " deserves a closer look. What we actually need isn't deflation but a sustained…...
Eye on the Hills: Highwire Coffee still closed in Oakland's Montclair
3+ mon, 6+ hour ago (305+ words) The East Bay-owned Highwire Coffee remains closed in the Oakland hills" Montclair district after the shop shut down suddenly at the beginning of March. Highwire has several locations and has operated in the high-profile corner building at 2059 Mountain Blvd. in…...
A dance party, but with caffeine: Inside the coffee rave trend
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) On a recent Saturday afternoon, Snibspace, a multipurpose venue for creative workshops in San Jose, was buzzing with the deep reverberations of bass beats as DJs AW1 N and Ivan played their sets for a bright-eyed crowd of revelers. RELATED: Cafe…...
Coffee's "Fourth Wave' rides into Bay Area with Brewbird's high-tech, single-serve machine
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1110+ words) Mickey Du was wandering through San Francisco's Hayes Valley during a college break when he noticed some commotion in a dead-end alley. Curious, he moved closer, finding himself in front of a rolled up garage door with a barista inside…...
Taste-Off: Comparing 11 matcha lattes sold in cans or bottles
5+ mon, 22+ hour ago (721+ words) As New Year's resolutions go, one of the top has to be to swallow more green stuff. Filling the plate with veggies is one option, but what if it's possible to consume greens as a smooth, unctuous sip of sweet-umami…...