Cafe Adeline, a new Turkish cafe at 1999 Ashby Avenue in South Berkeley, soft-opened Nov. 7 in a former antiques shop, Berkeleyside reported. It is one of several East Bay openings the newspaper listed this week, including a Livermore Doppio Zero whose official event page sets a public grand opening for Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Why it matters: The roundup covers new places in Berkeley, Alameda, Castro Valley, Oakland and Livermore, a useful snapshot for readers looking for recent openings rather than a single restaurant review.
Berkeleyside said Cafe Adeline is serving egg breakfasts, Turkish tea, omelettes and sandwiches, and is using antique cups and plates as a nod to the shop that previously occupied the corner of Ashby and Adeline. Highwire Coffee opened a new cafe Nov. 2 at 1518 Clement Avenue in central Alameda, in the Star Harbor apartments, the newspaper said. Mugunghwa, which already has Oakland and El Cerrito locations known for Korean soups, including galbi tang, has opened at 3563 Castro Valley Boulevard, the former Silver Spoon space.
Oh Crab!, a seafood boil restaurant, opened Nov. 2 at 4869 Telegraph Avenue in Temescal, in a space that had been Tuum and earlier Hanshin Pocha, Berkeleyside said, joining Lemon Crab and Cajun Claws as recent East Bay seafood-boil entries. Wagyu Factory, an all-you-can-eat Japanese barbecue concept from Los Angeles-based Chubby Group, is slated to open Nov. 16 at 528 34th Street in Oakland, with Australian Wagyu, Japanese A5 and sushi, dim sum and desserts, according to a company representative quoted by the newspaper. Doppio Zero’s Livermore restaurant at 23 S. Livermore Avenue will offer free pizza and pasta samples, live music and select drinks at the Nov. 17 opening, the company said. The chain also opened in downtown Walnut Creek in May, Berkeleyside reported.