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A grocery deals app has helped Bay Area locals save thousands of dollars on groceries that otherwise would have ended up in landfills. In mid-March, the Flashfood app partnered with the Save Mart Companies, parent company to Lucky supermarkets and FoodMaxx, to connect Bay Area shoppers to discounted items at 44 participating Lucky stores in the Bay Area. After a customer downloads the app, they can browse a selection of foods nearing their “best by” date for purchase and then pick them up at Fla…
10 days ago
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Lisa Vanderpump, Southern California restaurateur and the reality TV star of “Vanderpump Rules” and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” has opened yet another restaurant — this time in Lake Tahoe. Last Thursday, Vanderpump opened Wolf by Vanderpump at Harveys Lake Tahoe with a star-studded guest list in attendance, including singer Leona Lewis, drag queen Trixie Mattel and actress Garcelle Beauvais. At the grand opening, guests spotted massive stone columns, marble wolf statues, and models w…
11 days ago
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Northern California is down to one Cracker Barrel restaurant after the chain abruptly closed its Sacramento outpost earlier this week. On Monday, the national chain, best known for its hefty breakfast portions, permanently closed two stores: the Sacramento store at 1000 Howe Ave. and a Central Coast store in Santa Maria, located at 905 Betteravia Road. Cracker Barrel had slim details to share regarding the closures, according to the Sacramento Bee, but told the outlet that the permanent closur…
15 days ago
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Aldi, a popular national grocery chain, aims to open hundreds of new stores throughout the U.S., including future outposts in California. In early March, Aldi CEO Jason Hart announced that the German-based grocery chain, which has family ties to Trader Joe’s, plans to invest $9 million to open 800 stores across the U.S. by 2028. Hart shared that the western expansion would feature Aldi stores in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Southern California. “Our growth is fueled by our customers, and they are as…
17 days ago
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On the long stretch of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland’s trendy Temescal neighborhood, a vintage neon sign shares a proclamation written in all caps that causes passersby to slow down and read: “I LOVE TO MAKE GOOD CANDY.” The sign is perched on the front lawn of the storied Hooper’s Chocolates building at 4632 Telegraph Ave., which closed in 2011, Hoodline reported. With its pink pastel exterior, vast French-style windows and dollhouse appearance, the historic building has remained an unofficial ci…
21 days ago
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On the long stretch of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland’s trendy Temescal neighborhood, a vintage neon sign shares a proclamation written in all caps that causes passersby to slow down and read aloud: “I LOVE TO MAKE GOOD CANDY.” The sign is perched on the front lawn of the storied Hooper’s Chocolates building at 4632 Telegraph Ave., which closed in 2011, Hoodline reported. With its pink pastel exterior, vast French-style windows and dollhouse appearance, the historic building has remained an unoffic…
21 days ago
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After nearly 40 years of classic hamburgers and garlic french fries, Great American Hamburger & Pie Co. in Richmond is slated to permanently close. It’s been a tough week for co-owners George and Helen Koliavas, who plan to close their restaurant at 35 E. Richmond Ave. on April 11 following an Americans with Disabilities Act compliance lawsuit. During the last few days, they’ve been saying goodbye to longtime customers who were devastated when they learned the neighborhood fixture was closing fo…
23 days ago
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A former employee at beloved Bay Area ice cream maker Humphry Slocombe has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that he and other employees often skipped meals as they rushed to deliver ice cream before it melted and that workers there were systematically denied overtime pay. Lawyers for the former delivery driver, Alfonso Martinez, filed a lawsuit against Humphry Slocombe on Friday, April 5, at the Superior Court of San Francisco County. The complaint contains numerous allegations, including t…
25 days ago
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Boston Market, the once-popular rotisserie chicken restaurant chain, has quietly closed its last Bay Area stores. The troubled restaurant chain, which has shuttered dozens of stores across the country, was down to just a handful of Bay Area locations last year, including sites in Oakland, San Jose, Santa Clara and Fremont. SFGATE recently visited each location and confirmed that the storefronts have permanently closed. Last September, the Fremont outpost at 3966 Mowry Ave., quietly closed its…
about 1 month ago
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Less than a month after Boichik Bagels announced the opening of three stores in San Francisco, the rapidly growing restaurant chain is at it again. This time, owner Emily Winston is preparing to open her first store outside the Bay Area. The latest expansion for the celebrated Bay Area bagel shop (previously billed as the “finest New York-style bagels” by the New York Times) is expected to land in Los Angeles, as first reported by Eater LA. Winston confirmed her plans with SFGATE, sharing that s…
about 1 month ago
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A handful of Subway stores in Northern California that abruptly closed earlier this year have reopened under different ownership, as first reported by Action News Now. In January, 18 Subway restaurants in Shasta, Tehama and Glenn counties shuttered under the ownership of franchisee Delight Foods, but following the closures, Subway granted Mike Sharma, a new franchisee, three of the closed locations, according to the outlet. Earlier this month, Sharma reopened previously shuttered Subway store…
about 1 month ago
