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Chef/owner Roy Choi responds to Locol’s zero-star New York Times review
After yesterday’s goose egg of a review from the New York Times for fast food gamechanger Locol, everyone was waiting to see how chef/owners Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson would respond. Well, the wait is over, and the duo has refreshingly decided to take the high road. Choi posted a lengthy response on Instagram, and Patterson simply retweeted it. You can read it in full below.
Berkeley’s Urban Remedy opens Saturday
Health store Urban Remedy’s great East Bay expansion continues, with its Berkeley location debuting this Saturday, January 7 at 2946 College Ave. That marks the ninth story for the juicing and clean eating brand, and the third East Bay location in six months (Walnut Creek and Lafayette are open, one of which is in the top three stores for revenue). Next up is Oakland in the spring, but for now, the Berkeley grand opening on Saturday will offer a free item from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fillmore’s Woori Food Market undergoes a redo
The Chronicle’s Jonathan Kauffman notes that Woori Food Market (1528 Fillmore St.) has undergone both a physical and conceptual renovation. While sprucing the store’s design up, owner Eric Kim has also seriously ramped up food production in a commercial kitchen at the back of the store, where new chef Basilio Gang (who moved here from Korea for this job) makes Korean specialties (gimbap, kimchi, jokbal, banchan, and more) daily.
Sonoma’s LaSalette has reopened
Chef Manuel Azevedo (Tasca Tasca, Cafe Lucia) has reopened his popular LaSalette in Sonoma, with a new tasting menu format. Now, you can order a three- or five-course tasting menu of dishes from Azevedo’s childhood, such as roast California squab with rice or New Year’s Day Dungeness crab. With this menu reinvention, gratuity is now also included in the set price, and the restaurant is only open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday.
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