Ribbon revelry Bases Loaded Sports Bar & Grill recently celebrated its first year in business with a ribbon-cutting event. Owner Terry Karp introduced the new head chef while customers and friends sampled d...
Oodles of Noodles: Simple, fast and healthy Ordering a meal at Oodles of Noodles is as easy as one, two, three – just read the menu board when you walk in to learn the art of “oodling.” “I’m all about keeping it simple,” owner Jon Lei said....
Award-winning wines – Contra Costa roots Cline Cellars winemaker Charlie Tsegeletos, observing the late morning Sonoma fog, notes that the 2010 grape harvest might be later than normal. The same dynamic might well hold true for our own C...
Community Kitchen to help farmers Barbara Franz believes that if she builds a community kitchen, people will cook. In fact, she’s so sure that residents will transform East County’s most bountiful fruits into jams, jellies and pie...
Old favorites rediscovered at Island Joe’s
s Many remember Donna Simon as the owner of Discovery Joe’s Bar and Grill, but those same loyal Discovery Bay customers might not be aware that Joe’s is back in business but at a different part of t...
Farmers’ Market gets stamps of approval The Somersville Towne Center Farmers’ Market is offering food stamp recipients a special incentive this summer: Spend at least $10 in SNAP (food stamps) at the market, and receive $5 for free to...
Mountain Mike’s Pizza returns to Brentwood It’s a good thing Luis Seita likes being on his feet and staying busy. As the new owner of the reopened Brentwood Mountain Mike’s Pizza, he has plenty of things to keep him occupied. “I love inter...
Paella payoff Discovery Bay resident Michael Labrador, left, with brother Phil, recently treated family and friends to a home-cooked skillet of the traditional Spanish dish paella. The popular meat, seafood an...
Jungle intertwines amazing flavors Perhaps it was the pop music they heard as they walked down the street or the lion dancing to the beat, but either way, dozens of students fresh off their first day of school visited Yogurt Jungle...
Brentwood Farmers’ Market up for national award The Brentwood Farmers’ Market is one of the contestants in the 2010 America’s Favorite Farmers’ Markets contest hosted each year by American Farmland Trust. American Farmland Trust ( AFT ) has ope...
Katrina propels Cajun cuisine to Brentwood In just two weeks, Chef Le’Roy Crump has made a name for himself in Brentwood by cooking up contagiously delicious Cajun cuisine at Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill. The Louisiana native offered ...
Wine & Food Alliance harvests support and membership
It wasn’t long ago that the roots of California’s flourishing wine industry were planted exclusively in the lush, fertile soils of Napa County – and more recently in the nearby Livermore Valley. B...
Sugar Barge offers waterside event center Father and son Earl and David Riggs bought the Sugar Barge RV Resort and Marina 15 years ago, and the place has been the center of the Riggs’ family life ever since. While the family has been able...
