Berkeley restaurant closures
Alley Yokocho Kitchens
02.26.26: The restaurant, near the Cal campus on Telegraph Avenue, focused on Japanese “alley” dining has closed. Alley Kitchens served a variety of Japanese fare, such as tonkotsu ramen and chirashi bowls. Alley Yokocho Kitchens, 2309 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley.
Olfactory Brewing
03.06.26: The Berkeley taproom appears to have closed. The brewery closed its San Francisco taproom in the Dogpatch in December, citing “unsustainable operating costs.” The Berkeley location opened approximately two years ago. At the start of March, the Berkeley taproom’s Instagram had “closed” posted in the bio, with no further posts about its shuttering. As of March 5, the brewery’s…..