California’s independent dining scene is losing another longtime favorite after a beloved 47-year-old restaurant recently closed. In Berkeley, Nabolom Bakery & Pizzeria will serve customers for the final time on Sunday, October 18, ending a 50-year run in the Elmwood neighborhood.
The bakery plans to open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with hot pizza available beginning at 11:30 a.m. or until it sells out. The final weekend has already brought long lines: co-owner Sabra Stepak told SFGATE that Friday’s crowd stretched through the morning, emptied the pastry cases and produced roughly three times the bakery’s usual sales.
A Berkeley original since 1976
Nabolom began in 1976 as a worker-owned collective founded by Adele Kohl, Nora Chamberlin, Susan Talpers and Lynne McMasters. The little bakery soon earned a neighborhood following for multigrain breads, cakes, muffins and cheese bread. Its warm, unconventional spirit helped make it more than a place to pick up breakfast; customers treated it as a community gathering spot…