On the corner of Eighth and Carleton streets in West Berkeley, hungry locals gathered by sun-soaked tables to try the newest addition to the local food scene: Café Bolita.
The Mexican cafe boasts fresh masa and ample outdoor seating. Café Bolita — which soft-opened Feb. 26 — is owner Emmanuel Galvan’s first-ever brick-and-mortar restaurant.
“I’ve wanted to open a casual-style Mexican cafe for years,” Galvan said. “Even though I started as a pop-up and farmer’s market stall, I always had the intention of making our products more accessible, and I wanted to do that through opening something that was very casual, quotidian and approachable.”…