Alameda restaurant closure
Coffee Cultures
02.06.26: Coffee Cultures on Park Street in Alameda closed Jan. 31. However, it still offers a mobile coffee cart for special events. Coffee Cultures used to have several locations in San Francisco, but Alameda was “home,” where owner Jason Michael Paul was raised. Ones Cafe & Bakery, based in Castro Valley, will open a location in this spot; the opening date hasn’t been announced yet. Coffee Cultures, 1926 Park St., Alameda.
Albany restaurant closure
Sumo Sushi
01.29.26: Another tipster let us know that Albany’s Sumo Sushi has shuttered. The restaurant was known for serving classics like sushi and sashimi, but its bento boxes and miso soup were a particular fan favorite. Sumo Sushi was located at 977 San Pablo Ave. (at Buchanan St.) in Albany.
Berkeley restaurant closures
Delah Coffee
01.29.26: Delah Coffee, a local Yemeni coffee chain, has closed its Berkeley café near the university, per a Nosh tipster. Delah Coffee’s other Bay Area locations are in San Francisco, Oakland and Dublin, serving specialty drinks like the Delah Qahwah (light roast with ginger and cardamom), Yemeni frappes and fruit smoothies. Delah Coffee was located at 1807 Euclid Ave. in Berkeley.
Peet’s
01.29.26: Peet’s Coffee is closed several of its Bay Area cafés at the end of this month, including some in Berkeley and San Francisco, on the heels of an $18 billion buyout by Keurig Dr Pepper. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the coffee chain was closing 30 of its shops in the Bay, but the company has been vague about which ones exactly. So far, we know the location at Dwight and Telegraph (2501 Telegraph Ave.) in Berkeley will close. Locations in Oakland and Alameda seem to remain largely unaffected; the shops on Alameda’s Park St. and in Oakland’s Piedmont, Lakeshore and Fruitvale districts plan to stay open. Peet’s originated in Berkeley in 1966, but has not been under local ownership since 2012, when it was sold to JAB Holding Company.
Lafayette restaurant closure
Taco Bell — Lafayette
01.14.26: After 60 years of serving beefy five-layer burritos and crunchwrap supremes, the Lafayette Taco Bell has shuttered. It was one of the last remaining Mission-style Taco Bells in the Bay Area, the chain’s old signature architectural style. Taco Bell was located at 3501 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette.
Oakland restaurant closures
Fist of Flour Pizza Co.
01.14.26: Fist of Flour, the casual pizzeria serving wood-fired slices out of its Laurel District shop, announced its permanent closure on Instagram. In the post, owner James Whitehead wrote, “Things have been beyond hard the last couple years, and I found a buyer for this place and I am selling off the lease and the contents of this amazing shell of a space for practically pennies. Lesson learned. I am extremely proud of occupying this space for the last twelve years and serving the Laurel District and surrounding neighborhoods. It’s emotional to say the least.” The restaurant will be open for dinner, cash only, Jan. 15 and Jan. 16, before shuttering for good.
This won’t be the last of Fist of Flour, however. Whitehead plans to continue making pizzas and still operates a catering business. Fist of Flour was located at 4166 MacArthur Ave. (at Maybelle Ave.) in Oakland.
It’s All Good Bakery
01.26.26: More than one tipster let us know that the longstanding, family-owned bakery It’s All Good has shuttered. Signs on the door and in the window read: “We are permanently closed. Thank you for 30 years of support!” All of the windows have been covered with brown paper.
The bakery was founded by Kim Cloud in 1996, operating for three decades, and was located at the site of The Black Panthers’ first Oakland headquarters. Cloud proudly displayed Black Panther memorabilia in the bakery…