Ace Hardware will not move to Andronico’s old space
Berkeley Ace Hardware has decided not to move from 2145 University Avenue where it has been for 50 years. Photo: Lance Knobel Berkeley Ace Hardware has decided not to move to the former Andronico’s...
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Alchemy Collective Café will move from MLK Jr. Way near Fairview St. to a new place at Alcatraz and Ellis streets. Photo: Alchemy Collective Café Flavor Mediterranean Food is getting ready to move into...
View ArticleNeighbors angry at parking restrictions at old Andronico’s
For many years, customers who patronized the shops at Strawberry Walk at 1432 University Ave. could park in a lot right in front of the stores. Now the lot is reserved exclusively for customers and...
View ArticleExcitement and concern mark opening of Savers Thrift
Savers Thrift on University Avenue held its grand opening ceremony on Thursday. Cutting the ribbon were store manager Craig Gains with Katherine Keeney of the Epilepsy Foundation, an unidentified man,...
View ArticleParking lot war at 1414 University in Berkeley heats up; owner attempts to...
The owner of this parking lot at 1414 University Ave. does not want adjacent businesses using it. She sent a construction crew to erect a fence on Wednesday. Photo: Natalie Orenstein The owner of the...
View ArticleNew fence hems in Strawberry Walk stores on University
The owner of the building housing Savers Thrift at 1414 University Ave. erected a fence last week to make passageway from the Strawberry Walk stores into the parking lot more difficult. Photo: Julia...
View ArticleBerkeley’s Savers Thrift Superstore to close on Jan. 16
Savers Thrift at 1414 University Ave. will close on Jan. 16, about two years after it opened. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Two years after it opened to fanfare – and controversy – Savers Thrift...
View ArticleAnneli Rufus: Low self-esteem in a high self-esteem city
Anneli Rufus is a Berkeley resident and the author of the newly published book Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself (Tarcher Penguin 2014). Here she writes about living with low self-esteem in a city...
View ArticleAce Hardware will not move to Andronico’s old space
Berkeley Ace Hardware has decided not to move to the former Andronico’s site at 1414 University Avenue and it appears that a used clothing store may be taking over the 25,000-square foot space instead....
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FLAVOR A new Mediterranean restaurant is set to move into the former Picoso Taqueria space in Epicurious Garden at 1511 Shattuck Ave. Picoso closed in early May, and now Flavor Mediterranean Food, run...
View ArticleNeighbors angry at parking restrictions at old Andronico’s
A recent court ruling that gives exclusive parking lot rights to the owners of 1414 University Ave., former home of Andronico’s, has left nearby business owners fuming. In August, an Alameda County...
View ArticleExcitement and concern mark opening of Savers Thrift
A new for-profit thrift store opened its doors on University Avenue on Thursday in a ceremony filled with balloons and music – but already burdened with the job of doing damage control with its...
View ArticleParking lot war at 1414 University in Berkeley heats up; owner attempts to...
The owner of the building at 1414 University Ave. attempted to install a fence Tuesday along the parking lot that she gained exclusive rights to in a contentious lawsuit last year. The fence would have...
View ArticleNew fence hems in Strawberry Walk stores on University
In the latest salvo in a long-running fight over the rights to a parking lot, the owner of a building at 1414 University Ave. has installed a fence between the Savers Thrift parking lot and a string of...
View ArticleAnneli Rufus: Low self-esteem in a high self-esteem city
Anneli Rufus is a Berkeley resident and the author of the newly published book Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself (Tarcher Penguin 2014). Here she writes about living with low self-esteem in a city...
View ArticleBerkeley’s Savers Thrift Superstore to close on Jan. 16
Two years after it opened to fanfare – and controversy – Savers Thrift Superstore at 1414 University Ave. will shut its doors on Saturday, Jan. 16. No-one from corporate headquarters would speak to...
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