Partner Love: Temescal
Hawking Bird: Comfort in a bowl for a SIP supper.
Here’s a rundown on what our Oakland Temescal Tastes Tour partners are doing right now. If you’re in a position to support these businesses, they could use all the love we can give them. —Lisa
Amesiyas Amha Wube runs Abesha along with his mother, Tsehay Selasie.
Photo: Neysa Budzinski for Edible East Bay.
Abesha: Open for takeout. Pickup a veggie combo (wots & injera) or kitfo (beef tartare) to go. Delivery via DoorDash & GrubHub.
Bakesale Betty: Temporarily closed during SIP. See what’s cooking with Alison Barakat (aka Betty) below. This just in: weekend pie pick up: Check IG and Facebook page for deets. Yes!
Bowl’d: Open during SIP for takeout menu, including Korean fried chicken. Update: Closed.
Cholita Linda: Open for takeout tacos & such at Temescal location. Gift cards here.
Hawking Bird: Open for takeout for curry bird bowls & more. Delivery via Caviar & DoorDash.
I Scream Donuts: Temporarily closed due to SIP.
Julie’s Tea: Oakland location is temporarily closed due to SIP. Consider a gift card. Update: Closed.
Starter Bakery: Open at Sunday Temescal Farmers Market. Hot tip: order directly from this Berkeley-based bakery for breads, pastries, pizza dough, and sought-after pantry items such as flour, yeast, and sourdough starter. Details at their online store, curbside pickup.
Urban Village Farmers Market: Open on Sundays. Read their COVID-19 protocols here and go prepared to pick up seasonal produce at its peak, along with baked goods and more. Update: Now accepting online orders for curbside pickup.
Shout out to alums Beauty’s Bagel Shop (reopened on Saturday mornings for preordered bagels.) Beauty’s also sells gift cards & has a GoFundMe for staff. HomeRoom To Go is open daily for a mac&cheese fix. Gift cards here. Preserved is open on the weekends for your DIY kitchen project needs. And high fives to Temescal restaurants working with East Bay FeedER, including Hawking Bird, Pizzaiolo, and Pyeong Chang Tofu House.
Starter Bakery goods available at Sunday’s Temescal Farmers Market & also via their Berkeley headquarters.
This week in pandemic picks: Support Alison Barakat of Bakesale Betty in her fundraiser for folks in need. She’s baking her signature pies and cookies for healthcare workers as a fundraiser for Alameda County Meals on Wheels. Order a veggie box & a flat of strawberries from Tomatero Farm, offering pandemic CSA boxes for pickup in the area on Tuesdays. Enjoy this IG homage to Sacred Wheel (RIP. We miss you peeps.) Visit the Temescal Telegraph Business Improvement District website to find out what’s up with other neighborhood businesses. Consult this handy guide for restaurants & stores selling basics such as pasta, eggs, and TP. Spring for a Front Line Care Package courtesy of Starter Bakery: A box of baked goods to staff at Highland Hospital in Oakland or UCSF Hospital in San Francisco. Read the work of Temescal’s two-time James Beard Award-winning author John Birdsall, who co-wrote Hawker Fare with chef James Syhabout of Hawking Bird, Hawker Fare, and Commis. Pick up a copy of this memoir-cookbook at Hawking Bird or pre-order Birdsall’s biography of James Beard (trust us, it’s epic), The Man Who Ate Too Much. Keep up on industry advocacy through the Bay Area Hospitality Coalition. Celebrate Oakland Cocktail Week on Instagram Live. Cheers!
Partner recipes to add to your repertoire: Missing Bakesale Betty’s buttermilk fried chicken sandwich with signature jalapeno slaw? There’s a recipe for that. Try this rice congee with pork meatballs and fried garlic recipe courtesy of James Syhabout.
Sign up for our COVID-19 Quarantine Cocktail Classes, in partnership with top mixologist Dolly Valdez Bautista of Hawker Fare in San Francisco. Cheers!