"It has been a great honor to serve you all, meet your children and grandparents, be a part of your most important celebrations, write Babette's staff. We will miss cooking for you all and more than anything, we will miss the beautiful community that has gathered around the Redwood Tree, supported the incredible musicians who we have had the great pleasure to spotlight and our regulars who came for the food, the love and a little bit of grace in these tumultuous times."
"Opening and maintaining a restaurant is always a dicey proposition. But in the East Bay, it seems like a rash of closures have arrived with the season. Edith's Pie, a cult-favorite popup that expanded to an Oakland brick and mortar, recently announced it will close this year. The owners blamed chaotic and impulsive changes that impact each and every one of us, writing: We're slinging pie while Rome burns."
Babette, a Berkeley farm-to-table restaurant that operated for 14 years across three locations, will close permanently on Oct. 31 because the business could not make the numbers work. The restaurant's final San Pablo Avenue location featured a sunny, gardened patio with a full-grown redwood tree and drew a strong brunch crowd. In 2023 The Mercury News named it one of the Bay's best alfresco restaurants and praised showrunners Joan Ellis and Patrick Hooker for plant-forward, market-driven dishes. Lunch service has been canceled ahead of the shutdown. Staff expressed gratitude for serving multiple generations and for the community gathered around the Redwood Tree. The closure joins a string of East Bay restaurant shutdowns this season.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
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