"After 14 years of serving Berkeley as a restaurant, wedding venue and community gathering space, Babette is taking its final bow. With a focus on organic and sustainably-sourced food, Babette owners Joan Ellis and Patrick Hooker took to Instagram to relay the message of their closure to the community. Like so many of our friends and fellow small business owners, we just could not make the numbers work, the post says."
"The Miranda, a longstanding cocktail bar near the Fox Theater in Uptown Oakland, shuttered over the weekend, per an Instagram post. Adorned in wallpaper splashed with California poppies, the Miranda was an elegant watering hole known for affordable drinks and live DJ sets. The bar didn't give context for the closure. The Miranda was located at 1739 Broadway (between 17th and 19th St.) in Oakland."
Babette in Berkeley will close on October 31 after 14 years operating as a restaurant, wedding venue and community gathering space. Owners Joan Ellis and Patrick Hooker emphasized a focus on organic, sustainably sourced food and communicated the closure via Instagram, citing inability to make the numbers work. The owners took an SBA loan during the COVID-19 pandemic and found repayment increasingly difficult amid SBA cuts and razor‑thin margins. Three more live music events will be held on the outdoor patio each Wednesday plus one final wedding. The Miranda, a longstanding cocktail bar in Uptown Oakland, shuttered over the weekend with no context provided.
Read at www.berkeleyside.org
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