"Brown Cap, the mobile ice cream vendor serving organic soft serve across Berkeley neighborhoods, has ceased operations. The business is listed as permanently closed on Google, and a brief but sweet goodbye message greets website visitors: "Thank you so much for a fabulous 7 years - we love you all, especially the children!" Brown Cap was known for serving Straus ice cream in a homemade chocolate shell, root beer floats and affogatos."
"Michael's Chocolates, home to award-winning small-batch artisan chocolates, has closed. The business shuttered over the summer after four years on Grand Avenue and 10 years in business. The shop was a mainstay for confections boasting flavors like pistachio cardamom, bourbon caramel pecan, passionfruit vanilla and dark chocolate truffle. Michael's Chocolates was located at 3352 Grand Ave. in Oakland. Red Bay Coffee, the beloved Oakland-based cafe specializing in direct-trade coffee, is shutting down its Fruitvale flagship coffee shop at the end of the month."
Multiple East Bay food and beverage businesses have permanently closed. Brown Cap, a mobile Berkeley ice cream vendor serving Straus soft serve in homemade chocolate shells, has ceased operations after seven years. Michael's Chocolates, an award-winning small-batch artisan shop offering flavors like pistachio cardamom and bourbon caramel pecan, closed after ten years in business and four years on Grand Avenue. Red Bay Coffee will close its Fruitvale flagship at the end of the month while continuing roasting, shipping and service through other locations and partnerships. Westbrae pizzeria three.one four also closed roughly 18 months after opening.
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