"Legendary Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, you would think, would have carte blanche to open whatever new businesses they like in Berkeley. But, true to form in the Bay Area and especially in Berkeley people got upset about things changing. Bar Panisse, which has been in the planning stages for a number of years, is taking the place of Cesar itself a long-lived and beloved Berkeley institution, which opened at 1515 Shattuck, next door to Chez Panisse, in 1998."
"Locals adored Cesar as a casual spot for cocktails or dinner, and one that was always easier to get into and less of a commitment than its next-door neighbor. So, when the news came that Chez Panisse was declining to renew Cesar's lease after so many years, the restaurant was suddenly cast in the role of villain, at least among Cesar's ardent fans. Seven months after that first announcement, Cesar closed."
"Seven months after that first announcement, Cesar closed. And perhaps true to the ethos of the Slow Food movement, it's taken two and a half years for Bar Panisse to be incubated and birthed. But now it is coming alive, on Thursday, as the Chronicle was first to report, and will be keeping a five-night schedule every week, open from 4 pm to"
Bar Panisse, a new cocktail bar attached to Chez Panisse, opens Thursday, December 11, and will not take reservations. The bar replaces Cesar, a long-lived Berkeley institution that opened in 1998 at 1515 Shattuck. Chez Panisse held the lease on the adjacent space and subleased it to Cesar, which was co-founded by Stephen Singer, Alice Waters's ex-husband and father of her only child. Cesar pioneered Spanish tapas in the area and was prized as an easier, less-committed option than its neighbor. Cesar closed seven months after Chez Panisse declined to renew the lease. Bar Panisse spent about two and a half years in development and will operate five nights a week, opening at 4 pm.
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