The team behind South Berkeley sushi restaurant Kirala first launched grab-and-go sushi counter Kirala 2 inside the tony North Shattuck Epicurious Garden in 2006, and the corner kiosk with a smattering of tables and prepared sushi was a hit from the start. This summer, when the popular stall cut back its lunch hours, diners were already pretty upset. Then the gate came down around the darkened kiosk and the notice appeared.
Thank you City of Berkeley, UC Berkeley and valued customers for supporting us for over 20 years, says the closure note in the window of Lucky House Thai, on University Avenue in downtown Berkeley. The no-frills, affordable Thai restaurant opened as New Lucky House in the spring of 2004. It took more than luck for the small spot to persevere through two decades of industry ups and downs, including the unprecedented downs of the past four years.
Summertime quiet near UC Berkeley can sometimes lead to quieter-than-usual restaurant closures with little notice or fanfare. Namaste Madras was a downtown Berkeley fixture for south Indian cuisine on Shattuck Avenue for 13 years, but Nosh stumbled on its closure by accident. Nosh has yet to sleuth out a closing date, but according to WhatNowSF, the closure makes way for the upcoming move and reopening of Center Street's Easterly Hunan.
El Cerrito Plaza's Hawaiian-style boba, dessert and snack shop Lilikoi Boba has closed. (Online reviews note this location of the otherwise energetic franchise seemed quieter and less attracting than others, possibly influencing its closure.)
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