February is Black History Month, and this week brings several ways to engage and celebrate.
Take a walk through Hayes Valley to enjoy a beautiful new portrait of Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman; shop Ayesha Curry s Oakland cafe/boutique Sweet July; watch documentaries on Leroy Jones and Nelson Mandela; and join Mayor London Breed for a book club discussing Alicia Garza s work.
Plus, stream IndieFest films online, shop the Oakland Vintage Market, work up a sweat at Social Fit Club, and get ready to eat, drink, repeat on Super Bowl Sunday!
Stop by Ayesha Curry s new store, Sweet July. Sharing a name with Curry s magazine, the stylish cafe/boutique stocks a curated collection of apparel and home goods. // 455 23rd St. (Oakland), Instagram
Sliver Pizzeria heads Uptown
Reader Alan G. sent us a tip that Berkeley-based mini-chain Sliver Pizzeria known for its changing daily menu of one vegetarian pizza and one salad has plans for a new location on the ground floor at Alta Waverly apartment complex in Uptown Oakland. He spotted a public notice for alcoholic beverage sales that stated Sliver’s intentions to occupy suite B at 2300 Valdez St. It was posted in September. Nosh contacted Sliver, which confirmed that the new site its fourth restaurant, joining two others in Berkeley and one in North Oakland is still in the works. Sliver CEO Eduardo Perez (brother of Sliver founder Willy Perez, a Cheese Board alum) told Nosh, “We are excited for our new location in Uptown Oakland. We are currently waiting on our final permits. COVID has slowed down the permitting process. Hopefully, we will open by the summer.”
“Have You Eaten Yet?” a zine about the people and food of Oakland Chinatown
In Chinese culture, food is so important to the fabric of life and community, that a common way to greet others is to ask, “Have you eaten yet?” So the phrase is a fitting name for a new zine that focuses on the food and people in Oakland Chinatown. Artists and designers of grassroots initiative Save Our Chinatowns, in partnership with Good Good Eatz, created “Have You Eaten Yet?”, which features bite-sized, well-designed articles on the history of Oakland Chinatown, interviews with notable Oakland residents, restaurant recommendations and other resources on how to support Chinatown business, as well as recipes from the owners of Yuen Hop Noodle Company (for lo mein), Green Fish Seafood Market (for seafood hot pot) and Cam Anh Deli (for lemongrass tofu).