Editor’s note: Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh? Submit it here.
Homemade Cafe
The beloved Berkeley restaurant that shuttered and then reopened a year ago is now open for dinner service to go along with its foundational morning menu. The dinner menu features smash burgers, sliders, fried chicken sandwiches and chicken fingers, handcut fries, and beer and wine. General manager and executive chef (and former sole owner of Homemade) Collin Doran shares that everything is made in house, including beef that is ground in house. They also brine and fry chicken in the kitchen and make pickles, hotsauces, and other condiments, or purchase from local purveyors like Semifreddis, Acme bread, and C & M Meat Company. Note that it is not open for dinner on Tuesdays. Homemade Cafe, 2454 Sacramento St., Berkeley
Jiams
A new Southeast Asian restaurant has opened in Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood. Jiams focuses on Mien, Laos, Thai, Cambodian, and Vietnamese food. Jiams is run by the same family that runs the Lao Market grocery store across the street. Thanks to NOSH tipster for letting us know. Jiams, 1612 International Blvd., Oakland
Milk Cloud Bakery
Milk Cloud Bakery is taking preorders this week, to be picked up on Saturday, April 25 at their West Berkeley location. What’s on the menu? Shokupan (Japanese milk bread), a variety of sweet and savory sandwiches including a strawberry one, and a soy-marinated egg one, and basque cheesecakes (slices and whole cakes). The bakery is in the former location of La Noisette and has not officially opened yet. Milk Cloud Bakery, 2701 Eighth St. Ste. 116, Berkeley
