I once was caught and slightly chastised by a manager for going over to the lighting control panel and turning down the police interrogation-wattage over a restaurant’s bar. I’m so sensitive to ...

2000-12-15 04:00:00 PDT Orinda-- This may be the era of oversized restaurants, of extravagant places larger and louder than life. But for those of us not in need of restaurants as theater, there are ...

Jeff Ramsey, the head sushi chef at Momotaro, which opens tonight, waxed poetic about the fish from Japanese waters for a small audience of food journalists. “The waters of Japan are especially ...

A couple of years ago Shoyu Sushi made an impressive debut across from Bakersfield College’s Memorial Stadium, and late last year they opened a second location in the northwest on Calloway Drive. It’s ...