Pleasanton’s Sabio reopens for takeout after kitchen fire
For the first weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, Pleasanton’s chef-driven Sabio on Main restaurant pivoted from in-house dining to takeout and delivery — until a March 29 kitchen fire dealt it a setback.
Now, repairs have been made and the restaurant reopened last weekend, according to executive chef Francis X. Hogan.
Besides offering meals to go, he has also launched the Sabio Pantry, where customers can purchase the restaurant’s 48-hour beef bone broth, plus charcuterie, local cheeses, condiments and spice blends.
Hours for pickup and delivery are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Sunday brunch and 3 to 7 p.m. daily. Cocktails are available to go, and bottles of wine are again discounted 40%.
Hogan said the Livermore-pleasanton Fire Department has not yet determined the cause of the fire, which he says was confined to a corner of the kitchen.
“To the amazing LPFD Responders, thank you for taking care of it so quickly — you are simply amazing,” the restaurant’s website says.
DETAILS >> 501 Main St., Pleasanton; sabiopleasanton.com
More Starbucks, Peet’s are reopening
With the slow reopening of American businesses comes more caffeine.
Starbucks, which had shuttered all but its drive-thru coffee locations weeks ago when COVID-19 restrictions
went into place, is slowly reopening its brick-and-mortar locations for takeout orders, and expected to have most open by last week.
And Peet’s, which had kept many Bay Area locations open for socially distanced orders, has announced that more stores are back in business.
Both chains are emphasizing contactless pickup of drinks, with customers ordering and paying via the Starbucks’ and Peet’s apps. Some locations will accept on-site orders with debit or credit card payment.
In a letter to consumers on May 4, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said the company’s U.S. changes are modeled after successful reopenings in China.
“By the end of this week, Starbucks partners will have responsibly reopened over 85 percent of our company-operated stores across the U.S., and we are expecting more than 90 percent of our stores to be open by early June, under modified operations and hours.
“The foundation of our approach comes from what we have learned in China, where more than 98 percent of our stores are now open and operating under revised protocols,” which include a “heightened emphasis on cleaning and sanitizing protocols in our stores.”
La Cocina’s food box now available in the East Bay
Missing your favorite La Cocina restaurants? Here’s a way to enjoy them all in one box while helping the female-led businesses stay afloat during the pandemic.
A hit when it launched in San Francisco, La Cocina’s Community Food Box is now available in an East Bay version for pickup in Oakland. It includes eight fully prepared, popular dishes made by the Born at La Cocina community of businesses. The East Bay box serves two to four and costs $110, with every penny going directly to the businesses.
If you selected an omnivore box last week, it came with kuy teav cha, a garlicky stir-fry from Nyum Bai in Oakland; beef and chicken empanadas from El Meson de Violeta in Berkeley; collard greens and mac and cheese from Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement in Emeryville; sugar cookies from A Girl Named Pinky in Berkeley, and more.
The vegetarian box included cheese and za’atar manoushe from Reem’s California in Oakland; spinach, mushroom and ricotta cheese empanada from El Meson de Violeta in Berkeley; collard greens and mac and cheese from Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement in
Emeryville; bean and cheese tamales from La Guerrera’s Kitchen in Oakland, and so on.
The food box items will change weekly to feature foods from different La Cocina businesses. Preorders are due by 3 p.m. Fridays for contactless pickup on Tuesdays.
DETAILS » lacocinasf.org/foodbox
But wait, there’s more …
Find details on scores more Bay Area restaurants that are offering takeout, curbside and home delivery options at bayareane.ws/takeout. The listing includes an interactive searchable grid, so you can seek out favorites based on city and type of cuisine.
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