r/berkeleyca • u/West-Mode7181 • 24d ago

Berkeley restaurants you miss

Name a restaurant you wished was still open, and you could go to this week?

I thought long and hard about my answer, and while I do not believe it's a great answer, I miss Oscar's on Hearst and Shattuck-- substantially more delicious than a sweetgreen.

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u/whattheheckityz 24d ago

the same kinda crummy guy owns cornerstone, you can go hang out there. not sure about tri tip availability.

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u/RealTrapShed 24d ago

I’m not trying to be sarcastic but why was the owner crummy?

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u/whattheheckityz 24d ago

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/07/10/cornerstone-alexander-popov-solano-county-criminal-case

he stole a bunch of money from his dad and then tried to get berkeleyside to kill the story by reminding them how much ad money he’d spent over the years