Chef Paul Bertolli founded Fra'Mani in 2006, using traditional Italian methods and fine pork raised on vegetarian feed. Go online to order Fra' Mani's products or to find retail locations where you can purchase, as this location is not open to the public.
The Cheese Board Pizza Collective is an adjunct of the Cheese Board Collective. The Cheese Board Pizza Collective creates pizzas from fresh local ingredients. When the restaurant is open, it is not uncommon to see lines stretch down Shattuck Avenue. The pizza is just that popular.
Riva Cucina, a Michelin-rated restaurant, focuses on locally-sourced organic ingredients to create its northern Italian fare. The space has a converted industrial feel, but warmly painted walls and dramatic curtains lend an inviting and dramatic feel. The patio shares its space with a fountain and pre-school. The menu changes daily, and Thursday nights feature Sagre menus in honor of the Italian food festivals of the same name. Reservations can easily be made online using Open Table.
June Taylor makes preserves, fruit butters, syrups, marmalades and fruit specialties by hand, such as candied citrus peel, in the style of long-forgotten country cooks. Her fruits are sourced from local organic farmers, and she grows many of her own herbs.
Her products are sold at local farmer's markets and also at her little 4th Street Still Room store. The shop has a limited selection of her unusual merchandise such as silver lime and ginger marmalade, fruit cheese or quince and rose geranium butter.
She also offers classes in preserving fruit so you can learn to make your own jams the old-fashioned way.
The Phoenix Pastificio is a wholesale and retail dealer for uncooked organic pasta and ravioli, fresh-baked breads and pastries and pasta sauces. It uses only organic flour in all pastas and baked goods, and most other ingredients are also organic. The Phoenix Pastificio also serves three main kinds of 12'' pizzas for carry-out only, during Mondays through Thursday between 3pm and 7pm. The featured pizzas served are wild mushroom and prosciutto, roast chicken with bell peppers and Greek-style, but customers can request other combinations. The Phoenix Pastificio products can also be found in various local farmers' markets.
The Berkeley Student Food Collective operates a cooperative grocery store providing locally sourced and sustainably produced foods for affordable prices. Because the Collective makes all decisions democratically, it gives students good experience in business management, while also teaching about nutrition.
Monterey Market is a grocery store that focuses on fresh, local produce and fine food ingredients. A very popular shopping spot, customers can find fresh flowers, seasonal produce, a squeezing machine for fresh orange juice, bulk foods like rice and grains, a cold case with cheese, sausages and beer, and an impressive selection of coffees and teas. It also carries fine vinegars, olive oils and cooking spices.