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Lots of Events, Vacation Bore Alert

By Lev | Published: September 5, 2011
Hi, folks, I’m back. This week, with a little technical assistance from Analisa at Hyperarts, I’ll be posting some photos and video from my visit to the Basque country. My favorite bits include lunch at Arzak, fish tacos and tequila at a sociedad, and dinner at a sidreria. Chris found a guy who is [...]
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Chop Bar Pig Roast at Eat Real Fest on Sept 24 and 25, 2011

By Chop Bar | Published: August 30, 2011
This is our third year participating in the Eat Real Festival, a great event that takes place in Jack London Square on Sept 23-25, 2011. We will be roasting three little piggies on Saturday and Sunday (not Friday). We hope to see you all there! Follow @EatRealFest on Twitter to find out more about the event. Have any [...]
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Off To the Basque Country, Full Belly Goat

By Lev | Published: August 8, 2011
Well, folks, I’m off to the Basque Country with my family next week. I’ll be leaving you in the able hands of sous chefs Spike and Miguel. We’ll be visiting lots of sidrerias, asadores, pintxo bars, as well as a sociedad, which is a private cooking club of which most Basque males are traditionally [...]
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All Natural Local Pork From John Bledsoe

By Lev | Published: July 6, 2011
Chop Bar will now be buying all our pork and bacon directly from John Bledsoe, a farmer in Winters. His lamb is also delicious. Try out his pork at the pig roast on the 17th at Linden St.
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Spring

By Lev | Published: April 5, 2011
Spring is finally here, so we’ll be retooling the menu a bit. This week will be your last chance for pork shank for a while, we’ll be switching to a chop. The fish situation was pretty abysmal last month , mostly because of heavy rains, but this month we should be getting back to local [...]
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Wild Boar Farms, etc.

By Lev | Published: September 7, 2010
A lot of exciting new foods will be making their way onto our menu in the next couple of weeks. This weekend we’ll be doing a crimini mushroom hash with a poached duck egg, Fatted Calf pancetta, and a Fiscalini Cheddar grilled cheese. The duck egg and mushrooms come from the Old Oakland Farmer’s Market. We [...]
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Pig Roast, Lunch Menu, and Movies

By Lev | Published: May 14, 2010
Hi, everybody. Well, our first movie night was a lot of fun. Lots of people came down to eat free bacon popcorn and check out “Between the Folds”. Austin is being a bit cagy about this Monday’s selection, but I should have it posted by Sunday at the latest.   Speaking of Sunday, we are hosting, [...]
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Monday Night Movies, Monthly Pig Roasts

By Lev | Published: April 29, 2010
Starting May 10th, we are going to show movies every Monday night. Our upstairs neighbor Austin Hill will be curating the first few. The emphasis will be on local filmmakers and documentaries, but we’ll probably sneak “Porky’s” and “Animal House” in there once in a while. There will also be drink specials and a bar [...]
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Pig Roast is ON!

By Lev | Published: April 13, 2010
Hi, everybody. The forecast looks good for Sunday, so the pig roast is officially on. Our awesome handyman Alberto Contreras has rigged up my Caja China with a grill attachment, so we’ll be grilling up some veggies from the Farmers’ Market as well. We’re gonna get started around 5 so we can take advantage of [...]
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