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The Experience, Alameda: C’era Una Volta Kitchen + Catering June 26 Menu
The Experience: What's for dinner next week? Let Chef Rudy take care of your meals for you. Here's the menu for Tuesday, June 25. Fill your week with a bit of Tuscany! Choose 3 entrées, each including 2 portions plus 1 Salad & 1 Focaccia per entrée. Package Price: only $80 (or $13.33 per meal) Order by Friday June 21 and pick it up on Tuesday June 25 or have it delivered to you and you are set! TUTTI A TAVOLA ~ all at the table ~ A variety of menu styles with traditional, vegetarian and vegan options. Menu for June 25: Salads Orto Salad – Organic mixed baby greens, carrots, radishes, olives, tomatoes and a side of balsamic vinaigrette Spinach Salad – Organic baby spinach, carrots, walnuts, caramelized red onions Cali-Italia Salad – Organic mixed greens, gorgonzola cheese, walnuts, dried cranberries and side of vinaigrette (vegan upon request) Entrees Ravioli Spinaci - Spinach Ravioli & Meat Sauce (beef) - Garnish: parmigiano/black pepper Ravioli Porcini - Mushroom Ravioli with mushroom cream sauce
The Experience, Richmond: Sailing Goat Restaurant Weekend
The Experience: Farm to table, adult social beverages + live music! On the water at Pt San Pablo Harbor. A bayside escape to nourish the body and feed the soul, offering coastal cuisine with seasonal plates, local beer and wine to the sounds of live music. Sailing Goat has it all! Featured here is Roasted Asparagus and Lentils - roasted red onion, cilantro and coconut curry masala sauce. Music lineup this weekend: Fri, Jun 14, 5–8pm - Maggie Forti & Three Rivers. Maggie Forti, Jeff Hobbs and John Raferty! Three Rivers is a trio that plays multi-genre sets with originals and Americana covers. "Singer-songwriter Maggie Forti blends folk-rock, Celtic, soul, and New Grass idioms to buoy her soaring, sometimes gospel-tinged voice." ~ Derk Richardson/KPFA Sat, Jun 15, 5–8pm - Los Nadies. Danceable fusion that includes Rumba Flamenca, Cumbia, Afro-Cuban, Peruvian & Brazilian music, Reggae and South American folklore with poetically and politically infused lyrics. Sun, Jun 16, 5–8pm - Brazilian Happiness - Forró da Gente.
The Experience, Alameda: Almanac Beer Co. Collaboration
The Experience: The ballgame just got better with Ballers Love Hazy IPA! Help welcome The Ballers to Raimondi Park! In this special collaboration, Ballers Love Hazy IPA is the perfect way to celebrate the return of professional baseball to West Oakland. This special edition IPA will be available at the ballpark all season. This Hazy India Pale Ale is dry-hopped with Mosaic, Citra & Sabro. You can also order it online in four-packs. Limited quantity. Almanac fans get 25% off Ballers tickets for their homestand series Thursday, June 13 - Sunday, June 16. Use code ALMANAC25 at check out. Tickets About the Oakland Ballers The Oakland Ballers (aka the B's) is a new professional baseball team launched in the Spring of 2024. The B's are part of the Pioneer League, which was founded in 1939, as its first ever West Coast franchise. The B's are backed by more than 50 Bay Area sports fans, who believe that the true value of a sports team is its power to bring people together.
The Experience, Emeryville: Bay St Emeryville Copper & Malt
The Experience Flights of Wine + Chocolate anyone? Emeryville has its own Brewery - wonderful Wondrous Brewing and now, its own Wine Bar. Walk into newly opened Copper & Malt at Bay St and Somms (Sommeliers) will guide you through an extraordinary wine tasting that you can even pair with chocolate. And besides the wine bar in this shop, every spirit here has a story. “We like to tell the stories behind our wines and spirits,” says co-owner Ashley Sandhu. “Our Somms, each with 35 years’ experience, curated our wine experience with a mix of domestic and international wines." Love the buttery chardonnays? They’ve got one for you. Don’t love the buttery chardonnays, they have a French chardonnay for you. And more. Shelves boast unique beers from around the globe. Grab a beer, come sit at the bar and explore that country. Look around and you will see that Copper & Malt is also a lovely gift shop. Something for everyone in your life. Artisan chocolates
The Experience, Richmond: East Brother Beer Co Summer
The Experience: Summertime and the drinking is healthy! You have probably already tried their award-winning Bo Pils, which is light on calories. Now we’d like to introduce you to their Blond Ale: the Balanced Beauty. Their Blonde Ale is a harmonious blend of mild malt sweetness and gentle hop bitterness, resulting in a light and easy-drinking ale. Perfectly balanced wiith an ABV of 4.2%, it's the go-to beer for those afternoons when you want to unwind without undoing your fitness efforts. They think of their Blonde Ale as the “zen master of beers – it knows the secret to keeping everything in equilibrium.” Grab your friends and head down to East Brother’s taproom. You can have some tasty bites with your Blonde Ale out on the patio. Food Truck Lineup: Thurs, June 6, 4-9pm - Los Rockeros Fri, June 7, 4-9pm - Uncle Cheezy's Pizza
The Experience, Emeryville: Trader Vic’s Captain’s Cabin
The Experience: A taste of paradise on the water! Did you know Trader Vic’s has unique private dining spaces as well as the grand Captain’s Cabin? It’s a large room with lots of glass and views, opening onto a lovely deck on the water with vistas of the Marinas and beyond to San Francisco Bay. You can host your next event or gathering in paradise, right here in Emeryville! It’s the Tiki vibe created with music from the islands in the background and the rustic bar outside where you can opt for appetizers from the Tahitian Collection and present TV’s Mai Tai Boat! After all, the Mai Tai was invented by ‘The Trader’ Vic Bergeron and now Trader Vic’s Emeryville is home to the Mai Tai, a destination on the water in Emeryville. Fans say this venue is fantastic and rave about the Spring Rolls, Crispy Prawns
