The neighborhood we are staying in is considered North Berkeley and just a couple blocks away is a collection of awesome restaurants and cool shops. This group of restaurants is known as the Gourmet Ghetto. They have an entire website that you can check out if you click here. Almost every month they have some type of festival or special event. The latest event was called a Taste of North Berkeley.
When we purchased our tickets we received a brochure with a listing of all the restaurants and a map of the locations that were participating. Each location would check off the circle next to their business' name as you received your food item. Jon and I are super competitive so it was important that all of our circles were checked off. The only ones we missed were the locations that ran out of food and closed by the time we arrived.
Each restaurant or shop served something different and several of them offered discounts if you return. Jon's favorite was the black truffle mac and cheese from Le Petit Cochon and with my giant sweet tooth I enjoyed the ice cream samples and the carrot cake from Virginia Bakery.
This has been one of my favorite experiences since we arrived. It was such a great way to experience the culture and all the proceeds benefited the local schools gardening program.
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