The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, OSSAP-SDGs says it is not under probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
A new Black-owned food collective is opening a marketplace in West Oakland
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Red Door Catering owner Reign Free (left) speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Alex Padilla during a visit to West Oakland’s Red Door Catering. The kitchen will host the new Black Culinary Collective.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
A new collective of Black-owned food and beverage producers is officially forming on Wednesday and the group is looking for five more members. Together, they’ll share a commercial kitchen space in West Oakland, sell their goods at an on-site marketplace and collaborate on community service projects.
San Francisco, Bay Area restaurants that permanently closed last month
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Cosecha, at 907 Washington St., Oakland, closed at the end of March.Angela M. via Yelp
Throughout March, many Bay Area restaurants and businesses continued to close for good despite most Bay Area counties moving into the less restrictive orange tier of California’s reopening plan.
Two longstanding restaurants among the losses included Tyger’s Coffee Shop in San Francisco, which quietly closed on March 31, and Baja Cactus in Milpitas, which closed after 36 years in business.
Many businesses shuttered after an inability to agree on leases with their landlords. That was the case with 10-year-old cocktail bar Maven, which forever closed at the end of March but it’s just one of the many reasons these businesses shut down. Last month, former owners of Prairie, CatHead’s BBQ and The Stud talked about the different ways their restaurants or bars couldn’t survive the pandemic, and what