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...ate groups. For instance, on a recent Tuesday, a group of freelance food writers from six countries learned a bit of Rockridge history and visited A-16, Market Hall, La Farine, Ver Brugge, Zachary’s and Dreyer’s. Both are the brainchild of Lauren Herpich, who with her husband headed directly for an apartment in Rockridge when they moved from Chicago in 2013. Expecting their first child and priced out of houses here, they are now in Lafayette where she worries that their eight- month- old w...

By Judith Doner Berne

ence the area where her parents lived when by Judith Doner Berne When you stop and think about it, it makes perfect sense – a Rockridge Heritage and Walking Food Tour. But it took a newcomer to make it happen. Lauren Herpich and her husband Chris, who met on Match.com, moved here from Chicago a year and a half ago – a few months after they were married (a desti- nation wedding in Napa). As they got on the plane to return to Chicago, they asked themselves, why?...

By Judith Doner Berne

three-hour, three-mile route. “Let me give you some food. It’s a food tour,” she began. Starting on the Berkeley side of Tunnel Road, we learned about and sampled spe- Zachary’s Chicago Pizza is the one sit-down stop on Lauren Herpich’s (near right in photo) Rockridge food tour, which also covers some of the community’s history. /Judith Doner Berne food tours, although certainly new at design- ing one of her own. The New Jersey native led tours for Chicago Food Planet w...

...orn.org. street at Spasso Coffee House and in Hayward at PhotoCentral’s gallery. Among the historical prints available at Bosko’s are portraits of Xavier New Path for Rockridge Food Tour The Rockridge Heritage and Walking Food Tour, run by Lauren Herpich, has a new heart-of-Rockridge focus. When the tours began in June of last year, they started in Berkeley by the Claremont Hotel and included a stop at Amphora Nueva, an artisan olive oil shop on Domingo. It was quite a hike to the next sto...

By Carl Schmitz

...972. Its focus has always been as a community bank, involved in local activities. It does offer ATM services and loans to small businesses and “Heron,” ©Adria Peterson ➧➧Art on the Avenue, page 12 ’Tis The Season for Holiday Dinner Help by Lauren Herpich The last two months of the year are always filled with the sounds of holiday cheer: the jingle of bells, the crunch of shopping bags being filled with goodies and holiday

...of sage leaves, and some salt and pepper goes a long way,” Balliet says. You can get more recipe ideas from the store’s weekly email. Visit Ver Brugge to sign up – you can even win a $25 gift card. If you’re not in the mood to cook, Market Lauren Herpich is the owner of the new Rockridge Neighborhood Heritage & Walking Food Tour. To gift your new neighbors or treat your holiday guests, go to www.rockridgefoodtour.com As a Realtor® at East Bay Sotheby’s International Realty, my goal is to p...

By Carl Schmitz

...ses in Rockridge. Like the develop- ment of the neighborhood itself, CCA was created in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when German-born craftsman Frederick Meyer looked to the East Bay for a temperate environment in by Lauren Herpich For Rockridge residents, it should be no surprise to hear that the neighborhood and many of our local haunts captured the eye of editors and readers of Oakland Magazine for its annual “Best of Oakland and the East Bay” list. Earlier this s...

...food, Ver Brugge is expanding its selection with a new sous-vide prepared food line for Rockridge residents who are on the go and don’t have much time to cook. There were even some shops like Seven 7 Salon (5358 College Avenue) who clearly Lauren Herpich is the owner of the new Rockridge Neighborhood Heritage & Walking Food Tour. To schedule a tour, go to www.rockridgefoodtour.com MAXI LILLEY THE ROCKRIDGE REALTOR® WITH A designer’s eye “Hi! Jenner and Erin here with mommy reminding

“It’s always pained me to hear parents say that they or their child felt like they couldn’t come and enjoy our Ice Cream & Gelato Tour because of an allergy,” Lauren McCabe Herpich, owner of Local Food Adventures, says. “All kids should feel included and be

they were newly married. As a result of their feedback and that from other tours, Lauren has already altered the route to make it more direct while adding Ver Brugge Meat-Fish Poultry market (begun in 1947 and celebrating 35 years at its current location) to the list of stops. Now is the time to tell you that the 33-year-old Herpich i...