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Our good friend Roy Fong of Imperial Tea Court of San Francisco, CA just
opened a new place in Berkeley at 1511 Shattuck. As opposed to his tearoom at Powell and Broadway in SF, this has an open space place, a garden inside. Epicurious Garden is a collection of several gourme places. ITC is just one of them. http://epicuriousgarden.com/index.html If I understood him right they will also be serving very "chinese" chinese food there shortly. I hope that the pot stench that permeates the vicinity of the campus will spare the delicate interiors of the wenxianbeis. Sasha. |
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Alex digy.net3/20/06
> Our good friend Roy Fong of Imperial Tea Court of San Francisco, CA just > opened a new place in Berkeley at 1511 Shattuck. > As opposed to his tearoom at Powell and Broadway in SF, this has an open > space place, a garden inside. Epicurious Garden is a collection of several > gourme places. ITC is just one of them. > http://epicuriousgarden.com/index.html > If I understood him right they will also be serving very "chinese" chinese > food there shortly. I hope that the pot stench that permeates the vicinity > of the campus will spare the delicate interiors of the wenxianbeis. > > Sasha. > > Sasha, Have we reason to fear a proliferation of Tea Courts throughout the nation, bringing tea to the masses in the style to which they have become accustomed? So, what's "very 'chinese' chinese food"? Michael |
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"Alex Chaihorsky" > writes:
> Our good friend Roy Fong of Imperial Tea Court of San Francisco, CA just > opened a new place in Berkeley at 1511 Shattuck. > As opposed to his tearoom at Powell and Broadway in SF, this has an open > space place, a garden inside. Epicurious Garden is a collection of several > gourme places. ITC is just one of them. > http://epicuriousgarden.com/index.html > If I understood him right they will also be serving very "chinese" chinese > food there shortly. I hope that the pot stench that permeates the vicinity > of the campus will spare the delicate interiors of the wenxianbeis. Hmm, how recently have you been to Berkeley? I spent a few hours wandering the campus early last November and found it pretty tame. The biggest crowd on Sproul Plaza was for the Young Republicans. I didn't smell anything, uh, amiss either on campus or during several walks on Shattuck. /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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Ever since opeining an ITC in San Francisco's gourmet haven at the
Ferry Building, Mr. Fong has seen a great boom in bussiness. He has been working very hard to open this new Berkeley location and I'm sure it will be a great success. ITC seems committed to maintaining a high quality of product, but I fear how this will affect the staff. Since the Ferry Building location opened and proved to be a success, Mr. Fong seems to have a hard time hiring and training knowledgeable employees. His best employee recently left to pursue his academic career, and now when I go to the main store the workers cannot answer simple questions about tea source, age, leaf quality, etc. This is particularly true of the puerhs. So, I wish Mr. Fong continued sucess, but I hope he can invest time in the training of a knowledgeable staff. 'odors' in Berkeley, most of the recent UC grads that I know are more concerned about earning potentials and investment portfolios to have time for a little weed. The same cannot be said for the Stanford grads that live above me and stink up the stairwell of our apartment building. -David L. |
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I see. May be my Berkeley experience is outdated
![]() spend more time with Russian artists in Berkeley than with American students.... I will be in the area (most probably) at the end of March - Roy and I have some business to do - would you consider a quiet hour together at any of these locations? Sasha. "Davelcorp" > wrote in message oups.com... > Ever since opeining an ITC in San Francisco's gourmet haven at the > Ferry Building, Mr. Fong has seen a great boom in bussiness. He has > been working very hard to open this new Berkeley location and I'm sure > it will be a great success. > ITC seems committed to maintaining a high quality of product, but I > fear how this will affect the staff. Since the Ferry Building location > opened and proved to be a success, Mr. Fong seems to have a hard time > hiring and training knowledgeable employees. His best employee > recently left to pursue his academic career, and now when I go to the > main store the workers cannot answer simple questions about tea source, > age, leaf quality, etc. This is particularly true of the puerhs. > So, I wish Mr. Fong continued sucess, but I hope he can invest time in > the training of a knowledgeable staff. > > 'odors' in Berkeley, most of the recent UC grads that I know are > more concerned about earning potentials and investment portfolios to > have time for a little weed. The same cannot be said for the Stanford > grads that live above me and stink up the stairwell of our apartment > building. > > -David L. > |
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Certainly!
Email me off-forum. My address is the same as my username @mac.com. Let me know when you are coming and we can arrange a meeting. I live very close to the Powell Street location, so I could easily meet you there. -David L. |
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