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Large Chocolate Chip Cookie atop Large Peanut Butter Cookie on White Bag Bay Area Black-Owned Businesses Business Reviews Oakland 

Product Review: Chocolate Chip Walnut and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Gregory’s Gourmet Desserts

This Friday past, I popped into Gregory’s just knowin’ I was gonna get my hands on a coffee cookie. Yes, coffee.

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Sauteed Green Beans on White Plate with Sauteed Shrimp and a Fork Bay Area Black-Owned Businesses Business Reviews Oakland Small Business 

Product Review: Shrimp and Green Beans at Kingston 11

In all the time I’ve been in Oakland — well, really, in all the time this restaurant has been open; I got here, first — I’d never gotten a chance to sit and eat at Kingston 11, a Jamaican food restaurant.

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Art For Pape Small Business 

Mary Mary: Dirt (2008)

I’m so happy and proud I could burst wide open! I just finished an online CBEST reading and writing prep session with a tutoring student. Originally, we tried to meet this Saturday past, but because somebody’s (read: my) back-up computer was Poltergeist-ridden, we decided to reschedule to today.

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Black-Owned Businesses Business Reviews Family-Owned Business Oakland 

Product Review: Macaroni and Cheese at Lena’s Soul Food

I thought Lena’s first home–the one that used to have the dollar menu–was closed. Now, I’m not sure. Drive by and see. Regardless, although Lena’s has expanded, and may only exist in the new larger location (where Soul’s used to be), I’m still writing this review based on one of my experiences at the old location.

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