
Ay Caramba • 1903 University • 1979-2000
Bacheeso’s • 2501 San Pablo, 2650 Telegraph • 1986-2019
Black Sheep • 2510 Durant, 2243 Telegraph, 2550 Bancroft • 1931-2002
Brennan’s • 720 University 1958-2008, 700 University 2008-2018
Buttercup Bakery (later Buttercup Cocina) • 3201 College • 1958-2005
Caffé Espresso • 2481 Hearst • 1967-1984
Caffé Mediterraneum (“the Med”) • 2475 Telegraph • 1958 (as Il Piccolo)-2017
Caffe Venezia • 1799 University • 1980-2013
Casa de Eva • 2826 Telegraph • 1966-1989
Corso • 1788 Shattuck • 2008-2020
Cruchon’s • 1926 Shattuck • 1950-1972
Edy’s • 2201 Shattuck • 1921-1996
El Dumpo • 2081 Allston • 1944-1954
Fat Slice Pizza • 1985-2019
Fondue Fred’s • 2556 Telegraph • 1978-2020
Giovanni’s • 2420 & 2468 Shattuck • 1963-2009
Ground Cow • 1974 Shattuck • 1948-1964
Hs Lordships • 199 Seawall • 1970-2018
Jule’s • 2238 Telegraph • 1940-1958
King Tsin • 1699 Solano • 1969-2015
La China Poblana • 1004 University, 937 San Pablo • 1959-1984
La Fiesta • 2444 Telegraph • 1959-2011
La Tolteca • 1732 University • 1947-1989
Larry Blake’s • 2367 Telegraph • 1943-2008
Mel’s Drive In • 2399 Shattuck; also other locations • 1954-1972
Oscar’s • 2626 Bancroft, 1890 Shattuck • 1950-2015
Ozzie’s Soda Fountain at Elmwood Pharmacy • 2900 College • 1950-1989
Pizza Haven • 2440 Bancroft • 1962-1981
Pot Luck • 712 University 1956-58, 2400 San Pablo • 1959-1975
Red Barn • 1742 Solano • 1951-1964
Robbie’s Cafeteria • 2379 Telegraph • 1956-1975
Salerno • 2468 Shattuck • 1974-2001
Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto • 1919 Fourth St. • established 1894, full-service restaurant in 1930s, closed 2018
True Blue Cafeteria • 2128-30 Center • 1934-1941
Wing Kong • 2005 Shattuck • 1949-1977
(Criteria for inclusion: opened before 1980, lasted at least a decade. Dates may be off by one year; many are based on phone directories. The ones with yellow backgrounds have been added to our original list, and other suggestions have been received since, but we haven’t been able to research them all.)
By Ann Harlow

















