{"id":181821,"date":"2026-02-17T19:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/181821\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:33:06","slug":"berkeleys-bar-panisse-is-still-in-the-honeymoon-phase-heres-how-to-get-through-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/181821\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley\u2019s Bar Panisse Is Still In the Honeymoon Phase. Here\u2019s How to Get Through the Door."},"content":{"rendered":"

Although C\u00e9sar<\/a> is still in the hearts and minds of longtime Berkeleyites<\/a>, Bar Panisse<\/a> earns its own following, thanks to the added star power of Chez Panisse<\/a>. The sister businesses definitely share a farm-to-table ethos, although Bar Panisse falls under the guidance of chef Amelia Telc, previously of Tartine and Mission Chinese Food. The menu has already shifted from its opening in December<\/a> to more seasonal options in February, but here are some tips on navigating a visit.<\/p>\n

The cocktail list comes courtesy of Dylan O\u2019Brien of Prizefighter Bar<\/a> in Emeryville, and it\u2019s a solid list of eight classics given some oomph, such as a house grenadine or the addition of lemon verbena to a martini. For me, the winner was the Whiskey Buck ($13), a bourbon drink made with lime, allspice dram, ginger, and soda water. It is heavy-handed with the ginger, with the spiciness acting as a strong counterpoint to the bourbon (in a pleasant way).<\/p>\n

Bar Panisse is still in the honeymoon phase of its opening, meaning it\u2019s attracting crowds and a wait, as the bar doesn\u2019t take reservations. Arrive 10 minutes or so before opening time at 5 p.m., and that should get you into the first wave of seating (fair warning, there is typically a line that forms before opening). That being said, I hear that Sundays and Mondays are the easiest days to slide in, even at peak times like 6 p.m.; on Thursdays, things can slow closer to 8 p.m., giving you a couple of hours for drinks and bites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although C\u00e9sar is still in the hearts and minds of longtime Berkeleyites, Bar Panisse earns its own following,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28829,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-181821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}