{"id":218486,"date":"2026-03-13T19:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218486\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:10:22","slug":"an-east-bay-french-bakery-departs-as-a-japanese-bakery-arrives-in-its-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218486\/","title":{"rendered":"An East Bay French bakery departs as a Japanese bakery arrives in its place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/nosh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nosh<\/a>\u00a0covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/nosh\/nosh-tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit it here<\/a>.\u00a0Subscribing to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nosh newsletter<\/a>\u00a0is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene.<\/p>\n<p>La Noisette Sweets<\/p>\n<p>The West Berkeley French patisserie is shuttering, announcing that the last day of operation will be April 1. Owner Alain Shocron shared an Instagram story last Friday with the news and wrote, \u201cThank you for the memories, the laughter, and all the sweetness we\u2019ve shared. We\u2019re not crying\u2013it\u2019s just powdered sugar in our eye.\u201d La Noisette bakery operated in the Berkeley Kitchens space for about 10 years, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2019\/04\/18\/the-berkeley-kitchens-an-epicenter-for-some-of-the-east-bays-best-food-makers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told NOSH<\/a> in 2019 that while the bakery is mostly French-style, influences include Italian, Moroccan, Spanish, and Canadian. The Chronicle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/restaurants\/article\/milk-cloud-bakery-shokupan-berkeley-21955425.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> that Mild Cloud Bakery, a pop-up that makes Japanese milk bread, will be opening in the space in April.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lanoisettesweets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Noisette Sweets<\/a>, 2701 Eighth St., Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/02\/10\/cenaduria-elvira-jack-london-square-jalisco-tostadas\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-20260123_CenaduriaElvira_EG_16-1200x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Oakland\u2019s famous tostada is back. Cenaduria Elvira is opening near Jack London Square\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"468951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/02\/10\/cenaduria-elvira-jack-london-square-jalisco-tostadas\/large-20260123_cenaduriaelvira_eg_16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-20260123_CenaduriaElvira_EG_16.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"large-20260123_CenaduriaElvira_EG_16\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The tostada raspada, from Jalisco, Mexico, is the signature dish at Cenaduria Elvira. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-20260123_CenaduriaElvira_EG_16-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-20260123_CenaduriaElvira_EG_16.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/02\/10\/cenaduria-elvira-jack-london-square-jalisco-tostadas\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland\u2019s famous tostada is back. Cenaduria Elvira is opening near Jack London Square<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 10, 2026Feb. 10, 2026, 1:16 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/01\/22\/flour-and-water-pizza-lark-open\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/large-20260120_Flower20waterEG_011-1200x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"For its first location outside San Francisco, Flour + Water knew it had to be Oakland\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"467994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/01\/22\/flour-and-water-pizza-lark-open\/large-20260120_flowerwatereg_011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/large-20260120_Flower20waterEG_011.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"large-20260120_FlowerwaterEG_011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Flour + Water Pizza Shop officially opened in Oakland on Jan. 22, 2026. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/large-20260120_Flower20waterEG_011-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/large-20260120_Flower20waterEG_011.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/01\/22\/flour-and-water-pizza-lark-open\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">For its first location outside San Francisco, Flour + Water knew it had to be Oakland<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 22, 2026Jan. 23, 2026, 8:53 a.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/03\/11\/cafe-bolita-masa-emmanuel-galvan\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/large-Natera_Nosh_CafeBolita_260305_001-1200x900.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Inside Berkeley\u2019s new restaurant devoted to the art of masa\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"470614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/03\/11\/cafe-bolita-masa-emmanuel-galvan\/large-natera_nosh_cafebolita_260305_001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/large-Natera_Nosh_CafeBolita_260305_001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1143\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"large-Natera_Nosh_CafeBolita_260305_001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chef Emmanuel Galvan, of Bolita Masa, took over the Standard Fare restaurant space in West Berkeley with Cafe Bolita, a brick-and-mortar eatery focused on heirloom corn masa dishes, like tamales and blue corn tortillas. The cafe opened in February with a limited menu and service hours and will fully open in the coming weeks.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/large-Natera_Nosh_CafeBolita_260305_001-600x429.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/large-Natera_Nosh_CafeBolita_260305_001.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/03\/11\/cafe-bolita-masa-emmanuel-galvan\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Berkeley\u2019s new restaurant devoted to the art of masa<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMarch 11, 2026March 11, 2026, 3:57 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/author\/momo-chang\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MomoChang_AndriaLo_cropped2-100x100.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  data-attachment-id=\"388703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/?attachment_id=388703\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MomoChang_AndriaLo_cropped2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1517,1397\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andria Lo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1417695085&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;photo by Andria Lo&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MomoChang_AndriaLo_cropped2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Momo Chang, alumni coordinator at Oakland Voices.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MomoChang_AndriaLo_cropped2-300x276.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MomoChang_AndriaLo_cropped2-1200x1105.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Momo Chang is a freelance journalist who writes about food, culture, and social issues. She is the former co-director of Oakland Voices, a project of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/author\/momo-chang\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Momo Chang\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0Nosh\u00a0covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2436,143,145,144,8387],"class_list":["post-218486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-berkeley-restaurants-and-bars","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-west-berkeley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218486","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=218486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}