{"id":266410,"date":"2026-04-14T00:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266410\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:22:11","slug":"new-smoothie-spot-opens-on-park-boulevard-in-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266410\/","title":{"rendered":"New smoothie spot opens on Park Boulevard in Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.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:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit it here<\/a>.\u00a0Subscribing to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/nosh\/nosh-newsletter\" 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>Delight <\/p>\n<p>A new smoothie spot has soft-opened on the east side of Lake Merritt, according to a reader tip. It is owned by friends of Admas Ethiopian and Eritrean foods, which is next door. Specials include a pineapple mint and coconut refresher that\u2019s made with fresh pineapple and mint, coconut water, and honey. They also offer acai bowls and other classic smoothies like mango, avocado, and strawberry. Delight, 1910 Park Blvd., Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>Tay Ho <\/p>\n<p>Not a new opening, but rather news that Tay Ho, a beloved Vietnamese spot in Oakland\u2019s Chinatown, has managed to remain open despite a shocking attempted burglary last week in which a car was rammed repeatedly into the facade of the restaurant. The alarm system scared off the would-be thieves, but not before causing significant damage. TayHo made some temporary fixes and launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/standing-with-tayho-oakland-after-devastating-damage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe<\/a> to help with repairs and a new security gate. The crowd-funder has mobilized fans of the minority-owned, mother-daughter business and raised upwards of $30K at the time of writing. <a href=\"https:\/\/tayhooakland.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tay Ho<\/a>, 344, 12th St., Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/04\/02\/cinnaholic-return-vegan-cinnamon-rolls-franchise\" 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\/04\/1776126130_141_Cinnaholic-dozen-signaturerolls.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cinnaholic returns to its roots with new Berkeley location\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"554710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/04\/02\/cinnaholic-return-vegan-cinnamon-rolls-franchise\/cinnaholic-dozen-signaturerolls\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cinnaholic-dozen-signaturerolls.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" 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=\"Cinnaholic-dozen-signaturerolls\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Berkeley-born Cinnaholic is known for its vegan cinnamon rolls, including signature flavors like the \u201cVery Berry Roll.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cinnaholic-dozen-signaturerolls.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\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:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/04\/02\/cinnaholic-return-vegan-cinnamon-rolls-franchise\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cinnaholic returns to its roots with new Berkeley location<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tApril 2, 2026April 2, 2026, 12:31 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/04\/01\/lulus-ace-daytrip-counter-service-restaurant-conversion\" 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\/04\/1776126130_357_large-Natera_NOSH_LULUSKITCHEN-CounterService_260325_010.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018Less crying in the walk-in\u2019: East Bay restaurants switch to counter service to survive\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"554631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/04\/01\/lulus-ace-daytrip-counter-service-restaurant-conversion\/large-natera_nosh_luluskitchen-counterservice_260325_010\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/large-Natera_NOSH_LULUSKITCHEN-CounterService_260325_010.jpg?fit=1600%2C1068&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1068\" 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_LULUSKITCHEN-CounterService_260325_010\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lulu\u2019s Kitchen staffer Nicole Masters takes customer Lianne Martin\u2019s order at the counter. 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She is the former co-director of Oakland Voices, a project of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/author\/momochang\" 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\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nosh\u00a0covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2466,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-266410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-home-lead","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\/266410","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=266410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}