{"id":316299,"date":"2026-05-15T00:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316299\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T00:20:14","slug":"mexican-and-thai-lao-restaurants-shutter-in-uptown-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316299\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican and Thai Lao restaurants shutter in Uptown Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0<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>Mix\u00e9 <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the tipster who let us know that the mezcal and espresso bar Mix\u00e9 in Uptown Oakland has quietly closed. It\u2019s reported as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/mixe-uptown-oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">permanently closed on Yelp<\/a> and the website is also no longer working. Mix\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2024\/12\/03\/new-restaurants-oakland-emeryville-walnut-creek\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened in the former Calavera space<\/a> toward the end of 2024. Mix\u00e9 was located at 2337 Broadway, Oakland<\/p>\n<p>Souk Savanh 2.0<\/p>\n<p>It appears after opening for a <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2026\/03\/31\/fungi-foods-studio-estepan-tita-beccas-sanaa-opening\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">short time<\/a> in Uptown, this Thai Lao restaurant is closing. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYN4ropPhGb\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram post<\/a>, the restaurant operators pointed, in part, to landlord disputes as the issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/souksavanh2.0\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Souk Savanh<\/a> 2.0 was located at 1707 Telegraph Ave., 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\/29\/bar-panisse-cocktails\" 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\/05\/1778804413_750_large-EBNosh_BarPanisse-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Panisse but a party: 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data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bar Panisse opened in the North Shattuck area in December 2025. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/large-EBNosh_BarPanisse-15.jpg?fit=780%2C520&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\/29\/bar-panisse-cocktails\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panisse but a party: New bar is the hip younger sibling to Berkeley\u2019s most famous restaurant<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tApril 29, 2026April 29, 2026, 2:07 p.m.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/05\/13\/saints-smokehouse-bbq-rashad-armstead-chopped\" 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\" 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nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This \u2018Chopped\u2019 winner is back in Oakland with some of the Bay\u2019s best smoked brisket and ribs<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMay 13, 2026May 13, 2026, 2:20 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\/30\/tarts-de-feybesse-trompe-loeil-mango-pastries\" 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\/05\/1778804414_546_large-Natera_NOSH_TartsFeybesse_260320_008.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tarts de Feybesse deploys deception, creativity and technique for top-selling treat\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"556235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2026\/04\/30\/tarts-de-feybesse-trompe-loeil-mango-pastries\/large-natera_nosh_tartsfeybesse_260320_008\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/large-Natera_NOSH_TartsFeybesse_260320_008.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_TartsFeybesse_260320_008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Paul Feybesse prepares to crack into a mango trompe l\u2019oeil, the top seller at Tarts de Feybesse. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/large-Natera_NOSH_TartsFeybesse_260320_008.jpg?fit=780%2C521&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\/30\/tarts-de-feybesse-trompe-loeil-mango-pastries\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tarts de Feybesse deploys deception, creativity and technique for top-selling treat<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tApril 30, 2026April 30, 2026, 4:34 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:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/author\/momochang\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778804414_841_Momo-Chang_photo.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMomo 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.\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<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":316300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,2593],"class_list":["post-316299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-restaurants-and-bars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316299","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=316299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}