BERKELEY — After a fire closed it back in March, Alice Waters' Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse has an opening date: the Summer Solstice. For those not astronomically inclined, that is June 21. [LA Times]
FLORIDA — There's a new food festival for St. Petersburg, Florida: E.A.T. ST. PETE – St. Pete & the Bay Area Festival of Food, Wine and the Arts. Taking place November 15–17, this festival has everyone: Donatella Arpaia, Duff Goldman, Ingrid Hoffmann, Masaharu Morimoto, Ming Tsai, Scott Conant, and Todd English. [Eaterwire]
OKLAHOMA — Do not miss this video recorded by a KFC cook in Newcastle, Oklahoma of the monster tornado. [NBC]
BOSTON > LONDON — DooWee & Rice in Somerville, MA — a restaurant that's gained a food nerd following for dishes like crispy chicken hearts atop French fries doused with "great white sauce" — is expanding to London. The overseas location will be a franchise. [Eater Boston]
Chez Panisse [Photo: Brooke Raymond/Flickr]