Fwd: Shop (and Dine) Shattuck THIS Weekend | Joy Village Bazaar Dec. 13th | Hanukkah Pre Order | The Northside Preview

[Diane Tokugawa]

Diane

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Subject: Shop (and Dine) Shattuck THIS Weekend | Joy Village Bazaar Dec. 13th | Hanukkah Pre Order | The Northside Preview

Date: December 6, 2025 at 6:40:33 AM PST

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December 6, 2025 Happy December North Shattuck! It's that time of the year - start looking forward to cozy evenings, morning coffee walks in the neighborhood, holiday shopping, and quality time with your loved ones. North Shattuck has a place for it all!  Check out the 2025 North Shattuck Holiday Gifting Guide to get some holiday shopping inspiration! The Shopping Guide highlights some amazing gift ideas to check out when you are shopping Shattuck and supporting the local merchants.  As you start planning your holiday dine outs, dinners you're hosting, and special treats you want to share with your loved ones, take a look at the Food & Drink Guide. The second installment of the 2025 Holiday Gifting Guides highlights so many amazing restaurants, bakeries, and cafes across the district - explore your options for the holidays! Next week, get excited for the Pampering edition of the Gifting Guides! Joy Village Bazaar  Saturday, December 13 | 11am - 5pm A day of crafting, sipping, shopping, and snacking in North Berkeley to celebrate the holiday season. The North Shattuck Association is excited to bring you the Joy Village Bazaar, a free, family-friendly holiday celebration. Get excited for a day of crafting, sipping, shopping, and snacking to celebrate the holiday season.  The event will feature collage and card-making, cookie decorating, latkes from Saul's, caroling, hot cider live music, and a raffle with fabulous prizes from local merchants. Businesses along the Shattuck corridor will have special offers, so this will be the perfect day to do your holiday shopping and enjoy the community festivities. The former Books Inc. space (1491 Shattuck Ave.) will turn into a holiday village to host free community crafting activities such as cookie decorating, collage, and card making. Enjoy books and banter with John L. Harris and readings with Friends of the Berkeley Library. Berkeley High Jazz will keep your spirits high as you visit the hot cider station.  Enter raffles to win highly desirable items and gift certificates from neighborhood shops, such as Chez Panisse, M. Lowe & Co Jewelry, Fava, The Filling Station, Saul's Deli, Hillside Club, Samin Nosrat's new book Good Things, and candles from Mayor Ishii. Stroll the bustling district for holiday shopping special offers and dining with friends and family. Sing along with the Mistletoe Carolers as they serenade visitors with traditional holiday favorites. Visit ACCI Gallery for wreath-making and check out a featured artist holiday pop-up.  The North Shattuck and Vine area of Berkeley offers amazing gifts for everyone on your list from the latest fashions to local art, fine bottles of wine to gourmet cheeses, and massages to yoga gift certificates. Bring the whole family to create lasting holiday memories together.  Check out the 2025 Holiday Gifting Guide to get some holiday shopping inspiration in the district! The guide highlights some amazing gift ideas that you can choose for your loved ones from the local merchants. Visit the North Shattuck website to learn more about the event! Celebrate Hanukkah with Saul's! Saul's Deli | 1475 Shattuck Ave It's that time of year... and the Saul's At-Home Hanukkah Menu is here. Order your latkes, brisket, matzo ball soup, applesauce, sufganiot, plus so many more holiday options you'll be thrilled to put on your table. These Hanukkah menu items are available to order à la carte rather than as a meal bundle, so you can pick and choose which delicious dishes you want Saul's to provide! Preorder now and put your mind at ease. They even sell Hanukkah candles, chocolate gelt, and dreidels! You can preorder and pick up your Hanukkah meals from Saturday, December 13th through Monday, December 22nd. PREORDER YOUR HANUKKAH MEAL NOW! You can also join the Hanukkah celebrations in person by coming to Saul's to stop by the Latke Tent, which will have music, latkes with applesauce and sour cream, coffee, tea, beer, wine, and a special Hanukkah cocktail. Or, if you want to enjoy a full meal and celebration, Saul's will be hosting candle lighting with a special Hanukkah dinner menu from Sunday, December 14th through Monday, December 21st. Panoramic Northside Apartment Building Project Update Construction is wrapping up on Panoramic Northside, the new apartment building complex at 1752 Shattuck Ave in North Berkeley! This housing complex, located at the intersection of Francisco St and Shattuck Ave, will feature 72 units, a roof deck, the new home of Going Places Travel, bike storage, and other great amenities. The building is set to be completed in May 2026. Units in this apartment complex are available to lease - for inquiries on leasing, click here. Find out more on the Panoramic Northside website. North Shattuck Association members tour the project… East Bay Print Sale  Max's Garage Press | 1006 Pardee St., Berkeley Friday, December 5 - Sunday, December 7 | 10am-4pm The annual East Bay Print Sale is this weekend! This is a free, 4-day long event featuring over 200 local and international print artists and independent presses, showcasing over 15,000 handmade prints.  View and take home handmade prints, as you can dig through editions of unframed prints surrounded by the unique printing equipment used to make them. Every purchase supports local print artists and allows Max's Garage Press, our community print studio, to offer the most affordable access to DIY printmaking facilities in the Bay Area. Participating printmakers receive 72% of all sales and the remainder supports the studio.  This event is a fantastic way to support local artists and find the perfect unique art pieces to gift your friends and family! Welcome Tora, New District Maintenance Staff Let's give a warm welcome to Tora, the new maintenance staff member for the North Shattuck district!  Tora has 10+ years of experience working in commercial district maintenance services with Peralta Services. We are thrilled and grateful to have him helping keep the North Shattuck District landscaped, and litter and graffiti free. Tora works in the North Shattuck district on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. If you see him around the district, please take a moment to say hello and ask him any questions you may have! If there is a maintenance request, please contact the North Shattuck Association at in...@northshattuck.orgso the NSA can facilitate Tora's prompt response.  Edible Excursions: North Berkeley Food Tours If you are looking for new restaurants to try, want to revisit an old favorite neighborhood, or want to immerse yourself in the vibrant culinary history of the Bay Area, check out Edible Excursions! They are a women-owned and operated local business that has been hosting walking food tours around the Bay Area since 2004.  The North Berkeley food tour runs on Thursdays and Saturdays from 11am-2pm, and visits several iconic spots in the long-standing Berkeley culinary scene. The guides, who are food writers, chefs, and restaurant workers, will take you to places like Saul's Deli, the Cheese Board Collective, and other noteworthy North Berkeley spots where you will learn about the farms and food sources, sustainability practices, and history of these establishments - and of course, EAT! This is a great option if you have friends or family visiting from out of town, so you can show off the amazing Bay Area culinary scene with guidance from the experts! Check out the Oakland and San Francisco food tours too, as there are more neighborhoods to explore on the walking tours where the spots may be newer for you! Book a Food Tour Now! Give the Gift of Berkeley Bucks Buy a Berkeley Bucks Gift Card Here Support small businesses in Berkeley by gifting Berkeley Bucks - the city-wide gift card you can use at a ton of Berkeley establishments!  No app, downloads, or special technology required. Simply purchase Berkeley Bucks as a gift for someone (or yourself) and redeem it at any participating businesses by simply showing them the card from your phone or by bringing a printed copy. North Shattuck Businesses Accepting Berkeley Bucks ACCI Gallery Agrodolce Osteria Cafenated Coffee Co. Kitchen on Fire Love at First Bite Bakery M. Lowe & Company Victory Point Cafe Vintage Berkeley Yogakula NORTH BERKELEY OUTDOOR ART GALLERY  We need your help to install this exciting public art project in North Shattuck! Secure your street banner location today by sponsoring an original art display on the street poles of Shattuck, creating a destination outdoor gallery. The North Shattuck Association is excited to announce a project as unique as the North Shattuck district itself and you are invited to showcase your business, your family, or recognize a beloved aspect of the community as an artwork. An inspired outdoor original art gallery of prominent street banners featuring curated local artists’ works will dot the length of Shattuck Avenue from Delaware to Rose streets. Your business/name can be featured as a presenter of one or more banners, featured in promotion of the gallery, on the tour brochure, and acknowledged on the North Shattuck website.  This is an amazing opportunity to support local artists, promote community culture and placemaking, and to elevate your brand/name with the historically innovative district of North Shattuck. Over ten thousand people traverse Shattuck Avenue each day and your business/name can be spotlighted on one or more of these high profile eight foot tall banners. ) As a destination feature for Berkeley, the North Shattuck outdoor gallery, will have a digital platform with a map of the banner locations, artists bios, descriptions of the art, and, of course, acknowledgement of you as a presenting sponsor of the installation(s). Various promotional partnerships include City of Berkeley, Visit Berkeley, Berkeley Hills Living magazine, ACCI Gallery, and others. The outdoor gallery will feature prominently in the North Shattuck Association’s social media and monthly newsletters with over 5,000 subscribers. Bay Area media outlets will also be informed of this unique public arts initiative. The launch of the installations will culminate with a gala reception celebrating the artists and supporters like you, and with invitations to key Berkeley stakeholders and community members. Your contacts at the North Shattuck Association assistance and sponsor questions:  Jacob Cohen - (510) 612-2347 or Daniel Swafford - (510) 452-7392 Upcoming North Shattuck Association Board Meeting:  Thursday, January 15, 2026 11am-12pm Via Zoom

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