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OLIVE BRANCH ROASTERS AND THE TWO-LOT THEORY OF COFFEE
ISSUE №57 · BY DAISY · 5-MIN READ
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HAND & FOOT TAILORING AND THE CANTONESE HEM RULE
ISSUE №56 · BY NICHOLAS · 4-MIN READ
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FROM THE EDITOR · WHAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING
Zareen's Opens a Fourth Kitchen is mid-soft-opening at her fourth kitchen in Sunnyvale, dialing in quality and service before the official launch. Olive Branch Roasters and the Two-Lot Theory of Coffee knows both growers by name and refuses to scale past two farms. Hand & Foot Tailoring and the Cantonese Hem Rule still hems pants for $14, the same as last year and the year before. The Tutor Room at 826 Valencia That Has Been Open Since 2002 is still tutoring at 3:15 p.m. on a Tuesday, just like every weekday since 2002. Marcus the Locksmith Who Will Not Open Your Apartment Without ID still checks ID before opening a door. The cheapest and slowest locksmith on Geary, on purpose. Rose Akiyama Throws Forty Bowls a Week. She Will Not Throw Forty-One. throws exactly forty bowls a week and has a fifteen-month waitlist. The 6 a.m. tai chi circle by Lake Merritt has held the same southwest corner of the lake every morning for sixteen years. The Mission's Last Mariachi Tailor hand-stitches another traje at 4:42 a.m. His children argue about the shop. All 63 issues →
PARTNER FEATURE · IN COLLABORATION WITH ZAREEN'S RESTAURANT
Zareen's Opens a Fourth Kitchen
Twelve years after the first sold-out cooking class in Saratoga, Zareen Khan is opening her fourth Pakistani-Indian restaurant. This one is in Sunnyvale, currently in soft opening, dialing in excellence in quality and service before the official launch. The shami kebabs are still hand-rolled the way her mother taught her.
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THE ARCHIVE
63 issues · Next saturday: june 06, 2026
Zareen's Opens a Fourth Kitchen
Olive Branch Roasters and the Two-Lot Theory of Coffee
Hand & Foot Tailoring and the Cantonese Hem Rule
The Tutor Room at 826 Valencia That Has Been Open Since 2002
Marcus the Locksmith Who Will Not Open Your Apartment Without ID
Rose Akiyama Throws Forty Bowls a Week. She Will Not Throw Forty-One.
The last Korean tofu house on Geary Street
The 6 a.m. tai chi circle by Lake Merritt
The Mission's Last Mariachi Tailor
The Oakland Roller-Skating Pastor
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