In December, Actual Cafe is celebrating two years of operation in Oakland’s Golden Gate district. On Friday December 9th from 5-10pm, we’ll commemorate the occasion with the opening of a retrospective art show, entitled “We Are The People In Your Neighborhood”, and featuring our favorite artists who have shown at the cafe in the past [...]

9/5/2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ACTUAL CAFE, GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY ALLICANCE, A PLACE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND OTHER SAN PABLO & ALCATRAZ BUSINESSES ANNOUNCE A PARK(ING) DAY WEEKEND CELEBRATION WITH PARKLETS, NEW SIDEWALK FURNITURE, AND EVENTS ALL WEEKEND LONG Actual Cafe, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO), the East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC), the Golden Gate Commmunity Alliance (GGCA), A [...]

The months just fly by, and there’s a lot that I’d like to blog about in order to keep a record, and always lots to communicate to all of you. But it just doesn’t work out that way so much. I (rightly, I think) prioritize keeping the day-to-day operation here under control, which is a [...]

 It’s been a busy spring for us here, and for me personally. I’ve been training for AIDS/Lifecycle, and I’m leaving in just a couple weeks to ride my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise funds for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (www.tofighthiv.org/goto/salbednarzfor more). It’s been a lot of work, finding time to [...]

It’s almost spring. Which always makes me look at the world a bit differently. Days get longer, flowers start blooming, and we sell more salads and less soups. It seems like an appropriate time for reflection and planning, and we’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead. We have new neighbors moving in across the [...]

we’ve had an exciting holiday season, and wrapped up an excellent first year. thanks again to all of you who have been a part of our thing, helping us in every way, every day. now, to kick off the new year in true corner-shaking style… we’ve got some exciting new things rolling out this week: [...]