Cultured Pickle Shop

Berkeley, US · $$ · casual

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Cultured Pickle Shop's distinctive dishes, such as their creative takes on traditional pickles, have impressed critics.

+Distinctive dishes
+Weekends-only three-course menu

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Cultured Pickle Shop — SF Chronicle Top 100 Restaurants 2026

“East Bay Is Cultured Pickle Shop a restaurant? Does it speak to the best of Berkeley’s dining scene? Depends on who you ask. What’s not in question is that the fermentation emporium is home to one of the Bay Area’s most distinctive dishes, the extravagant rice bowl at the center of its weekends-only three-course menu,…”

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