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2. Gather, 2200 Oxford, Berkeley, 510-809-0400.
Gather is so Berkeley, it's almost painful. It's all "local-this" and "sustainable-that", and I kinda love it. A wide variety of options for vegans and meat-eaters alike, and a truly excellent drink menu. Sometimes all you need to eat is a cocktail, you know? The one dish that garners consistently excellent reviews from everyone ever, is the Vegan Charcuterie Plate. It's just a bunch of vegetables sliced, diced, julienned, and combined to create a taste sensation heretofore unknown. Mushroom pâté, eggplant "brandade," and carpaccio of watermelon radish and turnip. I don't understand a word I just typed but damn, is it tasty.
