The owner of an Israeli restaurant who has spent more than half of her life in the Bay Area says there is still much to look forward to during Hanukkah, despite the war between Israel and Hamas ...

(KRON) — Pomella, a Middle Eastern restaurant located on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, will close next month. In a message posted to social media Monday, Pomella’s owner Mica Talmor, said the restaurant ...

Pomella, a spot for bright and affordable California-Israeli fare in Oakland, will close at the end of May. The reason given was lagging finances, chef and owner Mica Talmor wrote in an email: ...

A celebrated Oakland restaurant known for rare California-Israeli cuisine is closing after five years on Piedmont Avenue. Chef-owner Mica Talmor of Pomella told SFGATE that she is closing her ...

When chef-owner Mica Talmor announced in April that Pomella would close on May 26, many felt a double whammy. Not only were they losing one of their favorite restaurants, but one of their favorite ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. Chef Mica Talmor’s homage to ...

OAKLAND – An Oakland coffee shop is apologizing for an incident after hate-speech graffiti was found in a restroom and how staffers handled a customer who tried to document it. Last week, a woman ...

Ever since Mica Talmor’s beloved Ba-Bite closed in 2016, Oaklanders have been anticipating a follow-up from the Israeli chef-owner and hummus queen. That follow-up has arrived. Last week, amid the ...

Mica Talmor is the chef and owner of Pomella, a California-Israeli restaurant in Oakland, California. Running a restaurant in 2020 is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The restaurant business in the ...

Ever since Mica Talmor’s beloved Ba-Bite closed in 2016, Oaklanders have been anticipating a follow-up from the Israeli chef-owner and hummus queen. That follow-up has arrived. Last week, amid the ...