Original Story by Brock Keeling, The Oaklandside,
May 11, 2022
Bay Area cheesecake fave Crumble & Whisk is opening an Oakland restaurant. In addition to mini and full-size cheesecakes, expect pastries and hot and cold sandwiches. The new restaurant will be located at 4104 MacArthur Blvd. (at 39th Avenue), Oakland. A tentative opening is planned in August, but a limited menu is available now at some Bay Area farmers markets or online.
Charles Farriér lives the fantasy that any gastronome-slash-office-drone dreams of: One day, a homemade vanilla bean bourbon cheesecake he brought to an office potluck for his law firm colleagues earned rave reviews, prompting a coworker to suggest he go into professional baking.
He took that advice and created Crumble & Whisk, which started as a mini cheesecake cottage enterprise sold at Bay Area farmers markets. Nine years later, he’s opening his first brick-and-mortar shop in Oakland’s Laurel District.
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