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Berkeley Gets Its Own Underground Market of Sorts; a Story of Working in a Spam Factory

• Some kids in Berkeley have put together their own answer to the now (and maybe forever) defunct Underground Market, called “the Buzzar,” which had a launch of sorts on Sunday during the Juneteenth festival. [East Bay Express]

• L.E. Leone writes an amusing Cheap Eats column about farm:table, which first requires her to traipse through the heart of the Tenderloin on a Saturday morning and “step over piles of shit and vomit.” [SFBG]

• There’s a couple more hours left to snag this deal for an exclusive chile pepper menu at Dosa on Fillmore. [Blackboard Eats]

• As you’d imagine, working in a Spam factory is really effing disgusting and might leave you covered in “pig brain jelly.” [Gizmodo]

• Online restaurant ordering ups check averages and order frequency, and plus, you don’t have to actually interact with any humans! [MarketWatch/WSJ]

• Live off Groupon for a week? Nah, “it’s just a pretty good place to get a deal on dinner every once in a while.” [Slate]

• What do terrorists in Indonesia do after they renounce violence? Head to work in “quaint” restaurant that specializes in fried duck. The best thing on the menu is the super-spicy “exploding water fowl.” [Global Post]

Berkeley Gets Its Own Underground Market of Sorts; a Story of Working in a Spam