"Alameda County’s pop-up crackdown After first proclaiming all pop-up restaurants were illegal and then introducing a plan to allow pop-ups by December, we get word that the Alameda County health department has shut down Oakland’s most popular weekly pop-up, Chef Smelly. The timing is interesting, given the county had said it would ease restrictions until a new program was in place. But Chef Smelly is one such pop-up that’s not covered in the county’s proposed plan, which mandates pop-ups operate out of permitted restaurants. Chef Smelly served its creole and soul food out of Complex, a nightclub." - Janelle Bitker
