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The Skinny: After three years of anticipation, Alice Waters finally opened her newest restaurant, Bar Panisse. Located next door to her iconic Chez Panisse, the space had been home to popular tapas bar Cesar for over two decades — and when Waters evicted Cesar to make way for her new business, some of Berkeley’s biggest names cried foul. But the new cocktail and light bites addition to the North Berkeley scene has been greeted with open arms.