This article was updated on April 2, 2019. On a quiet residential street in South Berkeley, Wat Mongkolratanaram, a Thai Buddhist Temple, is a splash of color on a street perfumed with pittosporum and ...

Wat Mongkolratanaram, better known as the Berkeley Thai Temple, is one of those secrets that you’re excited to learn about, only to discover that everyone was already in on it. When my colleagues ...

*This article is a joint effort with Safia Barmada. Wat Mongkolratanaram is a Thai temple nestled in an otherwise unassuming suburban block in Berkeley. As you walk down the street, everything seems ...

Wat Mongkolratanaram feels like a Bay Area secret, but it definitely isn’t anymore. The decades-old Berkeley Buddhist temple has been serving up Sunday brunch in its backyard for years. The last ...