bakery

09 Feb 2023

Oakland Loses Beloved Baker Jen Angel Due To Robbery

It’s with a heavy heart that we share the news that Jen Angel, baker and owner of Angel Cakes in Oakland has passed away this evening, February 9th. Her team has made a statement on her Facebook account and we’re sharing it below. She passed away after medical staff had

Katy Atchison 0
21 Aug 2019

The Cheese Board Expands and the Papi Chulo Movement Grows

The Cheese Board Collective is the kind of place where you’re happy to stand in a hour-long line that may or may not wrap around the block depending on what day and what time you attempt to make it through the golden doors. Golden, because what lies beyond is the

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10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
11 Jan 2016

John Campbell’s Irish Bakery: Inner Richmond’s Baked Secret

I have an affinity for archaic bakeries hidden within overlooked neighborhoods. No matter how dingy, or how many flies are buzzing around, I will defend one of these bakeries until the bitter end. Unless they charge exorbitant prices and then they’re on their own. John Campbell’s Irish Bakery pretty much sums up a

illyannam 0
02 May 2015

Off Menu: Is Tartine Set on World Domination?

Off Menu is our tribute to the service industry. It’s where we cover restaurant openings and bar closings, industry rumors and inside dirt. It’s where we cheer on our favorite chefs, servers, and nightlife superheroes. And the best part is, it comes from those of us that live that life,

Lachlan Bray - Broke-Ass Bartender 0
26 Feb 2012

Why Arizmendi Bakery is a Broke-Ass’ Best Friend

Bread has long been a Broke-Ass’s friend. Yeast, flour, a lil sugar and oil and water, and you’ve got a loaf to last you around seven meals, depending on your appetite, perseverance, and depth of broke-assitude. Tempting, I know. Luckily for those of us who love a leavened loaf but

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09 Jul 2011

SCRATCHbread Puts the Bread Back in BedSty

Known as one of the most popular booths at Brooklyn Flea and best reason to never be able to lose those last few pounds, SCRATCHbread has decided to bring their doughy magic back to their HQ in BedSty. This is awesome for many reasons, but especially because now if you

Jill S. 0
13 Jun 2011

Comida Corrida at Mission Favorite La Oaxaqueña

Now that the city is beginning to see an influx of high end restaurants introducing San Franciscans to concept of Mexican food being a little bit more beyond tacos and that divinely corpulent prince of Mexico’s most northern territories, the burrito, it’s not as hard to find things like sopes, huaraches, squash blossoms,

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
13 Feb 2011

Stock up on Cheap Vegetarian Eats at Rainbow Grocery

Where hippies and broke-asses converge. We’ve mentioned Rainbow Grocery before on Broke-Ass Stuart, the super hip co-op grocery store in the Mission, but after my trip there last week, the first one in a long while, I decided to provide a list of things that are really cheap and are

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0