Bay Area Restaurants

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25 Mar 2024

These Delicious Sandwiches in the Tenderloin Let Me Forgive My Mother

BY TOUTA BAHER Touta Baher was a child actor who was taken out of the game by Shia LaBeouf on the set of a Skippy peanut butter commercial. That traumatic incident forced him into the archaic world of poetry, where he now sits in rooms full of white people and

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09 Feb 2024

A Quick Pivot Saved This Berkeley Restaurant, Now It’s Boomin’

Tarocco, nestled in Berkeley, is a charming lunch spot offering a Barcelona-inspired menu. Last November, they almost closed their doors and it was a quick pivot that saved the business and quadrupled sales. Tarocco’s allure extends beyond culinary delights to include a sun-drenched seating area, exuding rustic-romantic dishes inspired by

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27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

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Food.
26 Nov 2023

This Mission Punk Bar Remains a Burger Destination and a Safe Haven

PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK I have been reminiscing lately about the San Francisco of yesteryears. When I first moved out to the West Coast in the late 90s, one of my frequent spots was the classic dive and now Legacy Business Zeitgeist, which opened in 1977. It was

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20 Nov 2023

Union Square Felt Surreal During APEC

Tramping up the steps from Embarcadero station, I saw brilliant rays of light shining at a sharp angle all the way past Twin Peaks with so much stability it seemed like Mario could hop on a tiny car and Rainbow Road his way to the galaxies. I walked along Market

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Food.
04 Sep 2023

Automat Closed And With It Went My Heart

PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK Thanks to inflation, going on a date these days requires choosing a spot with a lovely ambiance and is consistently delicious but also doesn’t break the bank. Seems like the tallest of orders. But there are those spots in San Francisco, and I was

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21 Aug 2023

New York-Style Pizza Meets Bay Area Quality at This Dynamo Pop-Up

PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK When I texted the owner of Buddy, after realizing that all the reservations for the pizza pop-up Jules were already taken, fortune smiled upon me. Alvaro Rojas, one of the owners of Buddy, told me because of the Eater article that came out August

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17 Jul 2023

This Pop-Up Heralds The Bay’s Jewish Food Revolution

PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK If good things are worth waiting for, Hadeem is destined for greatness. This Jewish food pop-up has had outstanding responses recently at Buddy, proving so with an all-time record high in a single night of highest sales. On June 4, Hadeem’s chef Spencer Horovitz

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05 Jun 2023

Here’s the Marina’s Finest Spot for Rich Oysters And Buttery Crab Rolls

Bay Area food lover Andy Samwick shares why Popi’s Oysterette — the Marina’s go-to for oysters and crab and so much more — is divine.

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