Best Restaurants in SF

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11 Sep 2024

Bay Area Restaurants Score Big in Fall Food Awards

Four Kings, Popoca, and Burdell have all been recognized as some of the best new restaurants in the Bay Area, bringing much-needed support to local restaurants and their workers.

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06 Sep 2024

A Richmond Burger and Cocktail Favorite was Just Bought by Employees

A Clement Street favorite for decadent cocktails and lordly burgers is back in the mix after a two week hiatus. Violet’s is now under worker-ownership and has reopened with new menu and drink items. The restaurant’s reopening comes as a partnership with the team behind Cantina Los Mayas, a fellow

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03 Oct 2024

The KQED & Noise Pop Festival Looks Awesome

When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited.  KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street

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24 Jul 2024

What Makes A San Francisco Chef Great?

There’s relatively good food, even subjectively good food, then there’s Marnee Thai. The shotgun-style restaurant is lit in warm orange and servers are fast, attentive, prophetic. The coconut cakes arrive plentiful and hot, creamy and studded with squash and corn. It’s a restaurant so dank owner Chai Siriyarn opened Marnee

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10 Jul 2024

This New Sausalito Restaurant is Ideal for Cycling and Slurping Mussels

Ah…cycling over the Golden Gate Bridge. Threading tourists with selfie sticks and jersey-strapped cyclists over the Pacific Ocean is sort of like if Tron lit up a Fisherman’s Wharf suspended a mile in the sky. Antony and I, on our own fancy-ish bikes with far less dynamic threads, didn’t mind

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13 Nov 2023

Meet The Chef Leading Downtown San Francisco’s Revival

PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK I’ve visited chef Joe Hou at The Line Hotel since it opened last year. He runs the kitchens at both Tenderheart on the ground floor and Rise Over Run on the top floor and also plays host at a spectacular rooftop bar. Hou has

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06 Oct 2023

An Epic Spanish Cheese Adventure at Canela in The Castro

Last week, I embarked on a culinary adventure at Canela Bistro & Wine Bar in The Castro, where the spotlight was on  Spanish cheeses. This event was particularly special, I mean…who doesn’t love fancy cheese? Every dish featured cheese imported by Forever Cheese, and to make the occasion even more

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