San Francisco Bay Area

I was in the city today near Civic Center and, since I had never been to an Ike's sandwich shop, went to the one at 901 Polk. I had the Joe Montana sandwich ($13) - halal chicken, bacon, Asian sesa...

I haven't posted much on Chowhound, but I thought that people who appreciate this gem of a restaurant that I recently found. Alley House is a casual Chinese restaurant at the corner of Geary Ave...

by Melanie Wong 3 years ago

This year's Christmas eve tamales came from Mountain View's California Street Market, recommended here, http://www.chowhound.com/post/penninsula-south-bay-latin-markets-36711?commentId=170062 htt...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

A friend just recommended Bon, Nene to me. Opened a month now. These seafood potstickers look pretty perfect. https://www.facebook.com/1723377977917723/photos/a.1757342951187892.1073741828.172337...

My mother's birthday is coming up and she's a vegetarian. Due to her diet she sort of eats the same thing all the time (some variation of salad). How she lives with this diet I don't know. It would...

by baron45 20 days ago

20% off Wine sale. I bought these at the South SF GO:

by Melanie Wong 16 days ago

" . . . Monning said the soft drink industry is a formidable adversary. Many colleagues tell him they can’t vote for legislation that would reduce sales because they have a distributor in their dis...

by The Chowhound Team 28 days ago

Hi all, Due to the increase of threads about exchanging French Laundry reservations, we have created this post dedicated to that purpose. We have locked the previous French Laundry reservati...

So finally have french laundry confirmed. So have a short list of: - Californios http://www.californiossf.com/ - Mourad http://mouradsf.com/ - Al's Place https://www.alsplacesf.com/ - Lazy Bea...

So happy to see the Dungeness season start on time. Has anyone found good prices anywhere in the Bay area?

I'm looking for a mexican restaurant in Berkeley. It had the best food, cheap, haven't been there in over 20 years, have no idea if it's still there. It was/is in a yellow building, in the wareho...

I'm a bereft ex-bay area person; i became addicted to wild mountain brand honey, which as far as I can tell is from Oakland and isn't available outside the Bay Area. Does anyone have an email addr...

by Melanie Wong 15 days ago

" . . . I am not without sympathy for Ms. Haspel. She’s just a normal mompreneur who is trying to balance parenting and work while avoiding gluten, dairy, sugar, GMO oils, brown sauces, and anyone ...

I miss the days of the caviar cart at the Compass Rose! Any ideas for a bar or lounge in San Francisco for caviar and champagne? I’m looking for a Sunday evening in May. Jardinere will be closed do...

I will be in San Francisco Monday - Thursday in a couple of weeks. Occupied Tuesday night, staying in the Financial District. Solo Monday and Wednesday. Recs? Must have a cold dry martini. Prefer b...

Tablehopper/SFGate report a Guamanian-inspired restaurant opening up in the Roxy's Cafe space at 24th and Mission last night. Anyone tried it yet?

South San Francisco Hickey: Bubbies mochi ice cream got new packaging. 6 pieces for 3.99 more than last time (4.99 for 8 pieces with the old box) Sakura, Chocolate Mint and Espresso. Teas' te...