San Francisco Bay Area

by Melanie Wong 17 days ago

Costco announced that Copper River sockeye salmon would be available today. This is at the Mountain View store, $14.99 per pound.

We are doing a cross country road trip from Alabama and I would like your "DO NOT MISS THIS" food suggestions for ALB, LAS, LAX and SFO. We are also going to the grand canyon, but I think we are v...

by The Chowhound Team 3 months 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...

by Melanie Wong 7 days ago

Marina GO (Monterey Peninsula): Finlandia cheddar cheese dip, 99¢ Daphne's Creamery 82% butterfat butter, $2.49 Siggi's Triple Cream strained yogurt, $2.49 Maple Hill drinkable yogurt, $1.49 ...

Long ago, Fresno had a Spanish restaurant called "Estradas" and they had, by far, the best salad on a tortilla that they called Tostada Compuesta. Anyway, I've tried a lot of comparable dishes at ...

Stopping by Farmer Joe's today, I noticed that a La Farine had opened in the Dimon District on Fruitvale, right across the street from the new Farmer Joe's (and two doors down from the new Pete's)....

by Melanie Wong 1 month ago

On the Third Day of (Jewish) Christmas, a field trip to the new babka bakery and coffee shop. The Four Barrel coffee logo was displayed but the La Marzocco espresso machine on the counter had not b...

I'm a freelancer heading to the Mendocino area for a work / 10 year anniversary. I would love recommendations on what to do / where to eat while visiting.

by Civil Bear 5 days ago

Hi, I'll be in Santa Clara this weekend competing in a BBQ contest, and will have some time for a couple of quick dinners. Does anyone have any "better than SF" Indian or Viet or Korean, etc. sp...

I really liked this Chettinad place in Santa Clara on my one visit there, but it's hard to drive over to Santa Clara when there are so many great Indian restaurants closer to me. So I was delighted...

by Melanie Wong 6 days ago

Last fall I dropped by for a late lunch. I'd been a fan of the original Simply Vietnam that's now closed but had not tried the fast-casual offspring. Miraculously its building was untouched by the ...

by Melanie Wong 5 years ago

In another thread, drewskiSF said, "If you liked the torn noodles you should keep an eye out for Korean Sujebi." http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/986339#9141020 I see that they're on the me...

by Melanie Wong 4 years ago

A couple months ago, a desire for an inexpensive, meatless meal led us to Madurai Idli Kadai in Sunnyvale for an early dinner and first visit. We arrived shortly after it opened at 5pm and alre...

Tom fell in love with kouign amann while on our home exchange in Brittany, I have been searching for a bakery in San Francisco that sells this. I tried using David Leibovitz's version which was to...