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San Francisco Bay Area
Find the best restaurants, bars, coffee shops, ice cream, and more in San Francisco and its suburbs. We also have tags for many of the individual cities in the region, which you can browse here.
This Russian Honey Cake Is Layer Upon Layer of Pure Deliciousness
Sambo's - Life in America
A shy 'hound forwarded this video by Recollection Road taking a look back at the pancake restaurant chain, Sambo's, named after its founders, Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell "Bo" Bohnett. Five years ...
More eateries requiring proof of vaccination...
What do you think about this? Safety first, right? How are you dealing with the new vaccination mandates spreading across the country?
Gaeta olives found at last!
I’ve been looking for Gaeta olives for years, with little success. Even the two prominent Italian delis I sometimes go to seem not to know what they are. Supermarkets, of course, have no idea. I...
Antojitos cart in Pacific Heights?
Thursday afternoon around 4:30pm, I noticed what looked like an antojitos cart attended by a young woman on the SE corner of Jackson Street and Divisadero Street in San Francisco's Pacific Heights ...
2021/22 Live Local Dungeness Crab Price Watch
The Dungeness Crab season kicked off today, December 1, in California for areas north of the Sonoma County line, and also in Oregon and Washington. The fleet began dropping pots two days earlier an...
Dago Bagel • Toscano Brothers Italian Bakery • Antonio's Italian Pastries | North Beach - San Francisco
Today's National Bagel Day, making it as good a day as any to report on Tony Gemignani's bagel venture. Housed in Toscano Brothers Italian Bakery, Dago Bagel debuted in May. I tried an everything b...
Fresh Chanterelles wholesale at Far West Fungi (SSF & other venues)
One of the rewards for October's atmospheric river deluge is a healthy crop of wild mushrooms. A friend foraged bolete/porcini mushrooms on the Sonoma Coast the size of his head last week. And pric...
Curry Leaves Bistro: Malaysian in Pleasanton
Keep forgetting to post that Curry Leaves Bistro opened in Pleasanton in November. Friends say it's very good. The chef/owner was well-known in the Malaysian community as a caterer and offers a var...
British bangers in bay area?
The variety of food and ingredients in the Bay area is truly incredible. But I still haven't come across the humble british banger in my sojourns. We're in the East bay, if that makes a differenc...
Grocery Outlet - January 2022
At the South Van Ness Ave (San Francisco) location.
Banh Cuon Tay Ho | San Jose
Two months ago I had a chance to try Banh Cuon Tay Ho's San Jose branch on Senter Road. The long time standard for judging banh cuon, the Vietnamese steamed rice crepe rolls, this was my first time...
The best Chinese almond cookie in San Francisco?
I see loads of walnut cookies in the classic mode, New May Wah has great big tins and plastic hatboxes full of nasty-looking things, but nowhere the almond cookies of my youth. Where in San Fran...
Oakland/Luka's Tavern 10 Yr Anniversary Specials
Eater SF had a short blurb about Luka's "dealfeed" specials over the next couple of months (June & July? not really specified). I don't get the impression people love Luka's much any longer, but th...
Zen Noodle Bar | San Mateo
A few months ago, I stopped for lunch at Zen Noodle Bar in San Mateo. It offers a limited menu of Shanghainese specialties. Remember Sunny Shanghai in San Bruno, a board favorite for XLB that close...
Local Legend India Joze is closing January 8th
After 50 years, genius chef Jozseph Schultz is closing the doors to India Joze in Santa Cruz. Probably best known for his potato hash and his way with calamari, I can vouch for any dish on the menu...
Cocina Antigua (Novato) Report
I've been to the new pupusaria in Novato a couple of times now (Cocina Antigua) and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. On the first trip, I ordered 21 pupusas to take to my dad's place in Rohne...
Don Julio's Salvadoran Tamales | Rohnert Park - Sonoma County
Salvadoran tamales purchased from Don Julio's in Rohnert Park a few days beforehand were this year's Christmas Day lunch. They're good-size and $3.99 apiece (or $40 per dozen). Wrapped in banana le...
Le Cheval (Oakland, CA)-Singapore Style Noodles Recipe
Does anyone have the recipe for Le Cheval's Singapore Style Noodles?
Benkyodo in San Francisco's Japantown [San Francisco]
Although it is not a restaurant, "seated" eating--or drinking can be done inside the store, in addition, it is larger than many restaurants in the city. What do you guys think of this historica...
Paprika
Where can I get authentic Hungarian Paprika ?