Eating Out

Sign of Spring: Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason

It's spring, everyone! And that means that Off the Grid is returning to its biggest location in town, Fort Mason. Starting March 22, Off the Grid will be at Fort Mason Center Friday nights with live music, 32 vendors (nearly half of them new this year), cocktails from Alembic and beers from Magnolia ... More >>

Charles Phan on His New Restaurant South, Now Open at SF JAZZ

Chef Charles Phan had one word when Randall Kline, the founder of SF JAZZ asked the Slanted Door chef to take over the café South at SF JAZZ's new permanent space on Franklin and Fell. "I said, 'No,'" Phan said. "A lot of people ask me to do a lot of things, and the first thing I say is, 'No.'" ... More >>

The Continuing Evolution of 24th Street: Centuries of Change

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Celebrate Persian New Year at Zaré at Fly Trap

If you've ever had an interest in dining at the Mediterranean-Persian restaurant Zaré at Fly Trap, March 19 would be a great night to consider. That's when chef/owner Hoss Zaré is attempting what he calls the biggest meal he's ever done in his life in honor of Norooz, the Persian New Year and star ... More >>

Drink 2013: Cocktails Listings

Drink 2013: Wine Listings

Drink 2013: Beer Listings

Roxy's Cafe: Overreaching Tasting Menus Still Hold Promise

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Local Mission Eatery's Yaron Milgrom on His New Market Plans

With talk of a one-year ban on new restaurants along Valencia St., San Franciscans may be forced to take such drastic measures as buying and cooking their own food when they find themselves at a loss for a new restaurant to try around the corner. Grocery shopping may become a horrifying reality. Fo ... More >>

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The Mill: Simply Delicious Baked Goods

Lunch in the FiDi: Finding the Area's Best Midday Meals

Two Tarts and a Stove Feeds Hungry Bears This Wednesday

Truck is a gay bar with a kitchen on Folsom and 15th streets that, in between bouts of naughtiness, hosts regular pop-ups -- among them, Truck Stop Café and Two Tarts and a Stove. As Truck is something of a dive whose sommelier was, um, fired a few weeks ago, the food had better pair well with Lagu ... More >>

Get a Sneak Peek of 20th Century Cafe at State Bird Provisions

Range's acclaimed pastry chef, Michelle Polzine, is converting a Hayes Valley laundromat across the street from Rich Table restaurant into a new Eastern European-influenced hideaway called the 20th Century Cafe. It's coming soon, but Polzine isn't ready to divulge how soon. "I don't want to say [an ... More >>

Belcampo Meat Co.: No Country for Vegetarians

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Millennial Restaurant Habits Are Pretty Much What You'd Expect

Millennials are a hot topic these days -- they're either the worst or the best, depending on who you ask -- and the much-coveted 18-34 demographic's eating habits have been the examination of many think pieces as of late. Culintro has an interesting interview with Anne E. McBride, the director of so ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Cater The Best Super Bowl Party Ever

Even the most football-adverse people we known plan to cheer on the 49ers this Sunday for the Super Bowl, and if you don't want to go out to root for the home team, plenty of local restaurants are getting in on the catering game. Whether you're throwing your own party or want to show up at someone e ... More >>

Bay Area Ramen: Sampling Local Chefs' New Styles

Shots Fired: Five Restaurant Websites That Make Us Feel Violent

SFoodie has previously fired warning shots to restaurants to get their act together when it comes to making a website. But it seems the industry hasn't listened, and now it's time to name names. These five restaurants may have perfectly adequate or even good food, but you'd never know it by the firs ... More >>

City Attorney Cracks Down on Restaurant Health Insurance Fraud

If you've ever wondered whether the health care surcharge on your restaurant bill is actually going toward funding health insurance for the restaurant's employees, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that the vast majority of S.F. restaurants are in compliance. The bad news is that a ha ... More >>

Grand Opening, Grand Closing: Bay Area Makes and Breaks Restaurants in Mere Months

Four months ago, we wrote about a brand new restaurant called Shanghai and how it was attempting to break the curse of a space that had previously been home to a five-month restaurant called Gingerfruit and a three-month restaurant with the most-appetizing name of Pudong. The chef came from the rece ... More >>

M.Y. China: High-End Cuisine Finds a Niche in a Busy Mall

Yelp Gets Even More Powerful By Posting S.F. Restaurant Health Ratings

The Internets are all abuzz this morning with news that Mayor Ed Lee announced today at the national conference of mayors in Washington D.C.: The health department is teaming up with Yelp to post restaurant health scores on the ratings website. Currently ratings appear on a select number of restaura ... More >>

Rickybobby: Mind-(and Body-) Expanding Comfort Food

Kosher Veggie Chinese Hideaway Shangri-La Turns 35 This Year

Irving Street between 19th and 25th Avenues is a haven for snacking, a fickle stretch where eateries are plentiful and won't last long if they don't catch on quickly. Shangri-La Vegetarian Restaurant (2026 Irving) has sat in the middle of this Outer Sunset food court for 35 years now, no small feat ... More >>

Eat Your Heart Out at the Grand Cafe Later This Month

The Grand Cafe has announced a special menu for the last weekend in January that's not for the faint of heart (sorry, we couldn't resist). As part of its ongoing Misfit Dinner series, which looks to celebrate unusual animal cuts and preparations beyond traditional French brasserie fare, chef Alicia ... More >>

Food Trucks: Lessons From a Year Eating Out

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Eiji: Finding New Year's Solace in Homey Japanese Cooking

New Delhi Offers Inspiration for Home Chefs

Included in the extensive menu at the 25-year-old Indian restaurant New Delhi is a monthly special called "Curries, Chutneys & Cocktails." It's both a good value and a potential source of inspiration for your own home cooking. See Also: - New Delhi Marks a Quarter Century in Business

Five Oakland Openings to Anticipate

Oakland is poised to have an incredible year of launching new restaurants. What's particularly exciting is that many of these forthcoming ventures that have come across our radar share an ethos of local sourcing -- and, in most cases, hyper-local sourcing. 2013 will be pivotal in reinforcing an idea ... More >>

All Tomorrow's Portions: Top 7 Food Trends for 2013

Mission Bowling Club: More Focus on Food

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Where to Drag Your Hungover Self to Brunch on New Year's Day

The Atlantic published a fun rant today: The Worst Holiday: New Year's Eve Is Over-hyped and Anti-Climactic. We tend to agree. While other countries have long lists of traditions, feasts, and prescribed foods, Americans don't have much besides drinking and watching the ball drop while Kathy Griffin ... More >>

Rice Paper Scissors Hijacks Whiz Burgers on New Year's Day

Rice Paper Scissors New Year's Day Brunch Where: Whiz Burgers, 700 S. Van Ness (at 18th St.), 824-5888 When: Tues., Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: Menu items available à la carte ($3-12) The rundown: Not content to rest on their achievements of 2011 (which included props and screen time from ... More >>

Mission Bowling Club Elevates Menu for 2013

Mission Bowling Club opened in March and instantly separated itself from every other alley in the Bay Area with a sleek interior and thoughtful, delicious food from Anthony Myint (Mission Street Food, Mission Chinese Food, Commonwealth). 2013 brings an increased focus on the food at The Dining Room ... More >>

Dessert First: Two Sweet New Cafes Reinvent the Patisserie

Monk's Kettle Turns Five and Throws a Party (Today!)

We remember when Monk's Kettle was knee-high to a grasshopper. Five years into their run as one of SF's first beer-centric restaurants, and they've never been more on top of their game. In half a decade, the menu at Monk's has taken on a refined yet rustic personality, and the vintage beer list cont ... More >>

YakiniQ BBQ: Seoul Food for San Francisco

Where to Eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

This Christmas, instead of slaving away in your kitchen for hours making a delicious meal to feed relatives you might not like that much anyway, consider eating out and letting some of the best chefs in the city cook for you instead. On Christmas Eve, Hubert Keller's Fleur de Lys will be serving a f ... More >>

Food Truck Bite of the Week: Hot to Tot at Little Green Cyclo

Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Little Green Cyclo The Cuisine: Sustainable/Organic Vietnamese Street Food Specialty Items: Garlic noodles, bahn mi, rice & rice noodle plates Worth the Wait in Line? At pe ... More >>

Comprehensive Guide to the Best Poutine in San Francisco

As fall settles in on San Francisco, it brings changes at the farmers' market, restaurant menus, and the type of weather-related bitching done by city residents. With each successive fall, one food item seems to be rearing its greasy head on more and more menus: poutine. Every year, this Quebecois p ... More >>

Pop-Up Planner: The Best Temporary Restaurants, Dec. 10-16

Governor Comes to San Francisco Where: Secret San Francisco location disclosed upon purchase When: Mon., Dec. 10, 7 p.m. Cost: $150 (purchase in advance via Kitchit) The rundown: Governor is an acclaimed restaurant in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood. It's currently closed while trying to rebuild fro ... More >>

Tyler Florence on His New Cookbook and What to Make Right Now

Local celeb chef Tyler Florence -- he of Wayfare Tavern, SFO T2, and Food Network fame -- has a new cookbook out, and will be signing copies of it in the city and at his Mill Valley shop next week. Tyler Florence Fresh is the chef's most ambitious book to date, a gorgeous volume showcasing the seaso ... More >>

Gung Ho Now Serving Lunch and Dinner in the Design District

The other day we stopped into the Design District's new Gung Ho, a casual "San Francisco-style Asian" restaurant across the street from the fortress of Zynga. It's the first brick-and-mortar from Seoul Patch pop-up chef Eric Ehler, and we predict it will be insanely popular with the office lunch and ... More >>