Foods

Pacific Puffs: The Sweet Side of Food Trucks

Check Out a Fresh Pasta Pop-Up Shop This Saturday

Mattarello, a local artisan pasta company named for the rolling pin that Italians use to roll pasta, will be holding a pasta shop pop-up this Saturday, April 6 at Biondivino from 3-6 p.m. The menu will include nests of fresh pasta like tagliatelle, pappardelle, whole-wheat fettuccine, parsley-garlic ... More >>

Charles Chocolates: A Triumphant Return

Food Truck Bite of the Week: The Wise Bowl and the Fool

Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Hapa Ramen and Wise Sons Deli The Cuisine: Food Truck Mash-up Specialty Items: Seasonally influenced ramen (Hapa Ramen) and Jewish deli classics (Wise Sons Deli) Worth the ... More >>

Chicken Soup's Good For the Soul at Shorty Goldstein's

A new deli in the Financial District is offering classic comfort food like pastrami sandwiches and chicken soup updated with local, seasonal ingredients, as per usual in S.F. The tagline at Shorty Goldstein's is "cure, brine, smoke, pickle," which refers to all the things that Michael Siegel and his ... More >>

City Attorney Dennis Herrera Calls for Stricter Federal Regulations on Energy Drinks

There is less waiting these days. Cross the country in six hours. Exchange correspondence within seconds. Buy the new Jordan's with a click from the couch. The few stretches of waiting -- 20 seconds on the elevator, three minutes at the taco truck, an hour at the DMV -- turn into stretches, via sm ... More >>

Don't Fear Deli Board's Breakfast Sandwich

Bacon, sausage, fried eggs. At first glance, the description of Deli Board's BK sandwich ($11) doesn't exactly provoke visions of a sexy brunch. In fact, upon delivery to a rickety sidewalk table, this breakfast appears downright ghastly. A unification of yolk, melted American cheese and Board sauce ... More >>

Fried Chicken Skin as an Appetizer: Too Much of a Good Thing?

The best part of fried chicken is the skin. It's so obvious it's not even worth arguing about. I'm sure there are people out there who swear by the juicy dark meat, and even weirdos who lust after the white meat, but everyone knows that the crispy, fatty, succulent skin is by far the most appealing ... More >>

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

Belcampo Meat Co.: No Country for Vegetarians

4505 Meats Butcher Shop: Where Dreams Come True

4505 Butcher Shop: Chicharrones Nachos, Chorizo Con Queso-Topped Sausages, and More

A fixture at the Ferry Building's Farmers Markets, Ryan Farr's 4505 Meats has been serving up a variety of meaty morsels to take home or to nosh for lunch every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Their famous melt-in-your-mouth cloud-like chicharrones and oft "Best of" list-topping burger are now go-t ... More >>

La Palma: Now Featuring Heirloom Corn Tortillas

Capo's: A Pizza Master's New Shrine to Chicago-Style Pies

Dessert First: Two Sweet New Cafes Reinvent the Patisserie

La Pastrami Fries: Meaty American-Style Poutine

Four Barrel: Goodbye Soy Milk, Hello Almond

Four Barrel Nixes Soy. Forever.

BREAKING: It's the last call for soy at Four Barrel. In the next two weeks, café/roastery will be striking soy milk in favor of almond milk as their non-dairy option. We anticipated the change might have been a reaction to customer demand, but after talking with Jeremy Tooker, owner of Four Barrel, ... More >>

Enjoy Comparative Beer and Cheese Tasting at 'From Ales to Fromage' Event

At some point in your life, you may have cracked open whatever beer was in the fridge, unwrapped a Kraft single, and went to town. Don't worry; we aren't the types to judge. But allow us to recommend an event that goes far beyond macro lager and chemically enhanced "cheese products" -- 'From Ales T ... More >>

"No, You're Boring": 1058 Hoagie Lashes Out Against This Week's Review

When you write criticism for a living, it's your job to dish out the bad along with the good. I had high hopes for 1058 Hoagie, the new sandwich shop from Adam Mesnick, the owner of the excellent Deli Board, but when I reviewed it this week in the paper I found some of the new hoagies to be lacking ... More >>

1058 Hoagie: Still Building a Sandwich on Par with Deli Board

A New Place For Your Friday Night Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Date

Well, Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is at it again, taking over San Francisco one chocolate shop at a time. As of October 17th, the corner of Market and New Montgomery Street is now home to a new Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop. The shop offers an old-fashioned ice cream parlor experience com ... More >>

Farmers' Market Finds: Nut Butters and Psychedelic Kettle Corn at SFSU

Associated Students, Inc. Farmers' Market Where: Located on SFSU's campus (outside the humanities building) When: Thursdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For years the smells of San Francisco State's farmers' markets have wafted through the open windows in the humanities building and distracted me from my se ... More >>

Farina Pizza: In the Mission, It's Thick with Thin Crust

In Which Our Italian Sub Craving Takes Us to Molinari's

If you're a food person, restaurants are right up there with friends as the hardest things to leave behind when you move. I've been in San Francisco for a few months now, just enough time to develop a serious craving for the glorious Godmother sandwich from Bay Cities Deli in Santa Monica. It's an I ... More >>

Cut Above: Machine Deli's Breakfast Sandwiches and House-Cured Meats

The folks behind Foreign Cinema and Show Dogs opened the wee coffee shop/sandwich stand Machine Coffee & Deli a few weeks ago, next to Show Dogs at the corner of Sixth and Market. The Four Barrel coffee is a draw, but there's one other thing that caught our attention: Daily rotating breakfast sandwi ... More >>

Top Chef Masters: Cosentino Watch, Episode 10

Welcome to Cosentino Watch, where we recap the moves of San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino as he competes in Top Chef Masters. Warning: Spoilers ahead. Finally, we're at the finale, and we know what we came here to do. Chris Cosentino and Kerry Heffernan have swiftly eliminated their competition ov ... More >>

The Highs and Lows of Operation Fried Chicken

As the author of yesterday's top ten list of the best fried chicken in the city, I wanted to discuss the findings of my arduous journey completing what shall henceforth be known as Operation Fried Chicken. During OFC, I went from Bayview to North Beach, Hayes Valley to the Richmond, all to taste ... More >>

Top 10 Best Places for Fried Chicken in San Francisco

These days it seems that chefs must constantly compete to remain relevant in modern culinary culture. Especially in San Francisco, where food trends roll in and out with the fog. But no matter the direction the most recent current shifts or what the latest fuss is about, there will always be a place ... More >>

Super Duper Burger: The Burger Stand Evolves

Outerlands' While-You-Wait Treat

The result of the national attention given to Outerlands can be a stupidly long wait to get a sandwich and a salad in the Outer Sunset, even on weekdays. But it's a delight to discover that there's something at the counter to sweeten the deal of waiting in the chill. A dessert sandwich, if you will, ... More >>

Sandwich Innovation: S.F. Chefs Create Single-Plate Artistry

Feve Artisan Chocolatier's Hits and Misses

Shawn Williams, the chocolatier who formerly owned Au Coer des Chocolats, threw an open kitchen tasting for the launch of his new San Francisco-based chocolate company Feve a few weeks ago. We got a preview of some of the goodies and wanted to share our impressions. Overall, the presentation and a ... More >>

Taste Testing Coracao Confections' High-Minded Raw Chocolate Goodness

Coracao Confections' mission statement is reminiscent of the Berkeley-esque spirit its two founders were exposed to as chefs at the almost-preachy Cafe Gratitude. Here's their statement from their site: Our Mission "We know your day can be long, stressful and full of responsibility. That's why it i ... More >>

Bespoke Cupcake Truck Wants to Roll by September

Krystyl Baldwin has left the Silicon Valley startup world in order to launch a new dream of serving street food. Her idea is My Cupcake Truck, which would sell cupcakes with the icing amount controlled by the customer. "Not just any cupcakes," reads her pitch. "Cupcakes customizable to your liking! ... More >>

West of Pecos: Southwestern Food Is Deliciously Back

Bar Gain: Small Kitchens Produce Deluxe Bar Food

Central Coast Creamery: Taste-Testing Paso Robles' (and SFO's) Surprise Cheeses

Most airports continue to ignore the obvious truth that the feet that flow through their halls are connected to hungry people with both cash and palates -- and little interest in airports' plebeian gruel and fast-food fare. Fortunately, SFO has taken the bold step with the new Terminal 2 of actually ... More >>

Salumeria: A First Impression From a Cheese and Deli Lover

Two of Ben Narasin's roles when he isn't writing for us are as a contributor to Cheese Connoisseur Magazine and as the restaurant reviewer for the Peninsula for Gayot.som. We asked him for a first impression of the new Salumeria. When I mentioned I was going to write-up the week-old Salumeria, my ... More >>

LuLu in Packaged Form: White Truffle Honey Hits SFO

Restaurant LuLu is putting its

1058 Hoagies: A Nice Jewish Boy Makes Good Italian Sandwiches

1058 Hoagies: What's A Nice Jewish Boy Like Adam Mesnick Doing Making Italian Hoagies?

Adam Mesnick is quick to distinguish the offerings at his new venture, 1058 Hoagies, from his SOMA sandwich mecca, Deli Board. "Deli Board is my baby. Everything is perfect down to the wrapper. With hoagies, I can be a little sloppier. If a customer orders a hoagie and picks it up four hours later, ... More >>

SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Liguria Bakery's Pizza Focaccia

Cupcake Wars: The Problem With a Cupcake Show Is That It's a Cupcake Show

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Cupcake Wars, an hour-long show about one thing, over and over, until death comes, Sundays at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Cupcake Wars has been on the air just two years, but they're already finishing up their fif ... More >>

Jasmine Smith Introduces Strong Cheese To San Francisco

A child of northern Wisconsin, Jasmine Smith grew up on a steady diet of processed cheese and Milwaukee's Best. "We used to get this cheese spread every year for Christmas that as a kid I liked but I now realize it was terrible!" Smith told us.  With her new venture Strong Cheese Provision ... More >>

Five-Dollar Delicious: Duc Loi's Vietnamese Sandwiches

Original Joe's: Take a Nostalgic Tour of S.F. Culinary History

Mixed Milk Cheeses: The Tasty Joys of Combining Goat and Cow

Often, cheese makers blend milk from different animals to create flavors a single milk can't provide. La Tur, a three milk cheese (sheep, cow and goat) from Caseficio dell'Alta Langa in Italy, is an exceptional example.  But sheep- and goat-milk cheese producers blend milk for a functional re ... More >>

Duc Loi Kitchen's Excellent $5 Vietnamese Sandwiches

One-month-old Duc Loi Kitchen seems destined to become the Saigon Sandwiches of the Mission. Last time SFoodie visited this food counter inside Duc Loi Supermarket, we were the last customer of the temporary outpost of Mission Burger back in 2010. Duc Loi delivers on both quantity and quality, ... More >>