San Francisco Centre

Jerry Garcia 70th Birthday Tribute Includes Huge Guest Roster, Will Be Streamed Online

The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia would have turned 70 this Aug. 1, 2012, and to celebrate, fellow Dead member Bob Weir and a ton of other musicians are throwing Move Me Brightly, a Garcia tribute show that will be live-streamed from Weir's own TRI Studios in San Rafael. The list of musical guests f ... More >>

All Six DeLano's to Shutter, Le Truc Se Gare Près de AT&T Park

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Grub Street scooped SFoodie in its own neighborhood followed SFoodie in reporting that Le Truc, which is un autobus that serves food, is going to be parking at 470 Brannan from 11 a.m. to 3 p. ... More >>

November 2010 Openings & Closures: Roast Meats In, Markets Out

Beast and the Hare/FacebookBeast and the Hare opened this month.​November brought on a rush of restaurants who pushed to open before the holiday bonanza season. Several were lower-priced spinoffs of tony restaurants, while others were additional locations (or relaunches) of familiar names. On the ... More >>

Is the Closing of the Downtown Rubio's an Omen?

y6y6y6/FlickrNo more will you be able to eat $6 fish tacos after spending $7500 at Nordstrom's.​Fans of fish tacos were sad today to find that the Rubio's location in the food court of the San Francisco Centre had closed -- barely a month after nearby competitor Baja Fresh called it quits. Earlie ... More >>

The cult of tonkotsu ramen is taking over San Francisco

Vegan Fast-Food Loving Hut Opens in San Francisco Centre Food Court

​The Loving Hut, an international vegan fast-food chain with one San Francisco branch in Chinatown, just opened up a stall in the ground-floor food court of the San Francisco Centre on Saturday. Serving less than a dozen East-West dishes in the $5-$9 range ― nuggets of indeterminate provenance, ... More >>

Extreme Dogs: Sausage overload

Next Week's Weird-Ass Food Holidays ― and How to Celebrate Locally

Who knew? National Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day is Feb. 23.​Just about every day brings a different national food holiday, and next week is especially packed with weirdness. A small sampling:Mon., Feb. 22:It's National Cherry Pie Day; grab a juicy slice to go at Mission Pie (2901 Mission at 25th S ... More >>

Charles Chocolates Set to Open in San Francisco, Shut Down in Emeryville

feralbeagle/FlickrCharles' Emeryville factory and retail shop is set to close Feb. 15.​Charles Chocolates owner Chuck Siegel told SFoodie that, provided the gods continue to smile upon him, he'll open his new retail space in San Francisco Centre (845 Market at Fourth St.) this Saturday, Feb. 6. Th ... More >>

Free Bee-Built Ice Cream Today at Häagen-Dazs

Bee pollination is an essential process in just about half of Häagen-Dazs' ice cream flavors, from the obvious (Vanilla Honey) to the less so (Raspberry and Pear). Today from 4 to 8 p.m., participating Häagen-Dazs locations (865 Market in the San Francisco Centre, 3251 20th Ave. in Stonestown Gall ... More >>

Love on the Run

How a combination footrace and frat party became one of the best places in the city to hook up

Best Way to Shop in This Lousy Economy

Best Shoeshine

John Salahudin (2nd and Market St.)

Puttin' the Squeeze on South Park

The boom-and-bust backlash

Nosh Till You Drop

Union Square noshes