By Jonathan Kauffman

By rights, San Francisco should be deep into soup season, when our space heaters strain to combat the cold leaching through the windows of our Edwardian apartments, and dampness clings… More >>

By Tamara Palmer

Buoyed by the lessons from a free class on starting a business at San Francisco's Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, and a loan from Youth Business America, Shiyuan Deng started Double Dutch… More >>

903: 903 Cortland (at Folsom). Bernal Heights. Asian Fusion cafe. Big Al's Cheez 'n Bologna: 556 Broadway (at Columbus). North Beach. Sandwiches. Drip Coffee Bar: 1916 Irving (at 20th Ave.). Outer Sunset.… More >>

By Jonathan Kauffman

San Francisco food types are connoisseurs of the mundane. The perfect peach. The nonpareil pizza. The burger formed of just the right beef, grilled just so, and placed inside the… More >>

By Jonathan Kauffman

Carlos Muela may come from a San Francisco restaurant family, but he didn't see owning a restaurant in his future. He was more interested in street food. "I'd been to… More >>

903: 903 Cortland (at Folsom). Bernal Heights. Asian fusion. Bacon Bacon Kitchen: 205 Frederick (at Ashbury), www.baconbaconsf.com. Haight. American. Big Al's Cheez 'n Bologna: 556 Broadway (at Columbus). North Beach. Sandwiches. Cathead's BBQ:… More >>

By Jonathan Kauffman

It's striking how often we now rely on restaurants to provide us with a sense of the homemade. Not just "house-made" salumi or pasta, but base ingredients whose production has… More >>

By Noah Sanders

The trend toward light-bodied, floral, fruity coffee has finally registered with the industry's corporate giants. Earlier this month, Starbucks Coffee announced a series of "blonde" roasts. With names like "Veranda"… More >>

Bacon Bacon Kitchen: 205 Frederick (at Ashbury), www.baconbaconsf.com. Haight. American. Cathead's BBQ: 1665 Folsom (at 12th St.), 861-4242, www.catheadsbbq.com. SOMA. BBQ. Drip Coffee Bar: 1916 Irving (at 20th Ave.). Outer Sunset. Coffee… More >>