Prince Harry, Meghan’s favorite sushi spot opens in the Bay Area
Sushi by Scratch opened its first Bay Area outpost in Healdsburg, Calif., on Dec. 1, 2023. Image via Yelp user Lina C. A posh Los Angeles-based restaurant known for its …
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183 Tokyo restaurants awarded Michelin stars for 2024
It’s an early Christmas for Tokyo foodies. In the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2024, announced on Dec. 4, a total of 183 restaurants around the Japanese capital were awarded stars, with …
3 California pizzerias make TimeOut’s top pizza list
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana was among the pizzerias mentioned in TimeOut’s recent best pizza list. Pictured is a classic sausage and pepperoni pizza at Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco on …
How one Bay Area mall went from 35% vacant to bustling
On a recent date night with my partner, we feasted on elevated chicken biryani and foam-topped craft cocktails in a romantic, chandelier-lit space. But we weren’t, as you might expect, at some …
They leased a restaurant in a Bay Area forest. Next up: Michelin star.
It’s empty and it’s quiet. There are no cars, no people, and the only sound is white-knuckled hands squeaking on the steering wheel as I make my way down Skyline Boulevard …
Yelp declares 4 Calif. eateries among the best new restaurants in US
Pomet, at 4029 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, made Yelp’s Best New Restaurants of 2023. Neeracha T. via Yelp Pomet, a farm-to-table restaurant owned by an actual farmer, K&J Orchards’ Aomboon Deasy, …
4 Bay Area restaurants make Esquire’s Best New Restaurants in America
Esquire food writers dined at over 200 restaurants across the country to select their 50 favorites. Two of these were San Francisco restaurants: Dalida and Kiln. Dalida, a Mediterranean restaurant …
40 of our favorite San Francisco shops
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Lately, it’s been impossible to avoid conversations about the decline of San Francisco’s retail landscape. The number of shuttered downtown storefronts — enough …
SF deli hidden in a liquor store serves some of city’s best sandwiches
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, SFGATE food writers celebrate the Bay Area’s rich deli culture by spotlighting longtime family-run delis — the neighborhood institutions — and the newer community sandwich …
SF restaurants close, see reservations plummet due to APEC
The interior of the Fly Trap in San Francisco, Calif. is photographed on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. (Photo by Mark Constantini/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/Hearst …