This Mission restaurant took a decade to open. The fish taco was worth the wait
Chicano Nuevo’s $95 tasting menu turns a humble beach-town staple into an elaborate, deeply personal expression of Abe Núñez’s cooking.
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Welcome to San Francisco’s restaurant merch renaissance
From pasta Joy Division album covers to Mario-themed hats, chefs and owners are treating merch as art.
The restaurant is freezing. Please close the damn door
It’s Fogust, and I want to eat tomatoes without my coat on.
This ‘French-adjacent’ Divisadero bistro already feels like an old favorite
With affordable prices and a knack for making the familiar feel fresh, Esme is off to a strong start in the Lower Haight.
SF’s only Friulian restaurant serves pure comfort food
Alamo Square’s charming Polenta fits hand-in-glove with the city’s dense constellation of niche Italian restaurants.
6 weekend getaways to squeeze in before summer ends
From a beachside day trip to a three-night glamping adventure, these destinations are vetted and within half a day’s drive of San Francisco.
After three years and a shuttered Safeway, North Beach gets its ‘Gross Out’ moment
San Francisco’s newest grocery store is Grocery Outlet, which is opening Thursday on Bay Street with bargain prices and snack brands you can’t find anywhere else.
Earn pappardelle for life at Pasta Supply Co’s newest location
Anthony Strong takes an unusual approach to crowdfunding the Cole Valley outpost of his popular restaurant and marketplace.
SF is getting its first ‘play cafe’
A Pac Heights mom will open Little Maison, a “third space” for parents and their kids.
The C-word restaurant owners never want to be called
Why does San Francisco worship its scrappy little restaurants — until they grow?