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Free Stuff Alert: Torani's Treat Truck Is Rolling Into SF and Your Wallet Can Stay Home
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time here at The Dissent telling you about all the ways San Francisco finds creative new…
One SF Restaurant Is Letting You Set the Price on Tacos — And It Actually Works
PublishedEvery Friday, a small San Francisco restaurant called Tato does something that would make most business owners break…
Eat Alone, Eat Well: A Case for Solo Dining in SF
PublishedEat Alone, Eat Well: A Case for Solo Dining in SF San Francisco has a quiet dining revolution happening, and it has…
That $80 Steak Actually Costs $108 — Welcome to Dining in San Francisco
PublishedLet's do some math on your next night out in San Francisco.
SF Restaurants Are Charging $75 No-Show Fees — And Honestly? Good.
PublishedSan Francisco restaurants are now hitting flaky diners where it hurts: their wallets.
Food Influencers and the Purity Test Trap
PublishedA minor storm is brewing in SF's foodie influencer world, and it perfectly captures everything exhausting about how we…
The Early Bird's Guide to SF Coffee and Pastries (Before the Rest of the City Wakes Up)
PublishedThere's a quiet San Francisco that most people never see — the one that exists before 8 a.m., when the fog is still…
Smash Burgers Find a Permanent Home in the Outer Sunset
PublishedIn a city where opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant often means navigating a labyrinth of permits, inspections, and…
North Beach Gets a Croatian Wine Bar, and We're Not Mad About It
PublishedNorth Beach has never been shy about its Italian roots, but the neighborhood's latest addition is stretching the map…
The Gold Club Lunch Buffet: SF's Worst-Kept Secret and Best-Value Meal
PublishedIn a city where a sad desk salad runs you $18 and a burrito has crossed the $16 Rubicon, San Franciscans are getting…
Pinot & Pizza at Boudin: A Pairing That Doesn't Need a Government Subsidy
PublishedSometimes the best things in San Francisco don't involve a ballot measure, a task force, or a $2 million feasibility…
New Blood at Saluhall: Local Group Steps In to Rescue the Struggling Food Hall's Bars
PublishedSan Francisco's Saluhall has been struggling — that's not exactly a secret to anyone who's walked through the sprawling…
Aquitaine's $20 Mac n' Duck Might Be the Best Comfort Food Splurge in SF
PublishedLook, we're usually the ones telling you that $20 for a bowl of mac and cheese is exactly the kind of lifestyle…
The Bay Area Sandwich Discourse Is Serious Business — And Rightfully So
PublishedFew things unite the otherwise fractious Bay Area populace quite like arguing about sandwiches.
RIP Sushirrito: SF Loses Another Original to the City's Slow Economic Squeeze
PublishedRoll Call Is Over Pour one out for the sushi burrito.
SF's Quest for Authentic Korean Raw Marinated Crab: Where to Find Gejang in the Bay
PublishedIf you know, you know. Korean raw marinated crab — gejang — is one of those dishes that separates the casual bibimbap…
RT Bistro Wants You to Feel Good About a $30 Burger. Should You?
PublishedThere's a particular genre of San Francisco dining review that goes something like this: Look, it's only $30 for a…
The SF Meal Delivery Wars: Who's Actually Worth Your Money (And Who Disappeared With It)
PublishedLook, we get it. You're a busy professional in one of the most expensive cities on Earth, and somehow cooking dinner…
Anchor Steam Is Gone and San Francisco Should Be Embarrassed
PublishedHere's a sentence that should sting: visitors to San Francisco can no longer reliably find a California Common beer — a…
A Robot Brought Your Pad Thai — Now It Wants a 22% Tip
PublishedSomewhere in the Bay Area, a restaurant has achieved peak Silicon Valley: they've replaced most of their waitstaff with…
Breakfast Little Is Bringing Its Cult-Favorite Burritos to Cow Hollow
PublishedHere's something that doesn't require a tax increase, a feasibility study, or a board of supervisors vote: a good…
TCHO's Berkeley Factory Tour Is the Sweetest Way to Spend an Afternoon (and Your Money)
PublishedIf you've ever wandered the aisles of a San Francisco grocery store and picked up a sleek, minimalist TCHO chocolate…
Skip the Chains: The Bay Area's Best Asian Bakeries Are Mom-and-Pop Gems
PublishedLook, 85°C and Paris Baguette are fine. They're the Starbucks of Asian baked goods — consistent, available, and utterly…
21st Amendment Brewing Sold to Evil Genius — Let's Hope the Name Isn't Foreshadowing
PublishedSan Francisco's craft beer scene just got a little more complicated.