FoodieLand Night Market Returns to Cow Palace — Your Wallet's Favorite Weekend Nemesis
Mark your calendars and loosen your belts: FoodieLand Night Market is back at the Cow Palace from May 22–24, bringing…
The $50‑and‑Under SF Dinner Guide You Actually Need
In a city where a single cocktail can run you $22 and a mediocre pasta somehow costs $38, eating well on a reasonable…
California's Revolving Kitchen Door: Why Chefs Keep Walking Away
There's a particular kind of restaurant gig in California that looks incredible on paper — stunning location, creative…
Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason With 110+ Vendors — Proof That SF Thrives When Government Gets Out of the Way
If you want a case study in what happens when you let entrepreneurs do their thing without drowning them in red tape…
FoodieLand Night Market Returns to Cow Palace — Here's What You Need to Know
FoodieLand Night Market is back at the Cow Palace this Memorial Day weekend (May 22-24), and if you've never been, it's…
Bi‑Rite Is Opening a Nonprofit Grocery Store in Sunnydale — And It's Actually a Great Idea
Here's something you don't see every day in San Francisco: a private business solving a real problem without asking…
Sweet Tomatoes Is Gone and We're Still Not Over It
There are certain institutions whose absence leaves a hole in the fabric of a community that no amount of trendy…
The Great SF Soup Dumpling Debate: A Definitive (and Delicious) Guide
Look, we normally spend our time grilling City Hall over budget shortfalls and transit delays.
Hundreds of Perfect Donuts in the Dumpster: The Absurd Economics of Food Waste
A Krispy Kreme location in Union City was caught tossing hundreds of perfectly good donuts straight into the trash this…
Skip the Whole Foods Markup: A Guide to the Bay Area's Best Farmers Markets
Here's a radical idea for your weekend: instead of paying Whole Foods a 40% markup to arrange organic kale under mood…
Forget Your Chain Lattes: SF's Weirdest and Best Cafés Are Thriving
Here's something worth celebrating in a city where we spend most of our editorial energy cataloging government…
Ditch the IHOP: The Peninsula's Best Brunches You're Not Eating At
Look, nobody's going to tell you how to spend your Sunday morning.
A Buffalonian's Quest for Proper Wings in SF Ends in the Excelsior
San Francisco can put a $4 billion roof on a transit center and still not figure out how to make a proper chicken wing.
SF's Burmese Food Scene Is a Hidden Gem — Here's Where to Actually Eat
San Francisco likes to brag about its food scene, and honestly, it should — especially when it comes to Burmese cuisine.
The Definitive Guide to SF's Best Chocolate Milkshakes
Sometimes you just need a chocolate milkshake.
The Passion Fruit Martini Hunt: SF's Cocktail Scene Has a Blind Spot
San Francisco loves to call itself a world-class food and drink city.
Brenda's Meat & Three: The Western Addition Gem That Proves SF Doesn't Need More Fast‑Casual Chains
If you've lived in San Francisco for more than five minutes, someone has probably told you to go to Brenda's.
The Great SF Apple Pie Hunt: A Flaky, Buttery Investigation
Look, we normally spend our time grilling City Hall over budget bloat and transit failures.
The Dissent's Guide to SF's Best Diners (Because You Deserve Better Than a $22 Avocado Toast)
San Francisco has a lot of things going for it — and a lot of things trying to price you out of a decent breakfast.
Super Duper Heads to Union Square — And Some People Still Can't Be Happy
Here's a sentence you don't hear enough these days: a business is opening in Union Square.
Union Square · May 14, 2026
Festus Ezeli Found His Second Act — And It's Delicious
There's a particular joy in watching someone pursue a passion without a government grant, a nonprofit board, or a…
SF's Impossible Dinner Reservations: A Year‑Long Quest Just to Eat
Welcome to San Francisco, where you need a year-long strategic plan just to eat a prime rib.
The Bun Bo Hue Problem: SF's Spicy Soup Gap Is Real
Here's a hard truth for anyone moving to San Francisco this summer with dreams of slurping world-class bun bo hue…
SF's Restaurant Scene Is Still One of the Best Arguments for Living Here
Say what you will about San Francisco's absurd cost of living, its crumbling infrastructure, and its seemingly…
The Mission's Food Scene Refuses to Quit: Baja Eats and Fresh Sushi Incoming
Say what you will about San Francisco's struggles — the Mission District keeps betting on itself, one restaurant at a…
Mission District · May 13, 2026
The Four‑Top Hack: Why Your Dinner Reservations Should Always Be for Four
Here's a dining tip that costs you absolutely nothing and might just transform your restaurant experience: always book…
Grocery Outlet Van Ness Is Quietly Stocking British Imports, and Expats Are Losing It
If you've ever wandered into the Grocery Outlet on Van Ness expecting nothing more than discount cereal and mystery…
SF Restaurants Are Quietly Charging You More Than the Menu Says — And Hoping You Won't Notice
Here's a fun game you probably didn't know you were playing: order a $13 cocktail in San Francisco and check your…
Outside Lands' Food Lineup Goes Full San Francisco Nostalgia — And We're Not Mad About It
Outside Lands has always been as much about the food as the music — let's be honest, maybe more — and this year's…
Solo Dining in SF Is Not Weird — It's a Power Move. Here's Where to Do It.
Let's settle something once and for all: dining alone at a high-end restaurant is not weird.
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