The best Bay Area restaurant dishes SFGATE staff ate in 2023
An order of chilaquiles, a tamale plate, and an open-face pork taco arabe al pastor sit ready for pickup by customers at the Primavera stall at the Ferry Plaza Farmers …
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The best Bay Area dumplings to eat right now
The Dumpling Report began in 2022 spotlighting a residential neighborhood’s mom-and-pop dim sum takeout spot. It was an intentional choice to begin the column with a non-flashy, everyday eatery that …
An SF eatery has the Food Network’s second-best sandwich in the U.S.
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 hubs. …
A $14 Chinatown meal that renewed my faith in San Francisco
The wonton soup at Hon’s Wun-Tun House is the perfect cold weather food. Farley Elliott/SFGATE Hon’s Wun-Tun House is a Chinatown legend. The small space has been in operation on Kearny …
Bay Area Chinese restaurant closing after 53 years
Fried rice at Jade Palace in Newark, Calif. Jadalliya L./Yelp A longstanding Newark restaurant and community hub for locals is closing on Dec. 21 after 53 years. Reportedly, the owners are …
Why people from Mexico City rave about this Bay Area salsa
Not all salsas are created equal. If you live in San Francisco, you probably love La Corneta’s zesty salsa verde or the smoky, reddish version at Papalote. But there’s a …
This viral Bay Area seafood restaurant feels straight out of Vegas
A glass dome held by a robotic arm ascended from our table, releasing a whoosh of steam that seeped into my pores. But I wasn’t at a spa: Before me …
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 …
I tried the Bay Area taco that’s as big as a baby
Luong Dang believes that we eat with our eyes first, so when he decided to add a giant taco to his Taqueria Azteca menu, he made sure to give customers …
Bay Area favorite Black Star Pirate BBQ revived in a parking lot
Black Star Pirate BBQ’s original location in Richmond. Freda Moon In an Instagram post shared Monday, chef Tony Carracci announced that the eatery would return as a pop-up in the …