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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Why Wednesday night could offer Bay Area skywatchers a spectacle
FILE – The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky in Inverness, Calif., on Dec. 13, 2022. Anadolu/Getty Images One of the best meteor showers of the year peaks Wednesday …
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 …
SF-Marin food bank director talks massive closures, holiday needs
FILE: Volunteers fill boxes with cabbage and other items for a drive-through food pantry at the SF-Marin Food Bank warehouse in San Rafael, Calif., on Saturday, March 28, 2020. San Francisco …
Popular SF chain’s first restaurant outside of SF is finally opening
San Francisco’s Souvla is bringing its wildly popular Greek food to Larkspur. Albert Law/www.porkbellystudio.com In early 2022, Souvla announced it would be opening at Marin Country Mart in Larkspur that …
Harry Potter fan turns Bay Area home into Hogwarts every Halloween
FILE – (L-R) EMMA WATSON as Hermione Granger, DANIEL RADCLIFFE as Harry Potter and RUPERT GRINT as Ron Weasley in Warner Bros. Pictures Harry Potter and the Deathyl Hollows Part …
Bay Area sensation Boichik Bagels to open first Marin store
Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels is expected to open two new stores in November. Lydia Daniller/Courtesy of Boichik Bagels The widely popular bagel business has a new outpost expected to open in …
George Lucas’ former Bay Area film studio to shut down
FILE: Filmmaker George Lucas arrives at the premiere of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” on May 10, 2018, in Hollywood, Calif. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic A film studio in Marin County originally used …
Taco Bell and DoorDash offer exclusive deal to celebrate Taco Tuesday
It’s time to celebrate. Taco Bell is teaming up with DoorDash to offer an exclusive deal in honor of the chain winning a legal battle for the “Taco Tuesday” trademark. On …
San Francisco’s popular Dumpling Club to close
Customers walk into Dumpling Club’s Mission District space on June 6, 2023. The popular weekly food group is slated to come to an end in October. Dakota T./Yelp “Starting Dumpling …