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First Look Inside the New Philz Coffee in Concord

CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – Concord’s first Philz Coffee is open at The Willows Shopping Center, and I recently stopped in to check out the new space. My first impression: this is a Philz designed to provide you with a spot to sit and hang out while you drink your pour-over.

Concord, CA · 15d
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Napa restaurant, acclaimed for its southern Italian dishes, closing this month

Oenotri, known for its wood-fired pizzas and pastas prepared with ingredients from its garden, is closing after almost 17 years in business.

Napa, CA · 10d

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12 Best Surprisingly Affordable Restaurants In Stockton, California

One Stockton taco shop stays open until midnight on some nights and runs a Taco Tuesday deal that costs about the same as a vending machine snack. Seriously. The surprises keep stacking up in this Central Valley city. There’s a Danish-Filipino café making something called a UFO panini. There’s a...

Stockton, CA · 8d
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This California Puerto Rican Restaurant Has Been Serving Flavorful Island Comfort Food For Over Two Decades

Green plantains hold down the napkin stacks here. Not plastic decorations, actual plantains doing a desk job. I love a restaurant with that kind of sense of humor. The building outside is just as bold. It’s painted a bright green that once drew some snarky letters from neighbors. Today...

San Rafael, CA · 9d
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A legendary bar in this historic S.F. neighborhood will soon be reborn

There hasn't been a regular line outside 15 Romolo since the North Beach cocktail bar first opened in the late '90s. Until recently, owner Jon Gasparini figured the crowds that once spilled into the alley outside the bar were a relic of those early days. But in the two years...

San Francisco, CA · 16d

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Welcome to Boo Koo: Authentic Asian Cuisine

Bold Southeast and Central Asian flavors with a California twist. Seasonal plates, craft beers on tap, and a relaxed atmosphere in downtown Mill Valley made for gathering. Our food is equally influenced by California freshness and creativity as it is timeless Asian traditions. We pride ourselves on fresh, healthy & flavorful food that is affordable and prepared quickly.

Mill Valley, CA · 8d

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Roxie’s still rocking after 50 years

The local corner store and sandwich market famously known as Roxie’s Food Center recently reached 50 years of business. To many, it is more than just a business, it is a market that brings comfort to all by providing sandwiches, snacks, and other goods to the community. The origin...

San Francisco, CA · 14d

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From Krispy Kreme to pizza, these Election Day freebies, discounts are available to voters

As Americans from California to New York head to the polls, some freebies and discounts are available to those who choose to vote. Here’s what’s available: Krispy Kreme is offering a free doughnut on Election Day On Tuesday, guests who visit a participating U.S. shop and say they voted or show an “I Voted” sticker […]

California · 8d

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Abrupt closure of 98-year-old Cook’s Seafood rattles Menlo Park community

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When a regular customer known as Mrs. Hockey walked through the doors at Cook’s Seafood in Menlo Park Oct. 28, longtime employee Steve Whitaker was thrilled. He hadn’t seen her in a few years, and she was in her 90s. Whitaker couldn’t wait to tell his colleague, Dan Dowler, a veteran who’d been with Cook’s for 55 years.

Menlo Park, CA · 7d

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San Francisco with a View's Best Brunch

Brunch in San Francisco is a contact sport: patience, parking, and a stubborn will to wait. But the real cheat code is altitude. The city performs differently from above, fog rolling over Twin Peaks, the Bay Bridge glittering like a dare. These spots range from a century-old wharf diner slinging proper hash browns to a rooftop lounge pouring a smoky cocktail beside a shockingly good cod dip.

San Francisco, CA · 9d

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Roll Your Own Chocolate Truffles at Ghirardelli Chocolate Experience in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square, Then Eat Them Warm

Some places look like an ordinary shop from the sidewalk, and then the smell of warm chocolate pulls you right through the door. That is exactly what happened to me on a breezy afternoon by the water in California. I came in curious and a little hungry, and I left...

San Francisco, CA · 10d

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SF’s Tahona Mercado offers authentic Mexican goods, spirits

View Post (KRON) — An authentic taste of Mexico sits right in the heart of San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood. Tahona Mercado offers delicious food with bold flavors, local artisanal goods, and smoky spirits. Since opening in 2021, the mexicatessen has gained a local following and acclaim from publications like The San Francisco Chronicle and […]

San Francisco, CA · 8d

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San Francisco’s First Repair Café Connects Mending-Minded Neighbors

A line of quiet individuals had already started to form outside the lower level entrance to the Park Branch Library in San Francisco well before the doors opened at 1:30 p.m. on a recent Saturday. One held a black KitchenAid mixer. Another carried an answering machine. “Gotta keep the stairway...

San Francisco, CA · 9d

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Inklings Celebrates its Ten Year Anniversary

On October 13, Inklings Coffee and Tea on Main Street in downtown Pleasanton had its tenth anniversary. The 1930s all-male group at Oxford University dedicated to literary study first made the name Inklings famous. In Pleasanton, people know it as a popular little coffee shop on Main Street that offers a variety of food and drinks.

Pleasanton, CA · 8d

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Texas-style BBQ, Indonesian soul: Fikscue is making it easier to get your fix

The brisket Fikscue serves in Alameda on Saturday starts cooking Friday morning — across the Bay in San Francisco. Around 6 a.m. the day before service, co-owner and pitmaster Fik Saleh starts the cook at Fikscue’s second location at Thrive City, outside Chase Center. It can run until 9 or 10 p.m. The finished briskets then spend the night resting hot in a warmer.

Alameda, CA · 7d

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57-year-old major supermarket chain location pulling out of California in November

California is adding another longtime location to the grocery store closures reshaping 2026. The Safeway at 6150 Bollinger Road in San Jose is expected to close permanently on or around…

San Jose, CA · 15d

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San Jose Bakery Sells Out in 90 Minutes as Line Stretches a Block and a Half

A block-and-a-half-long line snaked down Snell Avenue before Panapolis Bakery even opened its fourth San Jose location on October 11, and within 90 minutes, every tray in the display case was empty. For owner Aldo Ortiz, it was the latest proof that his family's pan dulce has found an audience far beyond the kitchen where he started.

San Jose, CA · 9d

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Major Asian Grocery Chain Is Closing One of Its Pleasanton Stores

PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA – Pleasanton is losing one of its two 99 Ranch Market stores — but shoppers will still have another location in town. The Asian supermarket chain plans to permanently close its store at 4299 Rosewood Drive in the Rose Pavilion shopping center on December 5, 2026, according to the Pleasanton Weekly, which confirmed the decision with the company.

Pleasanton, CA · 10d

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9 California Restaurants Where You Can Get A Traditional Turkey Dinner Year-Round

One old-school California counter will give you cranberry sauce with your turkey dinner. The catch? You have to ask for it. That tiny detail made me grin. It also proved that holiday plates are out there even in July, sitting on everyday menus. Another spot on this list has served...

San Francisco, CA · 10d

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7 Noche Buena Dishes Filipino-American Families Made at Christmas

I use AI to help draft these articles. Every recipe and every fact in them is checked before publishing. Noche Buena is the meal after midnight Mass, and in Filipino-American households in California and Hawaii it has always been the real Christmas feast. The table comes out late, well past midnight, and the cooking started hours before church. Platters of fried rolls, a big pot of noodles, a glazed ham, rice cakes wrapped in banana leaves: the whole spread waited for everyone to come home still in their good clothes.

California · 10d