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Beloved 17-Year-Old Napa Valley Italian Staple Shuts Down in Days

It made the Chronicle’s Top 100 Restaurants list several years in a row.

Napa, CA · 4d

coachellavalleyweekly.com

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The Housewines of Napa Valley

Now if you speed-read the title of this piece, centering your attention more on the accompanying image (and why not!) than the print, then perhaps you may have thought, “Oh no!—not another “Housewives” series—in Napa Valley to boot! If so—then please slowly read the title again.

Napa Valley, CA · 5d
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Sacramento Eatery Slapped With Red Placard After Rat Scurries In Mid-Inspection

Sacramento County health inspectors watched a rodent scurry into the back storage area of Tori's Place while the rear door sat open during a routine inspection, then proceeded to find more than 160 rodent droppings scattered throughout the restaurant. The Grand Avenue eatery walked away with a red placard and 12 cited violations, forcing an immediate suspension of its health permit.

Sacramento County, CA · 2d
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8 California Polish Delis That Are Worth Every Mile Of The Drive

One San Francisco deli still makes its own sausages, cured meats, and sauerkraut in-house. Not some of them. The sauerkraut too. That detail stopped me in my tracks. Then I learned a beachfront counter in Southern California serves zapiekanka, the open-faced Polish street sandwich loaded with melted cheese. I did...

San Francisco, CA · 4d
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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 · 4d

hoodline.com

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Boyes Hot Springs Wingstop Opening Draws Lines, Funds Boys and Girls Club

Customers started lining up around the building hours before the doors even opened, all for a shot at being among the first through the door at Sonoma Valley's newest fast-food stop. Wingstop held its grand opening on Oct. 28 in Boyes Hot Springs' Fiesta Plaza, drawing crowds with a live DJ, a prize wheel, and a fundraiser tied to a local youth nonprofit.

Sonoma County, CA · 5d

Eater

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Square Pie Guys Closes Down a South Bay Location

This is a curated list of the Bay Area’s most notable and permanent restaurant and bar closures, with new updates published once a week. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line. SOMA — The SoMa location of Oasis Grill has closed as of Thursday, October 29,...

San Francisco, CA · 4d

The Almanac Online

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New Palo Alto froyo spot draws long lines

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The summer’s East Coast froyo craze has finally trickled to the Peninsula with the debut of Yiaya Greek Yogurt. Yiaya is a self-serve, pay-by-weight frozen yogurt shop, offering fresh fruit and housemade toppings in an aesthetic Greek-inspired atmosphere. Located in the former Blue Bin Vintage space, the store is small with no indoor seating. Social media posts have reported wait times up to 40 minutes, although owner Lia L., who requested her last name not be included, said lines typically move in 15-20 minutes.

Palo Alto, CA · 4d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Sausalito’s famed Trident building declared unsafe after ‘severe damage’ found

The storied site was associated with Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones and the rise of the tequila sunrise before the restaurant closed at the end of 2025.

Sausalito, CA · 6d

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Over In Lodi, Generations Have Ordered Burgers At Fat City’s Old Saloon Bar

Some restaurants are built for a single visit, and some become part of a family’s routine. A short drive south of Lodi, one counter-service barbecue spot has spent years doing the second thing. Grandparents bring grandkids here for birthday lunches. Road-trippers stop in by chance and promise to come...

Lodi, CA · 5d

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Landmark Seafood Restaurant Closes After Nearly 100 Years

After nearly a century in business, Cook's Seafood closed the doors of both of its locations last week. As the New York Post reports, the original Cook's Seafood began serving shellfish in 1928 and soon became a San Francisco Bay Area institution, drawing foodies for its catfish, salmon, and other dishes.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · 5d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Original Joe’s eyeing Left Bank space in Menlo Park

The Bay Area restaurant chain is eyeing a new downtown Menlo Park location.

Menlo Park, CA · 5d

decorhint.com

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This California Italian Restaurant Makes Handmade Pasta Worth Planning An Entire Dinner Around

The walls here were hand-plastered in waves meant to look like pasta shapes or wedges of Parmigiano. Even the lamps above the tables were designed to mimic pizza dough. I like how this restaurant treats dough as more than dinner. The pasta is shaped by hand, and the menu changes daily.

San Francisco, CA · 5d

KTVU FOX 2

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Canada’s largest Asian grocery chain opens in San Francisco

Canada's largest Asian grocery chain, T&T Supermarket, opened the doors on Thursday morning to its new location in San Francisco, the second such megastore in the Bay Area.

San Francisco, CA · 3d

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Five California Chinese Restaurants Open For Over Half A Century

Some California restaurants come and go faster than a fortune cookie gets cracked open. These five have stayed open through decades of change, serving chow mein, dim sum, and honey walnut shrimp to grandparents, parents, and now their grandkids. One opened in Sacramento in 1939, one has served Los Angeles...

Los Angeles, CA · 6d

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The Experience, Alameda: Dashe Cellars Zin in the News

Here’s what Ray Isle says about Alameda’s Dashe Cellars in Food & Wine’s article California Zinfandel is Making a Comeback and it’s Better Than Ever, where he argues that California Zin is shedding its old reputation of being heavy and high-alcohol as wine makers now are producing sleek, streamlined and food friendly red wines with lower alcohol content.

Alameda, CA · 3d

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The Experience, Emeryville: Emeryville Commerce Connection: Emeryville Restaurant Week News

Emeryville’a first-ever Restaurant Week was a great success according to restaurants and diners! For 11 days, 33 restaurants, cafés, bakeries, and sweet shops served up special menu items, prix fixe menus and great discounts. Restaurants were asked to direct customers to an online survey about their experiences and the restaurant with the most responses would win the grand prize..

Emeryville, CA · 3d

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Le Mil’s Connects San Francisco to a Five-Generation Indian Coffee Farm

A new cafe called Le Mil’s Coffee is now open in San Francisco’s bustling Lower Nob Hill neighborhood, showcasing coffees from the owner’s family farm and neighboring producers in India. Open since Aug. 15 — India’s Independence Day — the long, white-walled shop on Polk Street features...

San Francisco, CA · 3d

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This Historic Pleasant Hill Restaurant Is The Last of Its Kind as Sister Location Closes After 20 Years

PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA – A restaurant that has been part of Pleasant Hill for more than half a century is carrying on the Zio Fraedo’s name after its waterfront sister location announced its farewell. The Vallejo restaurant named Sunday, October 25, as its final day after roughly two...

Pleasant Hill, CA · 6d