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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 · 4d
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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 · 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 · 3d
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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 · 10d

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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 · 5d

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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 · 6d

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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 · 6d

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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 · 6d

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Chinatown’s Oldest Bar Has Been Pouring Drinks In San Francisco, California, Since Before World War II

San Francisco’s Chinatown is famous for its lanterns, parades, and packed sidewalks, but one of its best stories sits behind a small doorway that many people walk right past. The place behind that door was already serving its neighborhood before World War II began. Think about that for a...

San Francisco, CA · 10d

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El Dorado for modern Mexican fare in Dublin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... El Dorado Modern Mexican Kitchen and Cantina opened a month after Cinco de Mayo. The restaurant is ready to welcome families who have recently honored their ancestors during the Día de Los Muertes holiday. Located in Hacienda Crossings, El Dorado is a place to enjoy sophisticated, yet traditional foods. Special occasion favorites such as tamales, mole negro, and sopapillas are available throughout the year and are made in house.

Dublin, CA · 6d

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An S.F. tasting menu restaurant closed. Its owner is betting on casual dining instead

A San Francisco Thai fine dining restaurant has closed due to changing diner habits. It will become a more casual spin-off. Here are other Bay Area restaurant closures in October.

San Francisco, CA · 5d

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Safeway marks 100 years with community celebration, awards two Toyota RAV4s to sweepstakes winners

The special public event on Nov. 5 will take place at its Dublin, California, store

Dublin, CA · 5d

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Good Taste: Welcome in Diwali’s light with Indian Restaurant Week

Good Taste tells you where to stick your fork in the Bay. Today, it’s a thrill to talk about the return of Indian Restaurant Week in SF. The Diwali edition of San Francisco’s Indian Restaurant Week takes place for two weeks, over November 1-14. Chefs Ashish Tiwari (ROOH), Srijith Gopinath (Copra), Pujan Sarkar (Tiya), Shibiraj Saha (Amber India), Ranjan Dey (New Delhi Restaurant), Thomas George (Bombay Brasserie) are offering tasting menus created especially for the holiday—not to be offered again—beginning at $75 and $85. Reservations can be made on the Indian Restaurant Week site.

San Francisco, CA · 6d

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8 SF Restaurants with Out-of-This-World Bread and Butter

The term "bread and butter" is an idiom for everyday or basic fare, and diners gobble up that hunk of partially-sliced sourdough bread served with pats of foil-wrapped butter served by many classic San Francisco restaurants without giving it much thought. At some places, though, the bread and butter is...

San Francisco, CA · 8d

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Boho Petite’s Stella Roller Opens Maison Bohème Café at SF’s Opera Plaza

A new French café and bakery has taken over a long-vacant storefront behind the Opera Plaza theater on Van Ness Avenue, serving up fresh pastries, a Wagyu Roquefort burger and Illy coffee to a neighborhood that has seen plenty of its retail space sit empty. Maison Bohème opened its doors on October 28, settling into 601 Van Ness Avenue in the spot once occupied by Leonore's Deli & Taqueria.

San Francisco, CA · 5d

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5 most anticipated SF restaurants, bakeries, and bars opening in November

With just weeks to go until the end of the year, the city’s dining scene shows no signs of slowing down. Several of 2026’s most anticipated restaurants, bars, and bakeries will open in November, just in time to put crusty loaves of sourdough on holiday tables and host celebratory dinners during the most festive of seasons.

San Francisco, CA · 6d

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It's Crab Combo Time!

Official word was announced yesterday by the State... Recreational crabbing will open off our coastline as scheduled beginning this Saturday, November 7. HOOP NETS and SNARES are permitted to be used through the end of the year. CRAB POTS are not permitted during November and December in an attempt to...

San Francisco, CA · 8d