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Salt & Straw ice cream chain with viral following opens in this Bay Area city, drawing crowds

OAKLAND, Calif. - A popular artisanal ice cream chain known for its unconventional, creative flavors is expanding in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, viral sensation Salt & Straw launched a soft opening at its new location in Oakland. Long line out the door. On a warmer than usual November evening,...

Oakland, CA · 1d
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T&T Supermarket Fills a Decade-Empty Former Best Buy on Geary Boulevard as San Francisco Loses Neighborhood Grocers

T&T Supermarket opened its first San Francisco store on Nov. 5 at City Center, 2675 Geary Blvd., filling a former Best Buy space that had been vacant since 2017, according to SFist. The roughly 50,000-square-foot store at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue is the Canadian chain's second California location and fourth in the United States.

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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Brentwood restaurant Toscana pairs four-course autumn dinner with rare Oregon wines

Boutique Willamette Valley vintner Audeant brings limited-release bottles to San Vicente Boulevard. Small-batch Pacific Northwest winemaking meets classic Northern Italian cuisine in Brentwood this Thursday, when neighborhood fixture Toscana hosts boutique Oregon producer Audeant for an intimate, one-night-only tasting dinner. Scheduled for Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m., the collaborative dining...

Brentwood, CA · 1d
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Cotati Restaurant Celebrates Hosting Xavier Becerra During His Campaign for Governor

A Cotati Greek restaurant is celebrating having hosted Xavier Becerra over the summer while he was campaigning for California governor. According to the Press Democrat, Mezzeluna, located overlooking Cotati’s town plaza, recently shared a photo on social media of Becerra posing with chef and co-owner Ali Cetin. Cetin says...

Cotati, CA · 1d

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Napa's La Toque Brings Back Chef Carlo Zarri for 13th Truffle-and-Barolo Feast

La Toque’s late-fall calendar pairs two fungi-focused dinners: a Nov. 20 Truffles & Barolo Dinner and a Dec. 13 wild-mushroom feast. The November event marks the 13th year Italian chef Carlo Zarri has returned to the Napa restaurant. Its five-course tasting menu costs $240 per person, plus applicable charges; optional wine pairings are an additional $125 per person.

Napa, CA · 23h

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Huge Changes Coming to Popular Market in Pleasant Hill

PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA — A popular neighborhood grocery store in Pleasant Hill is temporarily closed, but there’s good news for longtime customers: the store is preparing to reopen with a new name and another round of renovations. Pleasant Hill Market, located at 2397 Pleasant Hill Road near Gregory...

Pleasant Hill, CA · 2d

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Here’s What’s Replacing Lima Restaurant in Concord

CONCORD, CALIFORNIA — One of downtown Concord’s most prominent vacant restaurant spaces is preparing for a new chapter, with a popular Bay Area Mediterranean restaurant chain moving into the former home of Lima. Sultan’s Kebab, a growing Turkish and Mediterranean restaurant group with locations across the East Bay,...

Concord, CA · 2d

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11 Oakland, California Restaurants Where Delicious Meals Still Come At Surprisingly Low Prices

I have a theory about cheap eats. The best ones rarely make a big deal about being affordable. They just hand you a plate that makes you wonder why you ever paid twice as much somewhere else. Oakland is a good city to test that theory. Of course, finding a...

Oakland, CA · 2d

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S.F.’s newest pastrami-obsessed Jewish deli wants to be the West Coast Katz’s

The Inner Sunset deli will specialize in pastrami, using the same fatty cut of beef that’s preferred by New York Jewish deli staples.

San Francisco, CA · 4d

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Don’t Worry, Lafayette’s Iconic Donut Shop is Safe

LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA — Donut lovers across the Bay Area got some disappointing news this week: Johnny Doughnuts, a popular regional chain, is shutting down half of its locations. But if you’re a Lafayette resident who saw the headlines and immediately worried about the future of the city’s beloved Johnny’s...

Lafayette, CA · 3d

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Eight California Coffee Shops Where Retirees Have Held The Same Morning Table For Decades

Every town has that one table where the same group shows up each morning, orders the usual, and settles the news of the day before most people are awake. In California, some of those tables have been claimed for so long that the regulars outlasted the menus, the paint jobs, and a few of the coffee machines.

California · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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‘We expanded too quickly.’ Bay Area doughnut favorite to close half its shops

Johnny Doughnuts, known for nostalgic creations made with high-quality ingredients, is shutting down three of its six Bay Area locations.

San Francisco, CA · 4d

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Nov. 2026 Food & Drink Updates: Three New Public Market Tenants Poised to Open

Our November food & drink updates include three new businesses preparing to join the Public Market’s lineup. Plus, a popular Oakland beer garden announces its impending closure, and Tokyo Central extends its evening hours. Xula Guatemalan Cuisine Sets Soft Opening Date at Public Market. Xula Guatemalan Cuisine is putting...

Oakland, CA · 2d

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This chef made his name at glitzy, Michelin-star restaurants. His new Bay Area project is personal

Chef Ho Chee Boon, known for Cantonese fine-dining destinations around the world, will launch a new restaurant in the Bay Area celebrating food from his native Malaysia.

Millbrae, CA · 3d

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This California Catfish Spot Moved Inside Another Restaurant After 20 Years, and Regulars Followed It There

Some of the best meals in California hide behind doors you would walk right past. You expect a quick plate of fried fish, and instead you find crispy snapper, warm hush puppies, and a family that treats you like a cousin who finally came home. When a beloved little kitchen...

El Sobrante, CA · 8d

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Historic SF cliffside restaurant to reopen this week

San Francisco, CA · 1d

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First Look: Inside Osaka Marketplace, Pleasant Hill’s 40k+ SqFt New Japanese Market

PLEASANT HILL, CALIFORNIA — One of the most anticipated new stores in the East Bay is almost ready to open, and Bay Area Telegraph has gotten a unique early look inside. Osaka Marketplace, the enormous new Japanese grocery store and food hall coming to Downtown Pleasant Hill, will officially open on Friday, November 20, 2026, at 155 Crescent Plaza.

Pleasant Hill, CA · 4d

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We Ranked California’s Best Thai Restaurants And These 12 Are The Ones That Made The List

One spot on this list serves its spicy curries on disposable plates, and that’s part of the charm. Another built its whole reputation around roasted duck and jade noodles. Then there’s a vegetarian kitchen in a polished, modern room making crunchy sides meant to mimic duck skin. I have to give that one credit for pure creativity.

California · 5d

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A Rye You’ve Never Heard of Is the Best Whiskey in the World, According to Experts

The 2026 San Francisco World Spirits Competition just announced its winners, and this bottle beat out over 1,000 other whiskeys. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. It's safe to say that rye is no longer the mere cocktail ingredient it once was. Thanks to brands...

San Francisco, CA · 2d

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This New Berkeley, California Restaurant Is Bringing Farm-To-Table Cooking To A Beloved Old Dining Spot

The chef grows some of the produce for this breakfast menu on his own farm. That alone makes me want a table. He also cooked at well-known Bay Area restaurants before landing here. The dining room sat empty for over a year. Before that, one beloved neighborhood restaurant filled it...

Berkeley, CA · 3d