SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The Golden Gate Restaurant Association this week sent a survey to restaurant owners in San Francisco asking if they plan to continue checking for evidence of the coronavirus vaccine for entry. Last Friday, San Francisco lifted the mandate requiring businesses to verify proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. RELATED: […]
(KRON/NEXSTAR) – If trying new foods is your favorite part of traveling, Yelp has the to-do list for you. The review site has released its list of the most reviewed and rated restaurants of all time – and you might recognize a few of their names. Three of the top 25 rated and rated restaurants […]
In a surprise announcement Wednesday morning, the San Francisco Department of Public Health said it would remove proof of vaccination and negative COVID-19 test requirements for indoor dining and beverages in restaurants and restaurants. San Francisco bars starting Friday, March 11. Among the other businesses affected by the announcement are gyms and fitness classes, which […]
Kidnapped toddler found safe, suspect still at largeTwo-year-old Jacob Jardine from Sunnyvale was found safe after an Amber Alert day on Sunday, but police are still looking for a woman who may have abducted him. Reporting by Juliette Goodrich. (2-27-22) 5 hours ago CDC’s simplified mask guidelines add pressure to lift school mandateNew recommendations from […]
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — After experiencing a drop in business due to the omicron surge, restaurants in San Francisco are starting to rebound. Spring weather, the Super Bowl, and Valentine’s Day drew large diners this past weekend. Restaurants in San Francisco are seeing growth in diners and hope they will enter a period of […]
COVID: San Francisco voters will decide whether or not to remove 3 school board membersSan Francisco voters will have their say on Tuesday about the management, or mismanagement, of public schools, especially during the pandemic. 1 hour ago First weather alert for Tuesday morningCooler temperatures and flurries in the Sierra 2 hours ago PIX NowTuesday […]
After a slowdown due to the omicron coronavirus outbreak, restaurant reservations in San Francisco are starting to rebound despite still-high case rates. Reservations are still down 63% on average from pre-pandemic levels in 2019, but OpenTable data shows an 8 percentage point increase in reservations from January 12, 2021 to January 20. Additionally, the percentage […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The reviews are in: San Francisco still has one of the best cuisines in the country. OpenTable, a restaurant reservation and review website, has just released its Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2021. The ranking is based on analysis of more than 10.5 million restaurant reviews across the countries submitted […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Across the Bay Area and across the country, restaurants have been hit especially hard by omicron. Between staff testing positive or being exposed, many restaurants had to close because they didn’t have enough bodies to run the place. Doctors have said that being vaccinated and strengthened can really make a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — San Francisco now has the third-highest COVID transmission rate in the state, behind Los Angeles County. California’s current test positivity rate is 15.9%, up from 9.7% last week. There are about 600 new cases a day on average in San Francisco. Many restaurants have reported cases among staff members, forcing them […]
2021 felt, more than anything else, like a year spent oscillating between extremes. The last twelve months have occupied a kind of pandemic purgatory – the light at the end of the tunnel is not quite out of sight, but teases us all by twinkling as vaccination rates increase – and the arrival of the […]
In case you need another good reason to get that third shot, here are a few good ones: At least two restaurants in San Francisco now require proof of a recall for dine-in customers. Cassava, the destination-worthy all-day restaurant in Outer Richmond, posted the decision on Instagram on Tuesday, December 21; Zuni Cafe, the iconic […]
With the past two years tumultuous, especially for the restaurant industry, the number of new restaurants debuting in the Bay Area in the last year alone has been impressive. When it comes to non-physical food establishments, many of the new pop-ups, pickup and delivery-only food businesses, and home food businesses were actually born out of […]
On Wednesday, the JP Morgan Healthcare conference announced it would go virtual for the second year in a row due to concerns over COVID-19, marking yet another in a long procession of setbacks for San Francisco’s recovering hospitality industry. . According to San Francisco Business Times, the conference organizers’ decision was influenced at least in […]
welcome to ask the eater, an Eater SF column where the site’s editors answer readers’ and friends’ tough questions about eating out. Have a question to ask us? Submit it via this form. Question: Do I need to bring my vaccination card to different places in San Francisco if we go to a restaurant or […]
The majority of parklets in San Francisco — up to 90% — could be demolished in the coming weeks, thanks to more than 60 pages of new rules and regulations approved after the vote that made the Shared Spaces program permanent in July. The estimate comes from Laurie Thomas, executive director of the Golden Gate […]
During the holiday seasons of yore, this is when Eater SF would let diners know which restaurants will actually be open on Christmas Day. But last year San Francisco was completely locked down, so it was a godsend to take away. And this year, although restaurants are allowed to stay open if diners want to […]
San Francisco has seen some exciting culinary offerings lately, and that’s what you can expect when visiting this bayside city. The restaurant scene is constantly changing, especially in a city like San Francisco, which is world famous for its top-notch, fresh, diverse cuisine and above all, hip Restaurants. So how is a self-respecting foodie supposed […]
It’s not uncommon for high-end restaurants to go above and beyond to make diners feel welcome. But at Angler on the Embarcadero, a Michelin-starred seafood destination, where there’s a roaring fire in the kitchen and a photo-worthy view of the bay out front, the team isn’t content. more than satisfying its typical, well-heeled clientele. Since […]
This week, plant-based lamb from alternative protein start-up Black Sheep Foods made its debut in restaurants across San Francisco. The launch is a big milestone for the team at Black Sheep, who want to bring more variety to plant-based meat eaters. “Our number one product is lamb because it’s both foreign and familiar in America,” […]
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Good weather helped draw people to fill restaurants and bars in San Francisco on Saturday night, but while the demand is there, the supply of workers is not. It’s one of the busiest nights of the week for Moroccan restaurant Aziza in Outer Richmond. This is the first week that […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Last month the 2021 Michelin Guide was released, featuring many San Francisco establishments. On Tuesday, The New York Times released its own list of restaurants “The 50 Places in America We’re Most Excited About Right Now.” Three San Francisco restaurants were chosen. Only one of the three is a repeat of […]
A sample of the cuisine at The Bird, a fried chicken sandwich restaurant in Adriano Paganini’s Back of the House group of restaurants. As Total Food Service continues its review of the state of the restaurant industry in key cities across the country post-pandemic, we are focusing on San Francisco. The city that brought us […]
Welcome to am Intel, your roundup of Bay Area food and restaurant news. Tips are always welcome, drop them here. It was first of all the return of the masks. Then, on Friday, August 20, the citywide mandate requiring proof of vaccination for customers who wish to dine or drink inside went into effect. Today, […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX/AP) — On Friday, San Francisco became the first major city in the nation to require proof of a COVID-19 vaccination for people who dine at restaurants, train at gyms or attend sports events. indoor concerts. Restaurants and bars have posted signs and added extra staff to start checking people for proof of […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The prestigious Michelin Guide released a list this month of 10 Bay Area restaurants it calls “new discoveries” — including three in San Francisco — 3rd Cousin, Marlena and Routier. They have been hailed for their indulgences, seasonal menus and top chef. Here is a complete list of the 10 new […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — It’s pandemic deja vu for restaurants in San Francisco forced to close amid the latest spike in coronavirus cases. Tosca in North Beach partially reopened on Friday. After a staff member was exposed to COVID-19, the restaurant closed for a few days to get everyone tested. RELATED: Hundreds of SF bars […]
Late on a Friday afternoon, the brick-walled dining room at Maison Danel echoes the conversation as tables of guests slide into padded blue banquettes and perch on dining chairs. vintage French dining tables for sipping tea from floral patterned mugs. Danel de Betelu, owner of the stylish Polk Street patisserie and tea room with her […]
During the pandemic, it’s been easy to miss dessert. As restaurants streamlined their menus for takeout and delivery, even those who once prided themselves on sweet dessert menus reduced them to a sad budino that would travel well in a deli container – the loneliest cup of pudding, therefore, to say. Don’t get me wrong, […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — This is the last weekend before the state of California reopens when pandemic orders and restrictions are lifted. Governor Newsom has scheduled the opening for Tuesday, June 15. However, the state is still under a state of emergency, which gives it the power to issue new executive orders if COVID-19 issues […]
On Thursday, May 13, the CDC abruptly announced that fully vaccinated people were no longer required to wear face masks indoors, leading to a fair amount of confusion across the country. Of course, states and counties can disagree, and yesterday the state of California confirmed it won’t be removing indoor masks until the grand reopening […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — As the Bay Area continues to reopen and more people feel safe to eat again, many restaurants are facing staff shortages. With more bars reopening in San Francisco, which is now in the yellow tier, many owners are forced to compete for employees. San Francisco County 1st Bay Area in […]
Local Kitchens, a new ghost kitchen concept that allows customers to order from multiple local restaurant brands, has opened in the San Francisco area with locations in Lafayette, San Jose and Cupertino, California. Local Kitchens operates outposts of Curry Up Now, Glaze, Humphry Slocombe, The Little Chihuahua, MIXT, Proposition Chicken, Saucy Asian, Señor Sisig and […]
Courtesy of Lily San Francisco got a brief glimpse of indoor dining amid COVID last June. But almost as soon as it was cleared, it was shut down again. Now, thanks to our “orange level” status, he resumed once again. This time, hopefully, forever. Of course, it is only open with many restrictions. Indoor dining […]
Pay restaurants and establish partnerships to prepare and deliver meals to food insecure people. For bakers in the United States, there are two major holidays: Thanksgiving and March 14. aka Pi Day. So it was a blow to San Francisco’s Three Babes Bakeshop when pandemic-related cancellations started rolling in last March. While the Bay Area […]
The restaurants inside reopened on March 3, so it’s been a while since eaters have seen the inside of some of these restaurants. SF restaurants received a little more attention this round, but not much, with a tentative announcement a week in advance and an official confirmation two days in advance. Still, this isn’t their […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The red level of the state’s reopening plan is in effect in San Francisco, Napa and Santa Clara counties. Restaurants can now allow customers in at up to 25% of dining room capacity. Roxanne’s Café in San Francisco’s Lower Nob Hill happily welcomed the breakfast crowd indoors on Wednesday morning and […]
After months of serving takeout or serving customers outdoors, restaurants in San Francisco were allowed Wednesday to invite diners back inside. Far East Cafe in Chinatown nearly closed permanently last year, but after receiving support from the city as well as community members, it was able to hang on. Now, with the addition of indoor […]
Restaurants, cafes and bars in San Francisco that serve food can begin indoor dine-in service starting Wednesday at 8 a.m., Mayor London Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax announced Tuesday. “Thanks to everyone in our city acting responsibly and doing their part, we can take one step closer to reopening and beginning our recovery,” Mayor Breed […]
Bay Area restaurants endured another tough month in January with both indoor and outdoor restaurants closing – but then, on Jan. 25, Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted the stay-at-home order. California home. Many Bay Area restaurants immediately reopened for outdoor dining. “It’s exciting because we’ve had to reduce the hours of our struggling staff, and they’re […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – A break from the rain brought people to the restaurant. Outdoor dining is allowed again in San Francisco, but many businesses struggled to install outdoor parklets during the storm. San Francisco gradually reopened outdoor restaurants yesterday, there’s definitely more foot traffic here tonight. A boost for small businesses in San […]
western addition Although you can’t dine at one of their two sister cafes at the moment, Jane the Bakery is still open with a range of mouth-watering breads and pastries ready to take away and create your own coffee experience à la House. Central Milling’s flour, yeast and their sourdough starter are also available to […]
In early December, a survey released by the National Restaurant Association found that more than 110,000 restaurants had permanently closed across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. This month, with indoor and outdoor dining bans across California, that number has surely only increased. We know for a fact that in the Bay Area, we’ve lost […]
This time last year, Eater SF reminisced about the most amazing new restaurants to open in 2019. We were amazed at multi-level food emporiums, glittering chocolate shops, and moon lounges. Well, true to 2020, it looks a little different this year. Now we just hope the restaurants can get through the winter, so we can […]
Editor’s note, Dec. 4, 2020, 3:20 p.m.: Officials from five Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley made the decision on Friday to enact the stay-at-home order beginning Dec. 6. . All of the interviews for this article took place prior to the announcement and were written speculating on when the order would occur. […]
It could soon be hibernation season for restaurants in San Francisco. With indoor dining once again banned and wintry weather reducing income from outdoor dining, a growing number of restaurants in the city are considering, for the first time, the more drastic step of possible closure for the coming months. Others are considering closing for […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — City of San Francisco officials are hinting at more possible rollback announcements in the coming days as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. Although outdoor dining is still permitted under the state’s current purple level guidelines, many restaurants are preparing for the possibility of suspending outdoor dining. There’s no […]
In a Bay Area dining world still adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic, restaurants in San Francisco resumed indoor service on Wednesday with temperature checks, strict food enforcement policies masks and multi-question health surveys. The moment is a small step towards normality for restaurants in the city, where thousands of food businesses have struggled to survive […]
Restaurants in San Francisco can prepare provide indoor dining as of September 30, the city and county moved from the state’s coronavirus red tier designation to Orange. Earlier this month, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, in coordination with city health and economic officials, announced that the city plans to start eating indoors at a capacity […]
We are now six months into shelter-in-place. Six months since you might sneak into a crowded restaurant, step into the bar for a cold cocktail, or sit in a busy dining room, so that another human being can hand you a nice plate of food. But while restaurants may miss diners, restaurants miss them more. […]
Are you a restaurant owner or employee in San Francisco who struggled with Yelp or Yelpers during the pandemic? If that is the case, we would like to know more. San Francisco-based review platform Yelp has been keen to publicize its efforts to support restaurants during the coronavirus crisis, from an aborted partnership with GoFundMe […]
After months of keeping the lights off at San Francisco restaurants Trou Normand, Nommo and Obispo, star restaurateur and bartender Thad Vogler has announced the permanent closure of all three establishments. Vogler’s decision to close its three restaurants was not easy. This dates back to long before the shutdown, according to The San Francisco Chronicle […]
It’s hard to get hard numbers on the impact of the pandemic on San Francisco’s restaurant industry. There are voluntary surveys of restaurant owners, of course, and data from delivery apps and review sites on how many places seem to be taking orders (or not) and, in the case of apps, for how much. But […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Stay open, hit pause or close it. This is the terrible dilemma facing restaurant and bar owners in San Francisco. The cost of doing business in the city was already high before the pandemic, but a growing number of catering establishments are on the verge of permanent closure. With growing […]
DoorDash is refunding money to a handful of San Francisco restaurants that were mistakenly overcharged on commission fees, which the city recently temporarily capped at 15% “We have corrected a separate error affecting fewer than 10 of more than a thousand of our partner restaurants in San Francisco and we will refund those restaurants,” the […]
Restaurants in San Francisco, which were given the green light for outdoor dining service last month, learned on Tuesday that they will have to wait indefinitely for indoor dining to return as the number of coronavirus cases in the state increases. Indoor dining was originally scheduled to begin July 13 in San Francisco. Although news […]
July 13 has been a beacon for restaurants in San Francisco since May, when city officials announced that indoor dining would resume on that date. Although outdoor dining has been operational since June 12, even with tables spread along sidewalks and in the street, restaurants are counting on a return to indoor dining to generate […]
“It’s goodbye, not goodbye” for one of Dominique Crenn’s restaurants in San Francisco. On Saturday, the Michelin-starred chef announced that Petit Crenn, a cozy French bistro in Hayes Valley, would close its doors to customers until next January as it pivots to a new goal: feeding communities in need during the crisis. of COVID-19. The […]
Al fresco dining in San Francisco Chelsea Davis If you’re dying to dine al fresco, this is the week you’ve been waiting for! Countless San Francisco restaurants are opening for patio dining, and while June isn’t exactly known as a warm month in the city (oh hey, Karl The Fog), most patios will be outfitted […]
There’s a lot of effort right now to support restaurant workers who have closed due to the coronavirus shutdown. One caught my eye: a campaign by Haus, the Sonoma County appetizer producer, called Restaurant Project. I’ve been interested in Haus since it launched a year ago with the kind of instant millennial appeal and venture […]
San Francisco’s restaurant industry was taken by surprise when, on Tuesday, Mayor London Breed announced that outdoor dining for the county could begin Friday, June 12. The previously announced date was June 15, and the county’s Department of Public Health (DPH) had yet to issue official guidance on how to reopen safely. Those tips finally […]
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that restaurants in the city can begin offering sit-down dining service with safety measures in place June 12. The mayor’s office will release an official change to the stay-at-home order later this week along with guidance for restaurants on how to reopen as soon as this Friday. […]
Restaurants in San Francisco will be able to offer sit-down dining starting Friday, three days ahead of schedule, marking the city’s latest step in easing current shelter-in-place restrictions. Since mid-March, restaurants in San Francisco can only offer take-out and delivery service to customers. The Mayor of London Breed announced the expansion on Tuesday, on the […]
This is a breaking story and will be updated as more information is received. Restaurants in San Francisco will be allowed to reopen for outdoor dining on June 15, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Thursday. If all goes well and the city’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases remain at acceptable levels, indoor dining will be […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Under a new proposal announced Tuesday by the Mayor of London Breed, businesses in San Francisco will soon be able to use sidewalks, partial streets, parks and plazas to do business. It’s called the Shared Spaces Program, and city leaders say once restaurant dining is allowed under the health order, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Bars and restaurants in San Francisco are closing permanently with the coronavirus and the costs of operating a business in the city some business owners say they can’t keep up. KRON4 spoke to an owner who was forced to close and file for bankruptcy. “It’s devastating because I’ve spent my […]
Cinco de Mayo, the celebration of a historic battle during the Franco-Mexican War, has evolved over the past few decades into a holiday celebrated by people of all cultures (much like, perhaps, March 17th celebrations intended to honor the death of Ireland’s patron saint), frequently in Mexican restaurants and bars. In fact, some local restaurants […]
More than a dozen Bay Area chefs and restaurants have been nominated for the 2020 James Beard Foundation Awards, the restaurant industry’s highest honors, which were announced on Twitter Monday. Some of the top honors went to San Francisco restaurateurs Michael and Lindsay Tusk, whose Michelin-starred restaurant Quince was named a finalist for Outstanding Restaurant […]
Since the initial shelter-in-place order on March 16 shook up San Francisco’s dining scene, local restaurants have scrambled to adapt to the new reality of a city where eating is no longer an option. For some places, that means closing for the time being — a fact of life communicated by shuttered windows in many […]
A new podcast explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable businesses: restaurants. For nearly 15 years, Marcia Gagliardi wrote Tablehopper, an “e-column” about the Bay Area food and beverage industry. Although she did radio spots on KGO (her segment was called “You Gotta Eat This”), she had never […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Dining out in the Bay Area will likely never be the same. Fifty percent of restaurants in San Francisco are not expected to reopen, according to the Golden Gate Restaurant Association. “Do you think you’ll make it?” “No, I don’t think so,” said Wen Geng, owner of Chinese Cuisine, a popular […]
SAN FRANCISCO, September 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Master classthe online training company that empowers everyone to learn from the best in the world, today announced that Chef Gordon Ramsay will offer its second online cooking class exclusively through its platform, becoming the first instructor to return to teach a second MasterClass. In his new class, […]