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Are Parklets the lifeline San Francisco restaurants need? Only sometimes

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 […]

San francisco restaurants

Are full dessert menus returning to San Francisco restaurants?

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, […]