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 (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 […]
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, 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 (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 […]