Caleb Pershan

Mar 26, 2025 | sfchronicle.com | Caleb Pershan

Seemingly every new burger restaurant in the Bay Area has adopted the thin, crispy burgers pioneered by Burgers Never Say Die. Chronicle associate restaurant critic Cesar Hernandez tried more than 30 options in the Bay Area before crowning his favorites - with some, like his number one pick Smish Smash, explicitly citing Nee as an inspiration.

Jan 22, 2025 | sfchronicle.com | Caleb Pershan

The James Beard Foundation, whose awards for restaurants are sometimes likened to the Oscars of the food world, has released its long list of semifinalists for 2025. On the list are a strong number of prominent Bay Area names in nearly every category. The preliminary result amounts to a powerful showing from the region, after years during which the Bay Area was largely shut out of the nominations and final awards, which will be handed out this year in June.

Aug 27, 2024 | sfchronicle.com | Elena Kadvany |Caleb Pershan

There is arguably no question more hotly debated in Bay Area culinary circles than the proper order at San Francisco’s House of Prime Rib. Many a lengthy Reddit thread has been devoted to the debate. And while there are no right or wrong answers, we like to think it’s a deeply personal choice — one that reflects the character of the diner.

Aug 27, 2024 | sfchronicle.com | Caleb Pershan

Getting a table at San Francisco’s storied House of Prime Rib can be a bit of a challenge. (To learn how, play our game.) But once you’re finally seated at the restaurant affectionately nicknamed HOPR, your back in a cushy booth, the menu is its own adventure. Fans will forever fight over the “correct” order. Is the thin English cut the most flavorful, or is the thickest King Henry VIII the way to go? What about sides? Tell us your favorites. CreditsPowered by the Hearst Newspapers DevHub.

Jun 24, 2024 | sfchronicle.com | Caleb Pershan

It’s almost time for happy hour on a foggy spring afternoon. Outside his popular San Francisco bar, Trick Dog, owner Josh Harris is meeting a group of about 20 people — not for drinks, but as they do every week, for a five-mile run. They high-five in greeting and stretch in front of the bar’s parklet, many sporting black caps with their group’s name, the Bon Vivants Run Club.