Jessica Yadegaran

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Jessica Yadegaran

After a mind-blowing Coachella set that lasted nearly two hours Friday, superstar Lady Gaga refueled the way so many celebrities before her have done — by grabbing late-night eats at In-N-Out. The Friday night headliner, who turned the stage into an “opera house in the desert,” eschewed the $17 corn dogs and other overpriced venue fare for an affordable fast food meal.

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Jessica Yadegaran

The second you walk into the last Fuddruckers in California, the cavernous family burger restaurant located inside a nondescript Concord shopping center, nostalgia smacks you in the face. Inside, there’s a Blue Bunny ice cream shop and an arcade with a Batman driving game. The walls are covered in bricks and corrugated metal. Checkered tablecloths grace the tables, some crowded with families of 10.

3 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Jessica Yadegaran

Marie Ramos and Stefani Mistry love cake. They love baking it, sharing it. So it was a huge disappointment for them and hoards of other San Franciscans to be shut out of Saturday’s massive Cake Picnic event at the Legion of Honor. The sugary shindig — where baking enthusiasts gather outside to feast on beautiful cakes — has become a bit of a cultural phenomenon. When tickets went live last month for the third local iteration of Cake Picnic, they sold out in one minute.

3 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Jessica Yadegaran

Toronado, the cash-only Lower Haight institution known for its brewer crowd and encyclopedic variety of sought-after beers, has been on the market since January, when owner David Keene first announced his impending retirement and $1.75 million asking price for the business and property at 547 Haight St.On Thursday morning, the San Francisco Standard reported that Orion Parrott, a San Franciscan who works for Orange Dao, has purchased the bar and plans to create a cryptocurrency related to it.

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Jessica Yadegaran

But the deal had a catch: Ozkaynak also had to take on the Mission Street Cha Cha Cha location, which has been struggling to bounce back from the pandemic and will likely close. While Ozkaynak celebrates the Haight location’s four decades in operation and recent designation as a legacy business, he’s also mourning the loss of the longtime fixture of the Mission District.