Lauren Saria
Deputy Food Editor at The San Francisco Standard
Deputy Food Editor @sfstandard | 📧: [email protected] (Past: Editor at @eatersf, Food, Dining + Nightlife Editor at The Arizona Republic and @azcentral)
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1 week ago |
sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria
But the homecoming did not go as planned. In January, the San Francisco Chronicle’s chief critic, MacKenzie Chung Fegan, slammed not just the food — including “the worst steak of my life” — but also the service, which was apparently “rife with mishaps.” Four months later, Waxman is humble when talking about the opening.
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sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria
By Lauren SariaPublished Apr. 15, 2025 • 9:00amSan Francisco’s king of canned beers is pulling up the stakes. As part of a merger with Sonoma County’s HenHouse Brewing Co., the 11-year-old Fort Point Beer Co. will move its production to a shared brewing facility in Santa Rosa. Yes, that means San Francisco’s go-to park beer won’t be made in San Francisco anymore. “On one hand, yeah, it’s sad,” says Fort Point cofounder Justin Catalana. “But we’re still very much part of San Francisco.
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2 weeks ago |
sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria
By Lauren SariaPublished Apr. 09, 2025 • 8:00amVanessa Lee never thought she’d own a restaurant on Third Street. When she was growing up in the ’90s, her mother warned about walking along the Bayview’s main corridor. “Make sure you keep your backpack with you,” Lee remembers her saying, “and if anyone asks you for it, you just give it to them.” By the time Lee became a mother, in 2019, the neighborhood had taken a turn for the better. She’d put her son in the stroller and go for a walk.
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3 weeks ago |
sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria |Sara Deseran |Astrid Kane
You need some new ideas for where to go out. We have some really delicious answers. You need some new ideas for where to go out. We have some really delicious answers. For anyone prepared to ask us, “Where should I eat tonight?” here’s our answer: the Hot List, our opinionated guide to the top restaurants and bars in San Francisco right now. Some of the picks are new and noteworthy; others are rediscovered favorites.
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3 weeks ago |
sfstandard.com | Lauren Saria |Sara Deseran |Astrid Kane
Meski’s menu will offer items such as goat hip stew with berbere and empanadas with picadillo. | Source: Erin Ng for The StandardAt the top of the month, we’re looking ahead to the most exciting restaurants on track to debut in San Francisco. It’s shaping up to be a busy four weeks. Meski, one of the most anticipated restaurants in recent memory, backed by an all-star team, arrives Saturday in the Tenderloin on April 5.
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RT @sfstandard: You need some new ideas for where to go out. — Sara Deseran and @lhsaria https://t.co/SZLOt6wLpT https://t.co/UiOEJ5tUeB
grateful i had the pleasure of knowing charles through my work. he was a true legend -- incredibly warm, deeply passionate, and generous with his time, all things you don't always find in chefs of his acclaim. keeping his family + all those who knew and loved him in my thoughts
Just in: Charles Phan, the chef behind the pioneering Vietnamese restaurant the Slanted Door, died Monday. Phan was a pillar of the San Francisco restaurant community and Mission District for decades. — @lhsaria https://t.co/r2OqbvHZM0