Mario A. Cortez
Food and Restaurant Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Restaurant reporter @sfchronicle. SD-Tj siempre
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Chef Martin Yan holds the medal he received for the 2022 James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. No Bay Area restaurants or chefs brought home a medallion in 2025, the third consecutive year. Laura Morton/Special to The ChronicleStuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, as photographed in 2020, were named finalists for the Outstanding Restaurateur award in the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards.
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The 11 most anticipated summer Bay Area restaurant openings, including Parachute, Bar Chisme and Tsujita.
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A barbecue platter at Fikscue in Alameda. The hit restaurant combining Texas barbecue and Indonesian flavors opens its San Francisco location this week. Benjamin Fanjoy/The ChronicleCustomers wait in line as a group eats outside Fikscue in Alameda. The popular restaurant combines Texas-style barbecue and Indonesian flavors. Its second location opens in San Francisco this week.
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sfchronicle.com | Mario A. Cortez
A bagel sandwich with cucumber, onion and dill at Bones Bagels in Noe Valley in San Francisco on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Gabrielle Lurie/S.F. ChronicleA painting on the wall at the new Bones Bagels in San Francisco. The painting and other art in the bagel shop were made by owner Noah Orloff’s fiancée, Jessica Thornton Murphy. Gabrielle Lurie/S.F. ChronicleOwner Noah Orloff with 15-month-old daughter Ruby Orloff at his new bagel shop, which is gearing up to open.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Mario A. Cortez
A few menu items at Bijou, including a 10-ounce ribeye from San Rafael butchers Flannery Beef in a black peppercorn sauce. Rachel Bujalski/Special to the ChronicleChef Stéphane Saint Louis at his new restaurant Bijou in Petaluma, California. Rachel Bujalski/Special to the ChronicleA crudo dish at Bijou, which opens June 13. Rachel Bujalski/Special to the ChronicleBijou, said chef and co-owner Stéphane Saint Louis, is intended to serve a local clientele.
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