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1 week ago | 
sf.eater.com | Becky Duffett
Spencer Huey is a cook at the famed Chez Panisse in Berkeley, who kind of has a cult following among gardeners in the East Bay. He plans to casually sell 50 different varieties of tomato plants out of the parking lot this spring. He’s been doing this for the past few years — although he took last year off — but now he’s back.
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1 week ago | 
sf.eater.com | Flora Tsapovsky
San Francisco shouldn’t get all the glory when it comes to beautiful restaurants. On the other side of the bridge, the East Bay restaurant scene is on a steep beatification track; from Walnut Creek to Oakland, gorgeous, design-forward eateries have been popping up all over, offering bright, interesting interiors to go with the delicious food. These are the East Bay’s 11 most beautiful restaurants.
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2 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
Big names in the San Francisco food scene are setting up shop in the growing Mission Rock development, and one more business is readying its space for the baseball season. Flour + Water Pizza Shop debuts on Monday, April 14, slinging slices and whole pies for Giants fans and the wider Mission Bay neighborhood.
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2 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
Cafe Noir The last few pieces of the new Prescott Market are falling into place, just in time for the food hall’s opening on Saturday, April 5. Filling one of the last two remaining availabilities inside the market is Cafe Noir, a restaurant by chef Marisa Gittens that “takes inspiration from and shares black-culture parallels with the French-style bistro,” per a press release.
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2 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
Nick Podraza This is a list of the Bay Area’s most notable restaurant and bar openings, with new updates published once a week. Did we miss something great? Please, drop us a line. April 3MISSION — New wine bar tavern Big Finish opened mid-March in the former Monk’s Kettle space on 16th Street in the Mission, according to the San Francisco Standard.
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3 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
Patricia Chang On Wednesday, April 2, the James Beard Foundation announced the 2025 slate of finalists for its annual restaurant and chef awards. These finalists are culled from the foundation’s long list of semifinalists released in January, which saw 24 Bay Area chefs, bar professionals, restaurants, and bars representing across 14 categories. This time around, the Bay Area received five nominations among the list of finalists.
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3 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman |Paolo Bicchieri
There’s certainly no shortage of excellent food to be found in San Francisco and the Bay Area — but there’s plenty worth skipping, too. Luckily for you, Eater editors dine out several times a week (or more) and we’re happy to share the standout dishes we encounter as we go. Hawaiian pizza at Flour + Water PizzeriaUnlike regular pizza, which can be seen as one of the holy “even when it’s bad it’s good” iconoclasts, gluten-free pizza is squarely not in that camp.
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3 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
T&T Supermarket T&T Supermarket is coming to San Francisco. The Canada-based Asian grocery store chain announced on Friday, March 28, that it will open a new location at City Center located at 2675 Geary Boulevard, per a store press release. It’s the same shopping complex that houses Target and PetSmart, nestled just across the street from Trader Joe’s. Canadians will recognize the brand from its 38 stores across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Washington.
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4 weeks ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
Google Maps It was with great sadness that the Emeryville location of Chevys — with impressive waterfront views to rival the “world’s most beautiful” Taco Bell in Pacifica — closed in 2024 after 25 years in business. The space sat vacant for nearly a year, and now, finally, comes word on who will fill its 13,500-square-foot shoes: The E’ville Eye reports that Japanese restaurant chain Benihana signed a lease at 1890 Powell Street.
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1 month ago | 
sf.eater.com | Dianne De Guzman
Award-winning chef Stephanie Izard opens her first Bay Area restaurant with the launch of Valley Goat, debuting in Sunnyvale on Monday, March 31. It’s the star restaurant for Treehouse Hotel Silicon Valley and an addition to Izard’s growing list of “Goat” restaurants, including Girl & the Goat and Cabra (both with locations in Chicago and Los Angeles), plus Little Goat Diner and Duck Duck Goat in Chicago.