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Bryant Estate legal fight offers glimpse into ‘cult’ wineries’ secretive world
Bryant Estate legal fight offers glimpse into ‘cult’ wineries’ secretive world
“Cult” Cabernet winery Bryant has always been one of Napa’s most secretive. Now its owner speaks out to defend against lawsuit claims.
Verve Coffee Roasters opens first Palo Alto cafe this week
Santa Cruz’s Verve Coffee Roasters is bringing flash brew and Manresa Bread treats to its first Palo Alto cafe this week. It’s Verve’s second Bay Area location after San Francisco.
Is San Francisco's Anchor Brewing having an identity crisis?
A lot has changed at Anchor Brewing Co. in the last few years, but one thing hasn’t: how it makes steam beer.
The definitive timeline of Anchor beers
For decades, Anchor Brewing made only a handful of beer styles, led by its flagship steam. But in recent years, spurred by the anything-goes ethos of modern craft beer, our city’s signature brewery has ...
Misfits’ Bakehouse rises from the gluten-free ashes of Ducks & Dragons Bakery in San Carlos
Popular gluten-free bakery Ducks & Dragons has closed, but one of its founders is ready to bake again as Misfits’ Bakehouse.
The Vault, San Francisco’s new Financial District blockbuster, comes up empty
The team behind the restaurant wants it to be a destination. But the overpriced and mediocre food lacks anything that would attract anyone but its captive audience.
Daily Driver opens, bringing bagels to SF
Along with being one of the only creameries in San Francisco city limits, Daily Driver makes bagels in a wood-fired oven and has a roaster where Oakland’s Red Bay Coffee produces coffee on-site.
San Francisco's first modern creamery
Since they bought the land that would become Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery 15 years ago, Tamara Hicks and David Jablons have had one foot in the city and one foot in rural Marin.
Palo Alto passes new bans on plastic products
Palo Alto City Council voted Monday night to pass one of the Bay Area’s toughest bans on single-use plastics, including straws and utensils.
At Tekka, one couple found a haven from a changing city
Tekka on Balboa doesn’t technically take reservations. Its 10 seats typically command a serious sidewalk wait.
When being Asian American means bacon and eggs and hamburgers
In California, it’s easy to find all-American burger spots and doughnut shops owned by Asian immigrants and their families — a fact that breaks down expectations.
Return of the Starks: Willi’s Wine Bar reopens in Santa Rosa after Tubbs wildfire
Santa Rosa’s popular Willi’s Wine Bar reopened in June after burning in the Tubbs Fire in 2017.
Chick-fil-A heads for Redwood City, sparking discussion on chain’s anti-LGBTQ history
Chick-fil-A is coming to Redwood City, and San Mateo County supervisor David Canepa plans to fight it. The fried chicken sandwich chain has become synonymous with its CEO’s stance against same-sex marriage.
Can chicken fight climate change? Blue Apron founder’s new company bets on carbon-friendly chicken
Shoppers are familiar with and often confused by chicken labels like free-range. But what about regenerative chicken?
San Francisco knife shop Bernal Cutlery to open new location
Bernal Cutlery is taking over the old Paxton Gate’s Curiosities for Kids space on Valencia Street.
San Francisco’s Verjus, the Quince spin-off wine bar, opens takeout lunch window
Lindsay and Michael Tusk’s celebrated wine bar, Verjus, is going deeper into the lunch game with a takeout window.
Michelin releases 2019 California guide: Angler and Sorrel get stars, Saison loses a star
Michelin Guide has released its first-ever California edition, covering the Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego and more.
Everything you need to know about the next big foodie romantic comedy
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month went out with style with the Netflix release of “Always Be My Maybe,” a romantic comedy written by and starring Ali Wong and Randall Park.
Rat-infested pop-up bar to open in San Francisco
The same folks behind the San Francisco Dungeon at Fisherman’s Wharf are bringing a new pop-up to the city called the Rat Bar.
San Francisco’s first Nigerian restaurant is open
Eko Kitchen, San Francisco’s first Nigerian restaurant, opened this month. Eventually, it will morph into something between a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant and a roaming pop-up.
At Beit Rima, a son reinvents his father’s burger joint to showcase their Palestinian heritage
Beit Rima is a take on Arab cuisine that is cool, casual and optimistic.
A Brown Kitchen: Flavor-infused butters elevate even the simplest snacks
Crudites are a remarkably simple yet beautiful starter now that so many vegetables are in season. And compound butters are versatile tools that make entertaining a little easier,
New sushi restaurant set to be one of SF’s most expensive restaurants
San Francisco’s newest omakase restaurant, Sushi Nagai, has opened in Union Square with a $180 “promotional” menu. Over the next few weeks, the restaurant will roll out its regular menu priced ...
What even is 'wine' anymore?
I don’t know how to evaluate a beer that’s also a cider and tastes like a wine. It defies everything I know about beer and cider and wine.
Featured Columnists
Do we drink the same wine that the Romans drank? Not quite
A new study has found that our Iron Age counterparts grew the same types of grape varieties that we still use for winemaking today. But that doesn’t mean the wine they drank tasted anything like our modern Chardonnays.
Mandela Grocery Cooperative marks 10 years in West Oakland and...
The city’s only worker-owned grocery is in expansion mode.
Timely egg treats for Passover and Easter
This year sees Passover and Easter overlap, and perhaps no ingredient better represents both religious holidays than the egg. We mined our Chronicle archives to find a recipe for Huevos Haminados (Jewish Sephardic eggs) and Tea Eggs.
Mission Pie becomes the latest closure to break San...
Popular bakery Mission Pie will close Sept. 1 after 12 years in San Francisco. The culprit? The rising costs of doing business and living in the Bay Area.
How a second-generation Chinese American modernizes his...
This is A Million Plates, the Chronicle's regular column about immigrant food in the Bay Area, centered around the theory that there are a million different plates of food eaten every day in this region. ...
Can Nommo be a neighborhood bar in a new San Francisco...
It’s difficult for a space like this to ever feel warm. But the bartenders here are knowledgeable and friendly, whether you’re wondering about the ingredients in a drink or the cuts of charcuterie on ...
A Brown Kitchen: Ghee adds nutty flavor to a breakfast hash
There are plenty of reasons why I recommend cooking with ghee. Use it to fry an egg and get that beautiful crispy texture, or use it in cakes to take advantage of the nutty aroma.
Banana upside-down cake
Here’s a n elegant way to transform bananas: Sink slices of banana into a rum-spiked brown sugar caramel, then pour a walnut-rich cake batter over and bake an upside-down cake that makes this workaday ...
Ultimate Guide: The best Italian restaurants in San Francisco
What’s your favorite Italian restaurant? Use this guide to eat through the best Bay Area Italian food.
The best meals under $20 in Bernal Heights
Welcome to Bargain Chronicles, wherein we explore some of San Francisco's most delicious neighborhoods and choose our favorite meals that can be enjoyed for $20 and under.
‘You died’: The resurrection of a cook in the heart of SF
On New Year’s Day of 2018, Eric Ehler woke up to find himself strapped to a strange bed.
Change is the new constant: A year in the life of a San...
When I sat down with Christian Albertson and Nat Cutler in a wooden booth at Monk’s Kettle in the first month of 2017, the mood was cautiously upbeat.
Cassava pushes limits of the neighborhood restaurant
Owing to its geography, moody microclimates and vexingly challenged public transit system, a considerable part of San Francisco will always be far-flung.
Recipe: How to make golden pakoras just like Vik’s Chaat in...
Pakoras are one of the many types of chaat that originated as street food. Even the densest vegetables, like diced potato, cook up shockingly quickly in the deep fryer.
Verve Coffee Roasters opens first Palo Alto cafe this week
Santa Cruz’s Verve Coffee Roasters is bringing flash brew and Manresa Bread treats to its first Palo Alto cafe this week. It’s Verve’s second Bay Area location after San Francisco.
Is San Francisco's Anchor Brewing having an identity crisis?
A lot has changed at Anchor Brewing Co. in the last few years, but one thing hasn’t: how it makes steam beer.
The definitive timeline of Anchor beers
For decades, Anchor Brewing made only a handful of beer styles, led by its flagship steam. But in recent years, spurred by the anything-goes ethos of modern craft beer, our city’s signature brewery has ...
Misfits’ Bakehouse rises from the gluten-free ashes of Ducks & Dragons Bakery in San Carlos
Popular gluten-free bakery Ducks & Dragons has closed, but one of its founders is ready to bake again as Misfits’ Bakehouse.
The Vault, San Francisco’s new Financial District blockbuster, comes up empty
The team behind the restaurant wants it to be a destination. But the overpriced and mediocre food lacks anything that would attract anyone but its captive audience.
Daily Driver opens, bringing bagels to SF
Along with being one of the only creameries in San Francisco city limits, Daily Driver makes bagels in a wood-fired oven and has a roaster where Oakland’s Red Bay Coffee produces coffee on-site.
San Francisco's first modern creamery
Since they bought the land that would become Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery 15 years ago, Tamara Hicks and David Jablons have had one foot in the city and one foot in rural Marin.
Palo Alto passes new bans on plastic products
Palo Alto City Council voted Monday night to pass one of the Bay Area’s toughest bans on single-use plastics, including straws and utensils.
At Tekka, one couple found a haven from a changing city
Tekka on Balboa doesn’t technically take reservations. Its 10 seats typically command a serious sidewalk wait.
When being Asian American means bacon and eggs and hamburgers
In California, it’s easy to find all-American burger spots and doughnut shops owned by Asian immigrants and their families — a fact that breaks down expectations.
Return of the Starks: Willi’s Wine Bar reopens in Santa Rosa after Tubbs wildfire
Santa Rosa’s popular Willi’s Wine Bar reopened in June after burning in the Tubbs Fire in 2017.
Chick-fil-A heads for Redwood City, sparking discussion on chain’s anti-LGBTQ history
Chick-fil-A is coming to Redwood City, and San Mateo County supervisor David Canepa plans to fight it. The fried chicken sandwich chain has become synonymous with its CEO’s stance against same-sex marriage.
Can chicken fight climate change? Blue Apron founder’s new company bets on carbon-friendly chicken
Shoppers are familiar with and often confused by chicken labels like free-range. But what about regenerative chicken?
San Francisco knife shop Bernal Cutlery to open new location
Bernal Cutlery is taking over the old Paxton Gate’s Curiosities for Kids space on Valencia Street.
San Francisco’s Verjus, the Quince spin-off wine bar, opens takeout lunch window
Lindsay and Michael Tusk’s celebrated wine bar, Verjus, is going deeper into the lunch game with a takeout window.
Michelin releases 2019 California guide: Angler and Sorrel get stars, Saison loses a star
Michelin Guide has released its first-ever California edition, covering the Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego and more.
Everything you need to know about the next big foodie romantic comedy
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month went out with style with the Netflix release of “Always Be My Maybe,” a romantic comedy written by and starring Ali Wong and Randall Park.
Rat-infested pop-up bar to open in San Francisco
The same folks behind the San Francisco Dungeon at Fisherman’s Wharf are bringing a new pop-up to the city called the Rat Bar.
San Francisco’s first Nigerian restaurant is open
Eko Kitchen, San Francisco’s first Nigerian restaurant, opened this month. Eventually, it will morph into something between a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant and a roaming pop-up.
At Beit Rima, a son reinvents his father’s burger joint to showcase their Palestinian heritage
Beit Rima is a take on Arab cuisine that is cool, casual and optimistic.
A Brown Kitchen: Flavor-infused butters elevate even the simplest snacks
Crudites are a remarkably simple yet beautiful starter now that so many vegetables are in season. And compound butters are versatile tools that make entertaining a little easier,
New sushi restaurant set to be one of SF’s most expensive restaurants
San Francisco’s newest omakase restaurant, Sushi Nagai, has opened in Union Square with a $180 “promotional” menu. Over the next few weeks, the restaurant will roll out its regular menu priced ...
What even is 'wine' anymore?
I don’t know how to evaluate a beer that’s also a cider and tastes like a wine. It defies everything I know about beer and cider and wine.
Featured Columnists
Do we drink the same wine that the Romans drank? Not quite
A new study has found that our Iron Age counterparts grew the same types of grape varieties that we still use for winemaking today. But that doesn’t mean the wine they drank tasted anything like our modern Chardonnays.
Mandela Grocery Cooperative marks 10 years in West Oakland and...
The city’s only worker-owned grocery is in expansion mode.
Timely egg treats for Passover and Easter
This year sees Passover and Easter overlap, and perhaps no ingredient better represents both religious holidays than the egg. We mined our Chronicle archives to find a recipe for Huevos Haminados (Jewish Sephardic eggs) and Tea Eggs.