from Plant
Based News -
On Wednesday, March 27, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters officially confirmed that a citizen-led petition to ban factory farms qualified for the ballot. Volunteers from the Coalition to End Factory Farming (CEFF) submitted over 37 thousand signatures earlier this month.
SFGate: Bay Area Safeway and Target stores are overcharging customers, officials say
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-safeway-target-overcharge-food-19379731.php
The sneaking suspicion that Safeway is overpriced is real. I really try and avoid them at all costs.
From Oaklandside/Berkeleyside -
Bageltopia opens today 4/2 on University between Sacramento and Acton in Berkeley.
1401 University Ave., Berkeley; www.thebageltopia.com
Open Tuesday through Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Dan Graf’s bagel recipe is inspired by the New Jersey bagels he ate growing up in the Garden State. Credit: Kelly Sullivan
Luke Tsai on Rasa Rasa Indonesian in the Mission.
Rasa Rasa Kitchen is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. for lunch and 5 p.m.–9 p.m. for dinner, at 2200 Bryant St. in San Francisco. The Rasa Rasa food truck is open 11 a.m.–8 p.m. daily inside Parklab Gardens at 1379 4th St. in San Francisco.
Luke Tsai and artist Thien Pham -
Viet-Cajun in San Jose.
By the end of our meal at Cajun Bistro 7, we’d left a pile of shrimp and crawfish carcasses in our wake. The Viet-Cajun spot in San Jose is open until 4 a.m. daily. (Thien Pham.
SF Ube Festval Sunday April 7 2024 at 428 11th St. SF
Ube cupcakes, ‘flandesals’ and ube flan cheesecakes — all from Hayward-based Marley’s Treats, where the ube desserts are by far the most popular items. (Marley’s Treats
I’m heading to Four Kings this Saturday, very excited! Will report back.
Just found out that Monk’s Kettle in the Mission is moving over to Rockridge. Dang.
NamaFest will take place in Umami Mart’s back lot (4027 Broadway, Oakland) on Sat., April 13, from 1–5 p.m. Tickets are $55 and include a tasting of all 16 sakes.
from KQED -
As the founder of If Only Creative — a Berkeley-based creative agency that supports dope East Bay destinations such as Popoca, DAYTRIP and Burdell — Sanchez-Dunning is fiercely aligned with those who share her sense of community values. A homegrown Chicana, she predominantly works with small business owners of color. She carved her way into the scene with her relentless hustle, building her studio from the ground up by hiring other women of color that represent the Bay Area she knows. Beyond providing photography, social media management and branding for a handful of local outlets, Sanchez-Dunning hosts events to celebrate the Bay’s rich food traditions.
The Bay Area’s Official SUHOOR FEST 2024 which was held on Saturday Night March 23rd, 2024 from 11 PM to 5 AM at the SABA Center in San Jose, CA
IKEA Downtown SF 945 Market St new 450-seat Saluhall food hall opens today 4/11. Open Wed -Sun until May 6 when it will be open 7 days a week.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/saluhall-sf-ikea-ingka-centres-food-hall-19395887.php
from SF Standard
including:
Curry Up Now
Kayma Algerian Eatery
Casa Borinqueña
Momo Noodle
Taqueria La Venganza
A plate of two mofongo cups from Casa Boriqueña at Saluhall costs $13. | Source:Garrett Leahy/The Standard
https://www.saluhallmarket.com/
SECOND FLOOR
11 AM - 10 PM
WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY
Open 7 days a week starting May 6, 2024
from CBS KPIX Channel 5 SF -
SF Mayor London Breed press conference at Saluhall IKEA food court and meeting place opening, 21 minutes -
San Francisco Chinatown Monthly Night Market on Grant Avenue is back with plans to expand.
First Friday in Oakland on Telegraph Ave is back. This month’s event was on April 12 because the first Friday on April 5 was delayed due to rain.
Passover begins at sundown on Monday, April 22, and lasts until sundown on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Food and meals available at -
Draeger’s, Market Hall in Oakland, Mollie Stone’s, Canela Bistro in SF, Cafe Boho in SF, I Market in SF, Pizzeria Delfina in SF, Pomella in Oakland, Saul’s Deli in Berkeley, Wise Sons has several locations -
2020 Market Hall seder plate with horseradish, shank bone and eggs. (Photo/Courtesy)
Non-traditional Passover Seder meals -
The unconventional Passover celebration will offer a vegan and gluten-free meal at French-Vietnamese restaurant Le Colonial in San Francisco on Friday evening, April 26. Executive chef Geoffrey Deetz will create a plant-based menu featuring Vietnamese-inspired dishes such as fresh rolls and mushroom phở, a brothy soup dish with rice noodles.
Luke and Thien -
24-hour Indian food in Sunnyvale
Help for California salmon fishermen?
I’m really enjoying “The Midnight Diners” - doubt I would have found it if not for your links: thank you!
new Halal Food Truck: SMASHERZ in Milbrae, CA
Jonathan Kuminga, a third-year forward for the Golden State Warriors, works a day at Besharam SF (@besharamsf), a Bay Area restaurant featuring Gujarati cuisine. Kuminga was born in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1275 Minnesota St
San Francisco, CA 94107
Hours
Closed: Monday - Tuesday
Lunch: Thursday - Saturday 11AM – 2PM
Dinner: Wednesday - Sunday 5 – 9PM
Contact
(415) 580-7662
Chron’ s article on it.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hyatt-equinox-19400639.php
I remember going in college and yes, the $7 beers were a shock in the 80s. We did exactly what the Chron article suggested…bought the beers and nursed them for the 50 min rotation. I think they’re just going to charge for the ride now, on top of food?
Sold out: On May 5 at Popoca, the second El Otro Lado dinner will be held, an evening of food, drink and art with a focus on the indigenous culinary traditions from Mexico and Central America.
from Oaklandside Nosh -
Little Pyro is Caris’s pop-up venture featuring two sandwich options — a hand-cured, hand-carved pastrami and a vegan barbecue, both with optional slaw, sauerkraut and pickle sides. The pop-up starts this week and will visit a range of local venues. Little Pyro’s first pop-up sando event is this Saturday, 4/20, at Alameda’s Almanac Brewing. Little Pyro pastrami and vegan pop-up, various locations.
Berkeley is very excited about this newcomer to the Gilman District, now serving Bangalore-style street food for take-out or patio dining out of the corner restaurant most recently home to Lulu.
Pochy’s Indian Street Food, 1019 Camelia St. (at Tenth Street), Berkeley
Luke and Thien eat Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup at Lounge Chinatown Oakland until 2:30 am.
Lounge Chinatown is open 10:30 a.m.–2:30 a.m. daily at 366 8th St. in Oakland.
Luke:
The first thing you notice about Lounge Chinatown is the decor, which is so hiply and aggressively Asia-fied in its aesthetics that 20-year-old me, at the very height of my AZN pride, would have eaten it up — all sleek red leather booths, lucky cat figurines and sexily back-lit Taiwanese whiskey bottles. Five or six different kinds of light fixtures, all designed to resemble various paper lanterns, bask the dining room in a nightclub-like glow. Meanwhile, a mural running the length of the restaurant depicts an unidentified Asian night market scene in such a way that the night market looks like the coolest damn place in the world.
from KQED - 2,000-Year-Old Meat Cauldrons Star in the SF Asian Art Museum’s Newest Exhibit until July 22
A food container in the shape of conjoined pigs, from China’s Warring States period (approximately 340 BCE). (Jingzhou Municipal Museum, courtesy of the Asian Art Museum)
