SFGate: The mystery of the Bay Area’s many Celia’s Mexican Restaurants
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/mystery-of-bay-area-celias-mexican-restaurants-sf-19527781.php
I always wondered about this.
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Maria C. in Mission Local likes the okra masala at 14 Peaks Nepalese -
14 Peaks
2848 23rd St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
from edible East Bay, a review of Ruth Reichl’s novel, The Paris Novel:
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Local readers who haunted the old Berkeley Art Museum on Durant Avenue back in the late 1970s may remember Ruth Reichl as a former chef and co-owner of The Swallow, a cafe collective that operated on the museum’s ground floor. A younger set may have gotten to know the Reichl revealed through her best-selling memoirs: Tender at the Bone, Comfort me with Apples, and Garlic and Sapphires. Lots more will recognize her as a cookbook author, former editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, restaurant critic, and winner of many James Beard awards for her journalism, including her recent Lifetime Achievement Award.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the uber-talented Ruth Reichl is also a novelist. Her latest, The Paris Novel (Random House, 2024) tells the story of Stella, a recent Vassar graduate working as a copy editor in New York who takes a life-changing trip to the City of Lights.
Narsai -
Two-hour interview with Narsai from 2021 -
Urban Farm Tour
Saturday July 13, 11am–3pm
Urban Farm (Biofuel) Oasis
1441 Ashby Ave, Berkeley
Please RSVP here. There’s no charge; it’s just a way to track the number of guests
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The NY Times’s 25 best San Francisco restaurants (gift link):
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Thanks for the link - the comments section is pretty entertaining on this one!
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I agree. Sometimes the comments section is more entertaining than the original article!
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A16 opens in Oakland Airport -
Man Must Wak’s new market and forthcoming restaurant is located at 401 E. 18th St. in Oakland, near Lake Merritt; its current hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. The original Old Oakland location remains open 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily at 547 8th St. Follow the market’s Instagram page for updates and details about upcoming events.
Luke and Thien at a late night Hookah Lounge in Redwood City -
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Jay Barmann writes about the SF food scene over the last 20 odd years in SFist:
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I am super-spoiled to work near the big Cafe de Casa branch, even if their prices are high. The last NYC neighborhood I lived in before moving to California also happened to be the largest Brazilian neighborhood in the city. I had my pick of Brazilian buffet places (cold bar, hot bar, rotisserie meats in the back, everything sold by weight), and I wish there were those here.
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from Catch N Cook California on YouTube -
Learn how to sustainabley forage for Lottia gigantea (the owl limpet) on the rocky reefs of the San Francisco Bay Area. Special attention is paid to how to safely catch them, where to find them, their life history, and how to sustainably forage for this species. Also, I discuss the archaeological evidence for the deep history of this species as local Native American cuisine and how to clean and process these mollusks. Finally, I show you how to cook them! Fried limpest are incredible!
For guided coastal foraging: catchncookcalifornia.com*
KQED Check Please Bay Area from July 22 2024 from YouTube. The Simurgh Bakery & Cafe (Turkish) on San Pablo Av at 43rd St in Emeryville segment starts at the 8:51 mark -
On a new Check, Please! Bay Area: Culture, tradition and innovation come together in a new episode of Check, Please! Bay Area. First, East Coast meets West Coast at LITA, where guests enjoy Caribbean-Latin staples with Miami influences, like chicken empanadas served with curried aioli. Then, in Emeryville at Simurgh Bakery & Cafe come Turkish delights featuring twists on baklava, bagels and borek, all made fresh daily. Last up, guests visit Porterhouse, a classic steakhouse nestled in San Mateo that serves up dry-aged steaks and sensational flambées.
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Nice write up and excellent deal. Mickey D’s and other fast food joints cost more.
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I’m sure this is already here somewhere.
Napa’s highly anticipated barbecue spot with Michelin cred is finally opening
“Bell also believes Stateline is the first Black-owned restaurant in Napa since the 1800s,”
I wonder what that was!
I’ve heard of this place
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Fishing for albacore tuna 72 miles from Ft. Bragg CA. The action starts at about the 6:00 mark -
Luke Tsai in KQED.org, with upcoming events at Story Road Nigh Market San Jose scheduled for September 6-7 and October 11-12 in the Grand Century Mall west parking lot near Little Saigon -
And now, for the first time, Eastside San Jose is getting its own night market: the Story Road Night Market, a heavily Vietnamese-focused event located in the Grand Century Mall parking lot. There, right in the heart of Little Saigon, food vendors will grill meat skewers and ladle out cups of cold chè while retail pop-ups sell trading cards, scented candles and handmade plushies — all amid a full lineup of cultural performances.
more Luke on Zareen’s Indian and Pakistani in Palo Alto -
Palo Alto location of Zareen’s (365 S. California Ave.) is open 11 a.m. to midnight daily (takeout only after 11 p.m.). The restaurant also has locations in Mountain View and Redwood City that close earlier in the evening. -
Madeline Wells in SF Gate -
Every day just before 4 p.m., a line starts forming outside of Suruki Supermarket in San Mateo. Once the clock strikes the hour, the small Japanese grocery store opens the floodgates for its daily sale: sushi, bento boxes, onigiri and other prepared foods are all 50% off.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-grocery-sushi-sale-19585100.php
from East Bay Express -
Cal-Vietnamese at Top Hatters in San Leandro -
From 4 years ago, Ayesha Curry, wife of Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry, demonstrates to a friend the making of Rasta Pasta using a recipe included in her cookbook, Full Plate. The food-related portion of the video is only the first 2 minutes.
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Ooh, I’ve already got a resy for Top Hatters for later this week, so now I’m even more excited!
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Pistahan (Filipino buffet for about $25, open every day except Monday)
San Leandro, CA 94579
Fleming St & Andover St
Rocky Rivera in KQED.org
Toast ‘N Egg, 1838 Irving St., Outer Sunset
SFGate -
Annabelle Candy Factory, best known for its classic Rocky Road candy bar, will cease operations at its Hayward plant later this year.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-annabelle-candy-factory-closes-19607565.php
Catching halibut and guitar fish in SF Bay -
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I am truly bummed to hear about Annabelle’s closing. It should have never left the original family’s ownership.
Now I have to raid my local source and stock up on candy.
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Fishing for anchovies off Santa Cruz Pier -
Oaklandside/Berkeleyside Nosh -
East Bay chefs on what ‘The Bear’ gets right—and wrong
Lauren Saria in SF Standard -
A new Salvadoran restaurant is an oasis in the middle of the Tenderloin
Estrellita’s Snacks opened in July, bringing much-needed new energy to the neighborhood.
Estrellita’s Snacks
Address
483 Ellis St., Tenderloin
Phone number
415-573-9281
Website
www.estrellitassf.com
Price
Plato pupusa ($20)
SF Eater -
Cantina Pedregal (185 Placerville Road, Suite 150, Folsom) is open 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. Lunch service begins on Monday, August 21.
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Catching limits on halibut and striped bass near Alcatraz from the Huck Finn out of Emeryville -
Luke and Thien late night at Brazen Head -
Brazen Head (3166 Buchanan St., San Francisco) serves dinner Mon. and Tue. from 5–11 p.m. and Wed.–Sun. from 5 p.m.–midnight. The bar is open until 2 a.m. daily. No reservations.
It felt extraordinarily luxurious to be eating food like this — escargots and handmade pasta! — at 11 o’clock on a weeknight. But the most surprising thing about Brazen Head was just how genuinely warm and friendly the service was — and, for a casual pub, how downright elegant. I wouldn’t have pegged this as the kind of restaurant where they swap out your plates and silverware between every course, and brush every stray crumb off the table. As soon as we mentioned to our server that we planned on sharing everything, she coursed out the entire meal, bringing one entree at a time, so that we could savor each dish at our own pace. All without the slightest hint of pretension.
from KQED.org -
We Binged on Chinatown BBQ with Legendary TV Host Martin Yan
Gourmet Delight 1045 Stockton SF
Mestiza (214 Townsend St., San Francisco) is open Tues. through Sat. from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Meadowlark Dairy, 57 W. Neal St., Pleasanton. Open daily, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-meadowlark-dairy-ice-cream-19553804.php
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The French Laundry
