This is an old article from Edible East Bay that I remembered and Googled for at link. Both nurseries for avocado varieties that it links to, remain in business in the Bay Area.
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What a great link!
Festus Ezeli, former center for the Golden State Warriors and sports broadcaster, has the squab, chili crab and mapo spaghetti at Four Kings in SF Chinatown.
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Not sure why these popped up on my “feed” and his morning.Not that I even aspire to eating here
Ernest in the Mission
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/ernest-san-francisco-mission-20320054.php
A little bit more likely to get here
AI6 in Napa
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/a16-napa-italian-sf-20329293.php
Luke:
There will be two sessions of ‘Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles’ at BAMPFA (2155 Center St., Berkeley) on Sunday, June 1, at noon and 1 p.m. Space is limited, and advance tickets are required, though Horvitz says he’ll do his best to accommodate anyone who comes
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Forum on KQED FM Radio 88.5 at 9am and 8 pm then archived, Friday May 30
Mission-style burritos
In Bay Area
Guests:
Cesar Hernandez, associate restaurant critic, The San Francisco Chronicle
Dominica Rice-Cisneros, chef and owner, Bombera - Mexican restaurant in Oakland
Ricardo Lopez, owner, La Vaca Birria - Mexican restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District
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KRON4’s Justine Waldman spoke with Joyce Tang from Bake Sum in Oakland at 3249 Grand Ave.
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Catch and Cook California on YouTube -
In this video my dad and I head out on the boat for opening day of the boat-based rockfish season! We catch a variety of fish, Dungeness crab, and make some killer beer-battered fish tacos!
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Love the video - thanks!
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24 hours eating in SF Sunset District.
Bay Area Food Tour Playlist: • Bay Area Food Tours 
Thai Nghiep Ky Mi Gia
1427 Noriega St, San Francisco, CA 94122
San Tung
1031 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122
Pineapple King Bakery
1915 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122
Hook Fish Co
4542 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122
Thanh Long
4101 Judah St, San Francisco, CA 94122
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:29 – Thai Nghiep Ky Mi Gia
4:12 – San Tung
7:34 – Pineapple King Bakery
9:39 – Hook Fish Co
11:22 – Thanh Long
14:25 - Final Thoughts
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Several sources are reporting that the Fog City Diner, which dropped “Diner” from its name 10 years ago, closed for good on Friday 5/30/2025. For me, it will always be this:
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Wow did Phil Frank get a bad meal or what? Kidding….it was over priced diner fare for yuppies. Went in college, felt underwhelmed and ripped off…and poor service (IIRC, it was really bad). Afterwards had a conversation that Fog City was opened after the movie “Diner”. Recreating sentimental late night dive food on the west coast for yuppies seems way out there. After all there were plenty of late night places all over SF. Remember Sparky’s or Grubstake…or El Faralito? But, right it wasn’t really diner food or late night. I didn’t post anything about the demise because I didn’t have anything positive or funny to say.
It’s too bad you had a bad experience there; I had nothing but good times there. They were open many years so maybe some periods were better run than others.
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It was a long time ago and I got over it but I remembered because it was weird but I was young. Restaurant reviews and info was different back then…newspapers, a little radio and word of mouth and not much else. Newspapers were king with reviews. I worked near there in the 90s and went with work. It was okay but lunch was on work so hard to complain.
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My family and visitors had some good times at Fog City. Last time was maybe 5 years ago and I remember something was different. Maybe just the name, but I think also some of the menu. Were they part of the same chain as Rutherford Grill in Napa?
Kadvany in SF Chron writes about no-tax-on-tips: Does it favor front-of-the-house over kitchen staff; will it be an excuse for employers not to raise wages; and will it be meaningless for many servers who don’t anyway pay taxes dues to low incomes?
2025 Gilroy Garlic Festival July 25, 26, 27 is sold out. To be held at Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/ca-gilroy-garlic-festival-returns-tickets-sell-out-20357547.php
Edalatpour in the East Bay Express:
Daytrip reopens at 4316 Telegraph in Temescal, Oakland.
From Edible East Bay.
Organic stone fruit festival in Kingsburg, June 28
Do you have a great pie that you like to make from an item you grow or produce at home like fruit, veggies, herbs, flowers, or honey? If so, you’ll want to enter it into the Summer Pie Contest at Urban Farm Oasis’s Summer Solstice Party on Saturday, June 21. The party starts at 10am in the Oasis parking lot at 1441 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, where you can pick up a map for the self-guided Urban Farm Tour. The party continues at the Oasis until 3pm with food, face painting, demos, honey tasting, and all kinds of other farmy fun. Find details on the pie contest here. The event is free, but registration is appreciated.
From SFGate.
Ayesha Curry
Ayesha Curry was dubbed a culture changer in the magazine’s July issue for her charity work with the Eat.Learn.Play Foundation, or ELP, which she co-founded in 2019 with her husband and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry. The foundation provides reading resources, opportunities for activity and nutritious meals to the children of Oakland through partnerships with the Oakland Unified School District and Alameda County Community Food Bank. Since its founding, ELP has invested over $72 million in literacy programs, 17 new playgrounds, six gyms and $25 million worth of meals, according to Food & Wine.
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Aidin Vaziri in SF. Chron -
Maison Benoit wins best SF Croissant award. In the “Best Original Creation” category, the win went to Le Carousel Patisserie for a mango and rum-flambéed pineapple flower pastry.
Photo by Neema/Octamedia Productions
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/menlo-park-new-open-20313483.php
Interesting article about new restaurants opening up in Menlo Park. The Korean Taiwanese place sounds good as well as new Indian on El Camino. The new place that replaced 75 year old Ann’s Cafe gets a big write up-Clark’s Oyster Bar. I live mainly in Santa Barbara but also hang out in MP and they have one in each of my locations.
Elena K grew up in MP so she was a good person to pick to write this up.
