Edible East Bay:
Urban farm tour starts at Urban Farm Oasis on Sat. June 21 ar 1441 Ashby in Berkeley.
From KRON 4:
Marufuku and Koi Palace announce plans to open in Serramonte in Daly City
EB Express:
Bay Area Burger Week and some alternatives
SF WEEKLY.
57 years at the Sausage Factory in the Castro
Deseran in the SF Standard
California Cuisine might be making a comeback
SF Chronicle
MacKenzie writes about her Beard award.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/james-beard-media-awards-bay-area-20379632.php
Grand Century Mall in San Jose.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/grand-century-mall-food-20368630.php
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Two Buck Chuck discusses crisis in wine industry
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/bronco-two-buck-chuck-dom-engels-20335104.php
Koi at Serramonte should be interesting to see what the crowd size is, and if the Daly City location gets less traffic.
MacKenzie of SF Chron at 201 Turk judging the Tenderloin Family Housing Competition
From Berkeleyside/ Oaklandside -
Alma Y Sazon Vegan Mexican in Emeryville and Lucuma Peruvian in Uptown Oakland. 48-hour marinated jackfruit tacos de pastor at Alma sounds interesting.
Alma Y Sazón
Vegan Mexican food has touched down in the form of Alma Y Sazón, a new addition to Emeryville’s Public Market. Family-owned and inspired by the flavors of Michoacán, Alma Y Sazón’s popular items include the taco de mar, a fried oyster mushroom “fish” taco, and tacos de pastor, which are made of 48-hour marinated jackfruit and tofu. Alma Y S
What is one ingredient you can’t without?
SFGate:
Restaurants react to ICE raids.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/from-san-diego-to-the-bay-area-california-20385093.php
more meimei, bagels, pizza, and more
SPOTS MENTIONED
Boichik Bagels
855 El Camino Real No. 115, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Temp & Time
1438 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Cafe in Taipei with really good custard pudding:
玖仰茶食文化 jiuyang(仁愛延吉)
No. 233-4號, Yanji St, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106
Paik’s Noodle 홍콩반점
39 El Camino Real, San Carlos, CA 94070
Slice House by Tony Gemignani
1000 El Camino Real C, Belmont, CA 94002
Wingstop
43448 Boscell Rd, Fremont, CA 94538
85C Bakery Cafe
43368 Boscell Rd, Fremont, CA 94538
Suruki Supermarket
71 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
Shuyi Grass Jelly & Tea 书亦烧仙草
165 E 4th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
Little Seven Special Soup w/Rice (酸小七贵州酸汤鱼)
46529 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539
Rose Tea Lounge
46461 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539
Glamour Nail Salon
149 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401
Chuu Chuu Chili Time on YouTube:
00:00 Preview 01:15 Mingala, Newark - CA - https://mingalarestaurant.com/ 02:55 Haiku Teahouse - Cupertino, CA - https://haikuteahouse.com/ 03:37 TeoChow Noodle Shack - Fremont, CA - https://www.tcnoodleshack.com/ 04:47 Shang Yu LIn - Cupertino, CA - https://www.shangyulincupertino.com/ 05:40 Mian Sichuan Noddles and Dumplings - Santa Clara, CA - https://miantaste.com/ 07:12 Shu Shia - Cupertino, CA - https://www.shushia.us/ 08:03 Amazing Basil & A Cup Of - Fremont, CA - https://www.amazingbasil.com/ 10:27 Ending
Thai Temple Sunday brunch at 1911 Russell St, Berkeley
from KQED BY Rocky Rivera
Asian food is coming to save a mall near you
Maria C. in Mission Local
Roosters Peruvian Rotisserie at 2859 Mission, SF
Luke Tsai:
Night Market schedule for San Jose, SF, Oakland, Millbrae, and Cupertino.
Also relevant to Sac’s old canning industry, Blue Diamond (The almond/nut company) has announced that it is closing its Sacramento plant, winding down operations for closure sometime next year. Corporate headquarters will remain in town, I believe. It’s a bummer.
Paolo in SF Eater:
2025 Michelin Star winners in Bay Area - https://sf.eater.com/restaurant-news/203384/here-are-the-2025-michelin-star-winners-in-the-bay-area
Benford in East Bay Express:
Pastor preaches in BBQ ministry, 55th St and MLK in North Oakland
5 Star BBQ, 817 55th St., Oakland. Open Tue, Thu-Sat 2-8pm, closed Sun, Mon, Wed. 341.758.4334. Instagram @5star_bbq.
excerpt, okra and geoduck special:
“Okra is good for you,” [Pastor Price] proclaims. “I’m a connoisseur. You can’t be an athlete growing up in New York City without eating vegetables regularly.” Today, he’s also conquered smoking Northern Pacific geoduck, a saltwater favorite and the largest burrowing clam in the world, reaching up to a meter in length. The special today is a combo plate of the two.
(Photo by A.V. Benford)
Deseran in the SF Standard on the Santa Cruz food scene:
Soleil Ho, a James Beard award-winner, has become a founder of Coyote, a news outlet in the tradition of Bay Area alt weeklies. Coyote will go live later this summer and is worker owned.
New publications - Approach, Coyote, Oakland Review of Books, Bay Area Current.
And for the paywalled:
Article:
The city of Elk Grove has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of barbecue restaurant Slow & Low, seeking to foreclose on a property used as collateral for a city-backed loan.
Slow & Low, operated by local restaurateur Michael Hargis, opened at 9700 Railroad St. in Elk Grove in June 2024 before shuttering at the end of the year. To help open the restaurant, Hargis received a $500,000 loan through River City Bank that was guaranteed by Elk Grove and secured by a residential property at 7001 Garden Highway in Sacramento owned by the restaurateur.
Hargis allegedly defaulted on the loan in August, prompting the lender to remove approximately $425,000 from a collateral account to satisfy amounts due by the borrower, according to lawsuit filed in Sacramento County Superior Court on June 23. The city alleges that under the terms of the security agreement, Hargis is required to pay the city all sums expended or expenses incurred by the city for the default, which totaled approximately $442,000 as of June 17, the lawsuit claims.
The residential property used as collateral, however, has a recorded lien from small business lender Balboa Capital, according to the lawsuit. Representatives with Balboa Capital did not respond to requests for comment. Elk Grove is seeking a determination by the court that Balboa Capital’s lien is inferior to the city’s rights to the property, and that the deed of trust be foreclosed by the court, with the proceeds of the sale going to the city, according to the lawsuit.
Hargis said he’s held several talks with Elk Grove’s city council regarding the matter and was aware the lawsuit was coming.
“I had planned on just handing the lot we used as collateral over but unfortunately a vendor put a lien on the property,” Hargis said in a text message. “The only way for the city to get the lot unencumbered was to file suit. Neither of us are happy that this route needed to be taken.”
Representatives with Elk Grove did not respond to requests for comment.
The former Slow & Low space in Old Town Elk Grove has since been replaced by Horn Barbecue, which also has locations in Lafayette and Oakland and is led by pitmaster Matt Horn. Around the same time Slow & Low closed, Hargis shuttered his Sacramento restaurant Beast + Bounty, citing “financial challenges.”
Hargis was also involved in other popular restaurants and bars on Sacramento’s grid including LowBrau and Holy Spirits. The restaurateur was named in separate lawsuits last fall accusing him and the ownership group of defaulting on Small Business Administration loans and equipment finance loans. Those suits appears to be ongoing in Sacramento County Superior Court.
The Business Journal reported in March that both LowBrau and Holy Spirits were in the process of being acquired by a Bay Area-based group comprised of Mark Milz and Benjamin Seabury. The deal was still in escrow as of early June.
Reuters: California farms at risk.
SF Weekly: cell-grown salmon headed to SF restaurant.
SFist: Chef Charlie Palmer has new restaurant/bar in Healdsburg.
Well darn, no massages allowed in the US! But we apparently do get the boy band, LOL:
TikTok-famous Chinese hot pot chain to open at Bay Area mall
I would totally try the “salmon”.
Mike Lim tours SF Chinatown and samples -
Hong Kong Clay Pot at 960 Grant, 2nd floor for the seafood/tofu combo,
Yee’s Restaurant for the roasted meat sampler at 1131 Grant Av, and
Wing Sing Dim Sum plump pot stickers at 1125 Stockton St.
Luke and Thien have a late night dinner at probably the best restaurant at SFO and the only Filipino spot in a U.S. airport. It closes at 11:30 pm and reopens at 3:30 am serving silog plates for breakfast.
excerpt:
Airport food or not, all of the meaty stews we tried were showstoppers, as comforting and compulsively eatable as anything you’d find at a Daly City or Vallejo neighborhood Filipino spot. Take that beef kaldereta, for instance. I’ve eaten slightly more elaborate versions made with oxtail and studded with green olives. But the airport kiosk’s take on the classic beef stew was as satisfying as any I’ve had — generous chunks of exquisitely tender meat, soft potatoes, and bell peppers in a rich, velvety brown gravy that tasted amazing over garlic rice. I could have eaten three bowls.
Supreme Dumplings is new in Stonestown Mall in SF.
