2025 Northern and Central California Food News and Journalism [SF Bay Area, Northern California, Central California, Northern Nevada]

We watched it last night, and I was wondering the same thing. I had no idea that she’s been sick.

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I’m so sad at what she’s had to endure.

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From SF Chronicle Instagram

La Victoria bakery in SF Mission District prepares for Dia de Los Muertos

SF WEEKLY/SF EXAMINER.

SF Fall Restaurant Week runs Nov 1 through Nov 9

Mike Lim eats lunch at Bodega SF, 138 Mason St., serving Northern, Central, and South Vietnam dishes.

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KQED 9

On Thursday Novemer 6 at 7:30 pm, Check, Please! will air a special behind-the-scenes episode on how the 20-year-old show is put together.

Excerpt:

On November 6, the show will break from its traditional panel-style format with a documentary that looks back at 20 years. From casting to studio tapings to filming on location, the show’s producers spill the tea on what it takes to pull each episode together.

https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/23583/check-please-bay-area-celebrates-20-years-with-the-warriors-and-bay-area-storytellers#:~:text=On%20November%206%2C%20the%20show%20will%20break,documentary%20that%20looks%20back%20at%2020%20years.

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Kaitlyn Bui finally catches two keeper Dungeness crab
on SF Ocean Beach at opening of recreational crab season (not commercial, no pots). Limit is 10 per day.

@kaitlyn_bui WAKE UP!! CRAB SZN IS BACK!!⭐️🫶🦀 #crab #crabbing #dungenesscrab #catchandcook #fishingvlog ♬ original sound - Kaitlyn Bui

Deseran in SF Standard -

Old-school SF restaurants are having banner years - Bix, Braxen Head, House of Prime Rib, Tadich Grill, Sam’s Grill, John’s Grill

excerpt:

Sam’s Grill, which opened in 1867, still looks and feels like a lunchroom for bankers: white tablecloths, dark wood paneling, crab Louie, waiters in bow ties. But owner Peter Quartaroli says he has watched the clientele subtly shift. According to him, there are more women, more younger diners, more people who “want to touch something authentic.” And, though he declined to share specifics, he says business is nearly at its peak. “We’re as busy as we’ve ever been."

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Luke -

SF Filipina pie lady is making maple pili nut pies for the holidays.

Edalatpour in East Bay Express -

Lulu, Cal- Palestinian, opens at 1106 Solano in Albany.

excerpt:

We also tried Baba’s Breakfast ($29). This reinterpretation of a crowded brunch plate included: scrambled eggs, a healthy length of lamb sausage, fuul mudamas or stewed fava beans, a scoop of fresh labneh , triangles of pita bread, pickled carrots and turnips, and harissa tots—the undeniable star.

SF Weekly/Examiner

The story of the family behind Crustacean at 195 Pine SF -

Behind the scenes of 20 years of Check, Please!