2026 Northern and Central California Food News and Journalism [SF Bay Area, Northern California, Central California, Northern Nevada]

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Taste of Temescal is on Wed. April 29, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, tickets are $64, on Telegraph in Oakland berween 40th St and 51st St

Confirmed Participants (As Of April 24th):

9 Julio Empanada Kitchen, 17 Jewels Salon, 51 & Tel Cocktail Bar, 47Hundred, , Addis Restaurant, Asmara Restaurant, Big City Halal, Bird & Buffalo Thai Soul Food, Burma Bites, Burma Superstar, Cafe Eritrea D’Afrique, Co Nam, couchdate, Curbside Creamery, Dax Lee’s Part Deux, Debonair Hair Studio, Down at Lulus, Fathers Brewing, FOB Kitchen, Go fresh, Good Times, It’s Your Move Games, La Calaca Loca, Longman’s, Mariposa Baking Co, Mesa Maguey, Monster Pho, Mother Tongue Coffee, Phởsho Dough, Pickle Athletics, Pizza Ponte, Pizzaiolo, Root’d in the 510, Sana’a Cafe, Sapphire Hill Winery, Shoe Palace, Smokin Woods BBQ, Tallboy, Taqueria La Venganza, Temescal Brewing, Umami Mart, White Horse, Winky Dinky Dogs, Temescal Arts Community- TACO, The Avenue and The Sanctuary.

Proceeds benefit The Telegraph Temescal District Association as we work to keep the district thriving funding arts, culture, and safety initiatives in Temescal.

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28April2026 Bites Curious, SF Chronicle
SFChron Critic Cesar Hernandez enjoys some of the new vendors at IKEA’s Saluhall in downtown SF – especially Smish Smash, which opened there last year, a Top 100 restaurant; along with newcomer Izzy & Wooks, a Filipino fusion kiosk that shows considerable promise. And the shuttered bars are set to spring back to life as well:

Apologize if this is not a free link - I’m a subscriber:
SFChron lauds new downtown S.F. Saluhall vendors

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from KPIX CBS 5

Beit Rima serves Arabic comfort food at 138 Church St in the Castro District.

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SF Pop-ups from the Standard’s Off-Menu newsletter:

This week’s don’t-miss pop-ups

May 2

Esmeria Bakehouse at Best Boy Electric

The Filipino microbakery heads to Japantown coffee shop Best Boy Electric from 9:30 a.m. until sold out. The menu will include tocilog croissants, strawberry milo fan tarts, and raspberry bibinka.

More information

May 2

Mezcla at Barebottle Brewing

Colombian food truck Mezcla will park at the Bernal Heights brewery from noon to 8 p.m. Expect yuca fries, Colombian hot dogs loaded with Cool Ranch Doritos and mojo aioli, and veggie arroz fritos.

More information

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from Heart to Hand on YouTube

“I drove to San Jose to get 70 Banh Mi for the Tenderloin”

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That was very kind of her. Though why did she need to drive from SF to San Jose to get banh mi? Thought there are a bunch in the Tenderloin itself.

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Mike Lim has the classic egg foo yung and chicken wings at Capitol Restaurant, 839 Clay St, SF, and then moves on to the honey walnut prawns at Hong Kong Claypot, 960 Grant Av.

.https://youtu.be/kOppZn7coPA?si=hCT05Zo1Fq3BTL0-

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112 meatball subs

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from KTVU Fox 2

Upgrades to food options at Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park starting May 4 including produce from its own 40-acre farm. The food portion of the video starts at the 1:00 mark and runs to 3:00.

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California’s Central Valley - 450 miles long, grows 1/4 of America’s produce, 80% of the world’s almonds and Tulare Lake was once the largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi.

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Indie Food Fest tastings at Rockridge Market Hall across from Rockridge BART station, on Saturday May 9 from 12-3 pm. Also dessert food recipe author David Lebovitz.

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from KRON 4 SF

Interview with owner of Ling Nam Filipino Bakery and Restaurant at 980 King Drive in Daly City, with other locations in Tracy and coming soon to Union City and SSF.

from their website:

From Binondo to the Bay Area.

EST. 1990 • A FAMILY LEGACY

It all started in 1990, when Tony Lim opened the first Ling Nam Noodle House with a simple dream — to bring the comforting flavors of Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown, to the Bay Area.

From the beginning, Ling Nam has been about feel-good Filipino-Chinese food — bowls of steaming House Special Mami, savory Beef and Chicken Mami, hearty Beef Stew Rice, and the iconic Asado, Bola-Bola Siopao, and Siomai that remind everyone of home.

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Leona explores Stockton.

From YouTube:

Stockton’s food scene doesn’t get nearly enough credit, and this video is proof. I’m taking you to three incredible and unexpected restaurants right here in Stockton, CA: a pink French cocktail lounge straight out of a Wes Anderson film, a brand new Nordic-Filipino fusion café opened by a Filipina chef with 20 years of experience running a restaurant in Denmark, and an authentic German restaurant that made Yelp’s Top 30 List of German Eateries in America. Plus a little bonus from one of our region’s many roadside farm stands. :cherries:

:round_pushpin: The Rose & Tail Club (reservations required, dress code = business casual)
:round_pushpin: Nordic Bites
:round_pushpin: German Guys

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Catching a halibut at Crissy Field SF. Catch starts at about the 12:00 mark.

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After watching the video and reading reviews online, I suspect The Rose & Tail Club is a bit too precious for me, and I can’t imagine checking them out.

I’m putting Nordic Bites on my list of places to try. The location has been death for a whole string of places, most recently a coffee shop, possibly several different iterations. Since it’s two doors down from my favorite Japanese store, it’ll be easy for me to build it into an errands trip. It kind of illustrates, tho, how much I operate on autopilot, because I’ve been in that center at least four times since Nordic Bites opened and didn’t even notice that they’d taken over from the most recent sad coffee place!

Lastly, Mrs. ricepad and I were just talking about German Guys the other day. I think about German Guys a lot, generically thinking we should go there sometime soon. Every time we go, though, I look at the menu and think, “I could do most of this myself with little fuss or bother, and it’d be a lot cheaper!” Everything is good - we have never had a bad meal there in the 10-12 times we’ve been - but the things we like best are a couple of the sides. The warm sauerkraut with mushrooms is Mrs. ricepad’s favorite, and I could bathe in a vat of their bigos. Ady and Kate are warm hosts, and every one of the servers is top shelf. German Guys will probably stay in our rotation, but I can’t really say why.

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Bakersfield food tour

Wool Growers: Experience authentic Basque dining where fresh ingredients and family-style service reign supreme

Dewar’s Candy Shop: Go behind the scenes at a local institution that has been crafting their famous marshmallow-based “chews” since 1909.

Zingo’s: We visit a classic American diner for chocolate gravy, chicken fried steak, and more.

San Leandro Cherry Festival

June 6.

10-6pm

Downtown on W. Estudillo.

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Momo Chang of Oaklandside Nosh writes about the opening of Zeng’s Family Kitchen in Swan’s Market at 9th Street and Washington in Old Oakland.

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Zeng’s Family Kitchen recently soft opened, debuting a lunch menu that includes mapo tofu, honey walnut shrimp, and kung pao chicken over rice. The dinner menu has items like vegetarian/mock chicken, mushu pork, and fish filet in garlic sauce. Zeng’s Family Kitchen, 907 Washington St., Ste. H, Oakland

-https://oaklandside.org/2026/05/12/zengs-family-kitchen-kitava-neighborhood-sports-club-open/

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ChonkyABG visits Sunnyvale on her birthday.

Her 3 favorites were Mylapore, Satkar, and Tanto.

:round_pushpin:Mylapore - Sunnyvale
1025 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

:round_pushpin:Satkar
1253 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

:round_pushpin:Al Forat Market
924 E Fremont Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

:round_pushpin:Delhiwala Chaat Restaurant
590 Old San Francisco Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

:round_pushpin:TANTO Japanese Restaurant
1063 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

:round_pushpin:10 Butchers Korean BBQ
595 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

https://youtu.be/q3GDS-BzCsc?si=XE4NCY3syR-zZrAG

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Nicole Danner knows the way to San Jose

Below is a list of all the places we went: 1. Falafel’s Drive-In Address: 2301 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose Website: https://www.falafelsdrive-in.com 2. Antipastos By DeRose Address: 3454 McKee Rd, San Jose Website: https://www.antipastosdeli.com 3. Duc Huong Address: 2345 McKee Rd. San Jose Website: https://duchuongsandwiches.com/#locat… 4. Back A Yard Address: 1011 E Capitol Expy. San Jose Website: https://backayard.net/restaurantmenu/ 5. Metro Balderas Taqueria Address: 300 Willow St. San Jose Timestamps: Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:33 Falafel’s Drive-In 4:37 Antipastos 9:18 Duc Huong 15:23 Metro Balderas