I picked up some of those too - I remember them being ok
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SF Gate
James Beard-winner Traci des Jardins opens upscale Yarrow at Sugar Bowl in Tahoe.
Yarrow. Photo by Jake Pollock/Yarrow
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/traci-des-jardins-yarrow-restaurant-sugar-bowl-21293089.php
45 years of handmade tortillas in Fresno at Adrian’s.
Photo by Lester Black/SF Gate
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/central-california-mexican-restaurant-21294742.php
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SF Standard
Chefs and owners recommend SF cheap eats such as La Palma, Palmyra, Sandy’s, others
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Maria C. In Mission Local.
Maria writes about the makeover at Berreta, 1199 Valencia in the Mission . She liked the fritto misto:
A tumultuous pile of golden fried squid, prawns, fennel, and shishitos came to the table hot and delicately crunchy, without a hint of greasiness. A delight, and would go great on a hot day with a cold birra in hand.
photo by Maria
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Flour & Water Pizza to open Jan 22 at 24th St & Harrison near Lake Merritt, Oakland
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Sisig ($13) and Bone Marrow Soup ($16) for a quick Filipino lunch at
Seafood City
3573 Callan Blvd
South San Francisco
Late night dinig at Lucky Chances Casino in Colma
from YouTube:
The D.a.D.S. go-to late night spot is alive and kicking - Cafe Colma used to feature a 24 Hour Filipino focused Diner experience - perfect for those good 'ol days when you’re fiending for some food at 4am in the morning. Jon and JC grab some lunch (normal lunch hours) at the joint to share the unique dining experience at this Bay Area favorite spot.
Shout out to Kuyate Co (kuyate.com) for the Kapatid Shirt!
Cafe Colma at Lucky Chances Casino
(650) 758-2237
1700 Hillside Blvd
Colma, CA 94014
Why Denny’s is closing many California restaurants.
Deseran in SF Standard
The Asian pastry craze discussed with chef Belinda Leong of B Patisserie at 2821 California St SF.
B Patisserie 2025 Lunar New Year kouign-amann. Photo by Saria.
Luke at KQED
Sunset Night Market returns Feb 27 with durian and stinky tofu eating contests.
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2026 James Beard Bay Area Semifinalsts announed.
Finalists to be announed .March 31. Winners to be awarded June 15 in Chicago.
Semis include House of Prime Rib for Hospitality, Emerging chef Steve Joo for Joodooboo in Oakland and baker Feybesse for Tarts of Feybesse.
Cheese Board bakery and pizzeria expansion at 1504 & 1512 Shattuck now
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ABC7
Peet’s Coffee closing some shops in Berkeley on Telegraph and SF on Castro, Haight, Polk and others after takeover by owners of Dr. Pepper.
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Nearly 1 million young salmon released into rice fields near Sacramento to eventually make it to Pacific Ocean
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Nosh.
Two new Yemeni spots in East Bay, plus Flour & Water
SF Gate
Honey and Pearl guava cakes moves to Emeryville
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/emeryville-bakery-guava-cake-21280332.php
A guava chiffon cake is surrounded by guava, pink champagne cake and chocolate obsession parfaits along with a cafe de olla tiramisu from Honey & Pearl in its commercial kitchen space in Emeryville, Calif., on Jan. 17, 2026.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE
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Several of my medical providers have offices on Telegraph, and I schedule appointments in late morning so I can get lunch at Smokehouse. Chili cheeseburger, medium rare please!
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Daiky Cal
Hand-pulled noodles at Impressions of Lanzhou on the north side of Cal, 1878 Euclid. It’s been open about 3 months.
East Bay Express.
Kneaded Bakery to open cafe in the San Leandro Main library at 300 Estudillo.
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We love As Kneaded. It’s great to see that they’re going to have a real cafe in the library. Zocalo Coffeehouse down the block has opened a little outpost at the main Hayward Public Library.
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Go Banh MI just opened at 3645 San Pablo Av in Emeryville, the same address as Lanesplitter Pizza.
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From Mission Local.
Falafelland in SF Tenderloin opened about a month ago at 265 Golden Gate with city assistance.
From Coyote
Soleil Ho, formerly of SF Chron and cofounder of Coyote, writes about the start of her career writing about restaurants in the Whittier neighborhood and Nicollet Ave of Minneapolis.
Excerpt:
When I first moved to Minneapolis as a freshly-pressed college graduate in 2009, it didn’t take long for me to glom onto the Whittier neighborhood’s stretch of Nicollet Avenue, where Somali, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Mexican places scrunched up shoulder-to-shoulder like they were riding the rush-hour bus together. There, the familiar smells, words, and sounds made me — a child of Viet refugees and a product of multiculty New York — feel like a plausible part of the city’s fabric. Between shifts at the crappy sandwich shop I worked at in St. Paul, I’d spend my precious income at the many immigrant-owned restaurants on Nicollet. At the now-closed Harry Singh’s, the Trini doubles were a blessed oasis of mouth-inflaming spice in an otherwise not-so-piquant culinary landscape. My husband and I got our wedding cake from the neighborhood’s panaderia, Marissa’s, where they gamely reproduced the text of a Toynbee tile with gel icing, no questions asked.
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We are super-excited about this news:
Estevan Silva, alumni of three-Michelin-star Quince, and Melissa Chou, ex-pastry chef of the one-star Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown, will open at O2 Artisans Aggregate, 2311 Magnolia St., in a West Oakland industrial park. Open only on weekends with limited outdoor seating, the two separate bakeries are self-funded and their owners are the only staff. We first had Ms. Chou’s desserts during the short-lived Moroccan-Fusion phase of Aziza, Mourad Lahlou’s very fine bistro in SF’s Richmond, and were completely wowed. She is one of the best pastry chefs we have encountered in 60 yrs of dining out.
Sorry I didn’t note where I got this blurb from (my main PC is down) but it was probably SF Chronicle.
Chou plans to have some pastries available for walk-ins, but main focus is on pre-ordering through her website for pick-up at O2 Artisans. Not sure about Silva’s set-up but it might be similar - if anyone goes there later this spring, please give us an update.
Chu’s Grand Opening opens in Feb 2026 and will offer baked goods inspired by classic Chinese bakeries, overlaid with her fine-dining training: bolo bao filled with sweet cheese and seasonal fruits; cakes flavored with plum and red shiso or raspberry and yuzu.
Silva’s Studio Estepan, open in late spring 2026, will offer creative sourdough baked goods, from Korean salt bread to Japanese shokupan made with heirloom grains. He will offer savory items like chorizo topped breads and blue corn masa conchas.
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Thanks for the heads up. I am actually going to be 3 blocks away from time to time on the weekends. so I will be sure to give both a try and report back.
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