KPIX5 CBS
SF Japantown $34 million renovation expected to be completed by mid-2026
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KQED
Dominican food from the El Fogon d’Geny truck.
10:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. every day except Tuesdays at 796 S. 1st St. in San José.
(https://www.instagram.com/elfogongeny/) for its most up-to-date schedule
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Oaklandside Nosh
Winky Dinky Dogs opened last Saturday at the old, long vacant, Kasper’s triangular spot at Telegraph, Shattuck and 46th St in the Temescal District of Oakland.
Photo by Ariel Nava
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New Turtle Tower in the SF Marina, 3145 Fillmore St.
Edalatpour in EB Express
Sun Moon Studio, Burdell get Beard nominations.
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Rockridge Market Hall, across the street from Rockridge BART.
Truffle Fest, Saturday, Feb.3, 2026.
Our second annual Truffle Fest is a free, market-wide event to taste, shop and learn about all things truffle. February is peak black winter truffle season when they are most aromatic and intense, making it the perfect time to celebrate all things truffle! At Truffle Fest attendees will be able to:
- Buy fresh black truffles (quantities are limited)
- Try all kinds of truffled cheese
- Sample artisan chocolate truffles (ganache-filled confections) with Feve Chocolate
- Order slices or whole pies of the Truffle Fest Pizza Special
- Sample truffled salami and other chacuterie
- Enjoy grilled oysters with truffle butter from Billingsgate Seafood
- Chat up the King of Mushrooms and learn about the magical world of fungi at Market Hall Produce
- and much, much more!
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SF Gate
Original Joe’s in Walnut Creek is often packed.
Zucchini fries
Photos by Lizzy Montana Myers/SFGate
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/original-joes-restaurant-walnut-creek-21305709.php
KTVU
It’s All Good Bakery at historic site 5622 MLK Jr Way in Oakland closes after 30 years.
Oaklandside Nosh.
Bangalore Blues South Indian at 1889 Solano and. Gusto Algerian halal fast food at 1986 Shattuck just opened in Berkeley.
Gusto Instagram
Gusto is at the site of Turkish Kitchen, which shut down a couple of years ago and was replaced by another Vietnamese restaurant. I wonder what the status of the multistory building proposed for that site is.
CBS 13 Sacramento
more on the baby salmon being raised for a few months in the rice fields in Woodland near Sacramento before migrating to the Sacramento River and then the Pacific Ocean.
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Oaklandside Nosh
Momo Chang writes about the new Tokyo Central Market, 5603 Bay St., Emeryville, which has its grand opening Sat. and Sun. Jan 31 and Feb 1 from 10 am to 9 pm.
Japanese egg salad sandwich
photo by Richard Grant/East Bay Nosh
Was the Chicago Cafe in Woodland CA the oldest Chinese restaurant in Anerica?
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Pekin Lounge in Butte, MT claims to be older. I have heard the food rises to mediocre on occasion. Too bad about Chicago Cafe - I never made it there.
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Here are some unedited photos from the grand opening of Tokyo Central Market on Bay St in Emeryville today, Jan. 31. The lines were too long for me to try to get in but will try later when the crowds thin out.
Left click on the photo below to see the rest of the 30-photo album.
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chonkyABG on YouTube visits SF Chinatown
Vip Coffee & Cake Shop
671 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133
Capital Restaurant
839 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Begoni Bistro
615 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133
Metro Hong Kong Dessert and Milk Tea
928 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Kam Po Kitchen
801 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133
R&G Lounge
631 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108
SF Standard
Healdsburg food scene and more accessible.
Nicole Danner on YouTube
Nicole tries more popular restaurants in Sacramento - Part 2
- Stagecoach Restaurant Address: 4365 Florin Rd. Website: https://stagecoachflorin.com
- Roundhouse Deli Address: 604 Church St, Roseville, CA Website: https://roundhouse-deli.res-menu.net
- Pho Xe Lua Address: 5331 Stockton Blvd. Website: https://phoxl.com
4.. Roma’s Pizzeria Address: 5743 Franklin Blvd Website: https://romaspizzeriasacramento.com
- Ming Dynasty Address: 1211 Broadway Website: https://mingdynastysac.com
Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:13 Stagecoach 2:03 Roundhouse Deli 3:58 Pho Xe Lua 6:16 Roma’s Pizzeria 7:46 Ming Dynasty
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49-minute YouTube video on new Tokyo Central Market in Emeryville
Inside the store segment starts at the 8:00 mark. You can turn the speed up to abut 1.5x and still get the gist of the video.
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SFGate: I waited 2 hours for this viral $3.50 Bay Area fish sandwich
A 46-year-old Chinese bakery in a San Leandro strip mall is drawing lines down the block
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