I Eat Meat. Why Was Killing My Own So Hard?
This night is different from other nights. Last week I was huddled in a foggy parklet listening to triple-vaxxed friends crow about cryptocurrency over wisps
In 2019, Men Named Their Restaurants After Women
Like snakeskin skirts and reusable straws, grandmothers dominated 2019. Italian grandmas, Jewish grandmas. German grandmas. Russian grandmas. Real-life inspirations all, behind many of the biggest restaurant
On Regulars, in Prime Covid Times
I haven’t had a latte since March 12th. I’m not complaining, merely stating a fact of my coronavirus life. Pre-pandemic, I purchased one every day.
Challah giving sourdough some competition
Sourdough may be the celebrity loaf of #quarantinelife — and it is delicious and deserves all of the love and care and at least half
The Usual: Lou Seal & His Deliboard Sandwich
Welcome to The Usual, a new, irregular column about regulars in their restaurants — and the roles such places play in the lives of the
With a Shortage of Reviews, SF Restaurants Grow Restless
As the Bay Area awaits new San Francisco Chronicle critic Soleil Ho’s debut review — which is expected to drop any day now — let’s take a
The Price of Poetry
Published by Lucky Peach, performed at La Cocina’s “Voices from the Kitchen” On Clay Street, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, next to Adult Media Exotica and
Kantine
Old laundromats have been getting a new lease on urban life lately. And in San Francisco, not surprisingly, that means restaurant leases — from Tide Pods to table, so
Avery
There was a lot of chest hair. Not in my food, but peeking out from the shirts of the men presenting it. And it was mostly men
Che Fico
Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t come here often, but she came here once — on the heels of Anderson Cooper, no less. And once, within weeks of opening, by two separate
Nyum Bai
Restaurants are often defined by their view: There are waterfront restaurants and rooftop bars and sidewalk cafes. But sitting on a pastel-pink stool one day
