Ivonne Cruz serves a guest at Los Cilantros inside La Cocina Municipal Marketplace. With the closing of the food hall, the restaurant is relocating to... read more →
Halal Cart, a lunch cafe, and acclaimed Malaysian fare are headed to Ellis and Leavenworth. About the building, the basement still holds traces of a six-story Victorian hotel that stood... read more →
The Tenderloin’s upscale cocktail bar and restaurant The Saratoga is hosting a series of ramen specials, starting this Wednesday, January 23. The Saratoga’s chef Francisco Baca will keep the ramen vibes... read more →
Exile in the Tenderloin: The quest for a future at San Francisco’s only Sudanese cafe [SF Chronicle]
Aref Elgaali behind the counter at his Z Zoul Cafe in the Tenderloin. Photo by Liz Halifa, The Chronicle The mural is the first thing you notice at... read more →
Less than a year after opening their contemporary restaurant, the partners behind BarnZu aim to open a second location in the Tenderloin.The new location will take over the former Lafayette Coffee... read more →
From the SF Chronicle article by Brea Salim:But that is what makes Hai Ky Mi Gia so unique among the countless pho places in both the immediate neighborhood and the... read more →
From SF Chronicle food critic Michael Beaur's recent re-visit to the Black Cat: Black Cat, which opened two years ago, is not only a place for music fans. It might top... read more →
Photo: John Storey, Special To The Chronicle, Sun-dried calamari at Esan Classic in San Francisco. SF Chronicle's Michael Bauer reviews a TLCBD staff favorite, Esan Classic. Here's an excerpt... read more →
SF Chronicle's food critic, Michael Bauer writes:The area around the Proper Hotel and its restaurant Villon is an urban checkerboard: New bike shops and bars stand next to boarded and... read more →
Photo courtesy of Gibson SF Weekly's Peter Lawrence Kane has a joyous meal, and drinks, at Gibson, the new fire-focused restaurant from acclaimed chef Robin Song. Gibson is... read more →