By the time Steven Lee arrived in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the mid-1970s, he was coming onto a scene that was already dying. It’s not that Chinatown wasn’t still full of bustling shops and vibrant neighborhood restaurants. It was. But in the 1940s and 1950s, Chinatown had also been one of the city’s great nightlife destinations, where Chinese-American nightclubs with names like Forbidden City and Chinese Sky Room would put on floor shows — spectacles of song and dance — that attracted tourists from around the country, as well as A-list celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Ronald...…By the time Steven Lee arrived in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the mid-1970s, he was coming onto a scene that was already dying. It’s not that Chinatown wasn’t still full of bustling shops and vibrant neighborhood restaurants. It was. But in the 1940s and 1950s, Chinatown had also been one of the city’s great nightlife destinations, where Chinese-American nightclubs with names like Forbidden City and Chinese Sky Room would put on floor shows — spectacles of song and dance — that attracted tourists from around the country, as well as A-list celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Ronald...WW…

More InfoLess InfoMore MapsView as MapThe coronavirus crisis has taken a significant toll on America’s Chinatowns, where restaurants and bakeries suffered major financial losses weeks before the rest of the country started hunkering down. Still, in Oakland, many of the staples of the neighborhood — the jook shops, the Hong Kong-style cafes, and the handmade noodle specialists — have powered through the shutdown, staying open to feed the community, even in a limited takeout capacity.If you’ve been craving Chinese takeout (or perhaps ramen or banh mi), these 21 spots have got you covered.As...…More InfoLess InfoMore MapsView as MapThe coronavirus crisis has taken a significant toll on America’s Chinatowns, where restaurants and bakeries suffered major financial losses weeks before the rest of the country started hunkering down. Still, in Oakland, many of the staples of the neighborhood — the jook shops, the Hong Kong-style cafes, and the handmade noodle specialists — have powered through the shutdown, staying open to feed the community, even in a limited takeout capacity.If you’ve been craving Chinese takeout (or perhaps ramen or banh mi), these 21 spots have got you covered.As...WW…

Filed under:Salad dressing and philanthropy are key players in the sports star’s new Square Pie Guys pizza collabForget a signature sneaker deal: In the food-obsessed Bay Area, maybe one of the biggest signs you’ve made it as an athlete is when a well-loved local restaurant names a menu item after you — say, in the case of basketball star (and Palo Alto native) Jeremy Lin, a custom-designed pizza that bears his name. His “JLIN” pie makes its debut at San Francisco’s , the popular Detroit-style pizza shop in SoMa, on January 5 as part of the restaurant’s .What, then, does the point guard...…Filed under:Salad dressing and philanthropy are key players in the sports star’s new Square Pie Guys pizza collabForget a signature sneaker deal: In the food-obsessed Bay Area, maybe one of the biggest signs you’ve made it as an athlete is when a well-loved local restaurant names a menu item after you — say, in the case of basketball star (and Palo Alto native) Jeremy Lin, a custom-designed pizza that bears his name. His “JLIN” pie makes its debut at San Francisco’s , the popular Detroit-style pizza shop in SoMa, on January 5 as part of the restaurant’s .What, then, does the point guard...WW…

Filed under:A landlord is demanding full and immediate payment of back rentAt a spry 91 years old, Lena Turner has been a fixture in San Francisco’s Japantown district for more than four decades. She opened the Japan Center mall’s very first Japanese restaurant, Sapporo-ya Ramen, in 1976, and she’s run a string of other Japantown dining establishments since then — including , the Japan Center West sushi restaurant she currently owns. Everyone in the neighborhood knows her.It doesn’t bode well, then, when someone like Turner no longer sees any future for Japantown. “I think Japantown is no...…Filed under:A landlord is demanding full and immediate payment of back rentAt a spry 91 years old, Lena Turner has been a fixture in San Francisco’s Japantown district for more than four decades. She opened the Japan Center mall’s very first Japanese restaurant, Sapporo-ya Ramen, in 1976, and she’s run a string of other Japantown dining establishments since then — including , the Japan Center West sushi restaurant she currently owns. Everyone in the neighborhood knows her.It doesn’t bode well, then, when someone like Turner no longer sees any future for Japantown. “I think Japantown is no...WW…

When it first opened in a quiet stretch of South San Francisco in 2017, was probably the one Bay Area restaurant that best captured that atmosphere of the bustling night markets you can find in back alleys all over Asia. Inspired by the traditional open-air food stalls in Hong Kong known as dai pai dong, the restaurant featured a menu heavy of street food classics — curry fish balls, mix-and-match cart noodles, and Hainan chicken rice. Hong Kong street scenes were projected onto the back wall in a continuous loop. And, for that extra dose of authenticity, the seating was all folding tables...…When it first opened in a quiet stretch of South San Francisco in 2017, was probably the one Bay Area restaurant that best captured that atmosphere of the bustling night markets you can find in back alleys all over Asia. Inspired by the traditional open-air food stalls in Hong Kong known as dai pai dong, the restaurant featured a menu heavy of street food classics — curry fish balls, mix-and-match cart noodles, and Hainan chicken rice. Hong Kong street scenes were projected onto the back wall in a continuous loop. And, for that extra dose of authenticity, the seating was all folding tables...WW…

Filed under:Cowgirl Creamery, Humphry Slocombe, and Daily Driver are among the food businesses forced to temporarily cease indoor serviceUpdate, July 24, 2020, 3:36 p.m.: On Thursday, the state of California , reclassifying the Ferry Building as a transit terminal, not an indoor mall — thus allowing businesses inside the building to reopen for indoor service.The San Francisco Ferry Building has gone through its share of over the course of this pandemic, losing a handful of prominent food stalls while other businesses — and the iconic farmers market — have chugged along as best as they...…Filed under:Cowgirl Creamery, Humphry Slocombe, and Daily Driver are among the food businesses forced to temporarily cease indoor serviceUpdate, July 24, 2020, 3:36 p.m.: On Thursday, the state of California , reclassifying the Ferry Building as a transit terminal, not an indoor mall — thus allowing businesses inside the building to reopen for indoor service.The San Francisco Ferry Building has gone through its share of over the course of this pandemic, losing a handful of prominent food stalls while other businesses — and the iconic farmers market — have chugged along as best as they...WW…

Filed under:Special menus, a food box highlighting black-owned restaurants, and a big outdoor party with free foodThis year, Juneteenth, the , comes at a particularly poignant and painful time in this country, in the midst of ongoing protests against anti-black racism and police violence, sparked by George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.And so, even with a pandemic still raging, Jhamel Robinson, co-founder of Oakland’s , felt it was important to bring the black community together this weekend for a time of celebration and healing — and, perhaps just as...…Filed under:Special menus, a food box highlighting black-owned restaurants, and a big outdoor party with free foodThis year, Juneteenth, the , comes at a particularly poignant and painful time in this country, in the midst of ongoing protests against anti-black racism and police violence, sparked by George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.And so, even with a pandemic still raging, Jhamel Robinson, co-founder of Oakland’s , felt it was important to bring the black community together this weekend for a time of celebration and healing — and, perhaps just as...WW…

Filed under:After making statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the San Francisco-based boba chain has faced intense scrutiny over racist comments made a by manager in 2018A manager who was alleged to have made racist comments in 2018 has been fired from the company. The decision comes after several days of intense scrutiny, as dozens of people called out the San Francisco-based boba chain on social media for the company’s treatment of black employees — even as Boba Guys , for recent protests against police brutality and the broader Black Lives Matter movement.The manager...…Filed under:After making statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the San Francisco-based boba chain has faced intense scrutiny over racist comments made a by manager in 2018A manager who was alleged to have made racist comments in 2018 has been fired from the company. The decision comes after several days of intense scrutiny, as dozens of people called out the San Francisco-based boba chain on social media for the company’s treatment of black employees — even as Boba Guys , for recent protests against police brutality and the broader Black Lives Matter movement.The manager...WW…

More InfoLess InfoMore MapsView as MapWhile some folks seem to be using the Bay Area’s shelter in place as an opportunity for long-form cooking experiments — days long sourdough and sous vide meat projects — there are, of course, the rest of us, still working 10 hour days while cooped up at home, balancing childcare, existential dread, and everything else. We just want to get the damn dinner on the table, and we’d like it to still taste good, thank you very much.Thank goodness, then, for frozen dumplings, which you can stash away in your freezer, and then boil, steam, or pan-fry your way to...…More InfoLess InfoMore MapsView as MapWhile some folks seem to be using the Bay Area’s shelter in place as an opportunity for long-form cooking experiments — days long sourdough and sous vide meat projects — there are, of course, the rest of us, still working 10 hour days while cooped up at home, balancing childcare, existential dread, and everything else. We just want to get the damn dinner on the table, and we’d like it to still taste good, thank you very much.Thank goodness, then, for frozen dumplings, which you can stash away in your freezer, and then boil, steam, or pan-fry your way to...WW…

Filed under:Arepas en Bici is bringing homemade Venezuelan food straight to customers’ doorstepsVictor Aguilera has been a professional cook for the last 14 years, but even though he’s been making arepas since he was four years old, he’s never had a job cooking the food of his native Venezuela. Then, the coronavirus crisis hit San Francisco, and, like thousands of other restaurant workers around the city, Aguilera was laid off — in his case, from his job as the kitchen manager at , which at the beginning of the shelter in place.What’s a laid-off chef to do, then, with no income and no...…Filed under:Arepas en Bici is bringing homemade Venezuelan food straight to customers’ doorstepsVictor Aguilera has been a professional cook for the last 14 years, but even though he’s been making arepas since he was four years old, he’s never had a job cooking the food of his native Venezuela. Then, the coronavirus crisis hit San Francisco, and, like thousands of other restaurant workers around the city, Aguilera was laid off — in his case, from his job as the kitchen manager at , which at the beginning of the shelter in place.What’s a laid-off chef to do, then, with no income and no...WW…