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The East Bay’s first H Mart is opening later this month A new outpost of the Korean grocery giant will arrive after years of feverish anticipation.

Mark your calendars. The East Bay's first-ever H Mart is about to open
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Scores of Bay Area Starbucks closed last year. Local coffee roasters are reclaiming the spaces San Francisco coffee pioneer Ritual Coffee is opening its first standalone cafe in a decade in a former downtown Starbucks.

ICYMI: Bay Area coffee roasters have reclaimed several empty Starbucks locations in Downtown SF ☕️
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Why is the S.F. Ferry Building’s new crown jewel so dull? Taking over the space once occupied by the Slanted Door, San Francisco Ferry Building’s flagship restaurant has a penchant for overly smooth edges, like its namesake little arches.

Been waiting for this Cesar Hernández review for weeks. The homie absolutely snapped with this one
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We tracked S.F. grocery prices at 8 stores — this one is consistently cheapest We analyzed 12 common items at San Francisco grocery stores, from big chains like Whole Foods to independents like Bi-Rite, to see how prices are changing.

Last year we tracked grocery prices at several San Francisco stores. This year, we found higher prices, some surprises and ... smaller eggs?
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S.F.’s newest Mexican restaurant hopes to fill the void between taquerias and fine dining The arrival of Maria Isabel, from the chef-couple behind Dalida, is part of a growing boom in Mexican cuisine in the Bay Area.

María Isabel, the latest from the owners of acclaimed Mediterranean restaurant Dalida, opens March 3.
Here's what diners can look forward to:
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Mexican army kills 'El Mencho,' Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin The Mexican army has killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation.

Mexican army kills 'El Mencho,' Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin

‘Oakland deserves a good sports bar’: Why the Town lost another popular bar A game-day destination for Oakland sports fans poured its last beers on Super Bowl Sunday. The bar is the latest in a string of closures in in the city over the past few months.

"The state of affairs for our business, Oakland in general, we just can't go on any longer."
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"Every time you get a new one it becomes a part of yourself" sounds more like Persona than Pokémon tbh

Decir God Bless América y nombrar a todos los países del continente fue lo más chingon. Solidaridad hoy más que nunca

A puro gabacho rancio no le gusto el halftime show

How a 125-year-old S.F. sports bar gets ready for the Super Bowl This San Francisco sports bar is sticking to a simple formula for the Super Bowl: more beer, more security but, perhaps surprisingly, not more bartenders.

How much beer is enough for Super Bowl Sunday? Here's how San Francisco's oldest operating sports bar is stocking up 🍻
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Pharrell Williams had a ‘fantastic’ dinner at this cult-favorite S.F. Chinese restaurant The music superstar visited San Tung, a longtime S.F. destination for chicken wings.

We had a Pharrell sighting in SF last night at a cult-fave Chinese restaurant
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Are all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tirade Radio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a “zombie apocalypse.”

Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.

But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.

On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.

Gift link 🎁

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Hundreds swarm for sushi and sashimi at Bay Area’s newest Japanese supermarket Tokyo Central brings its vast selection of Japanese seafood, produce and beverages to the Bay Area, including many items unavailable online.

ICYMI: Tokyo Central has brought its vast, premium selection of seafood, dry goods and beverages to the East Bay with the opening of its new store
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Here’s where Jeffrey Epstein dined out — or tried to — in the Bay Area Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dined out at local restaurants on multiple visits to the Bay Area, according to emails in the Epstein files.

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dined out at local restaurants on multiple visits to the Bay Area, according to emails in the Epstein files.

What We Owe Minnesota We solve this together or not at all.

here, I am calling upon all of us to not leave Minnesota in a lurch. it's time for us to do the work to build up to a nationwide general strike so we can finally abolish ICE www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-owe-...

I had a question about ube, so I called my mom. Read what she had to say.

The San Diego Union-Tribune 1980: According to later reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle, Issa was prosecuted with his brother in San Jose in 1980 for allegedly faking the theft of Issa's Mercedes when he had sold it to a car dealer. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. The same year, he invested in a struggling Cleveland electronics business and acquired it when the owner failed to repay a loan. Within a decade he transformed the company to produce the popular Viper automobile anti-theft device, with Issa's voice as the warning to would-be thieves to "stand back." 1982: According to later reporting by the Los Angeles Times, Issa benefited from a suspicious fire in 1982 at his Ohio factory. Issa denied the report. 1985: He and his wife, Kathy, moved to San Diego's North County. By 1990, Issa's Directed

since we’re talking about darrell issa, don’t forget he’s always been a shady crook.

What’s the best frozen pizza? We blind-tasted pies from S.F.’s iconic spots to find out Three of San Francisco’s pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to grocery aisles. So we conducted a blind taste-test to find the best one.

Three SF pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to grocery aisles. Which one came put on top of our blind tasting ? 🍕
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this country's lack of subtlety really drives me up the wall

The last restaurant at SF’s largest mall has closed San Francisco Centre is now a restaurant-free zone.

Breaking: The last remaining restaurant inside San Francisco's largest mall is now closed. The closing comes as retailers have been asked to leave.
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Yo: Voy a dar un paseo para olvidarme del deadline.
La ciudad:

What the ‘Asian Market Boom’ Is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.

New Asian grocery stores are opening across the Bay Area and are positioned as retail 'saviors'.

Immigrant culture gets celebrated when it’s profitable — and villainized when it’s not. I wrote an essay about it, and about the mall that raised me: Pacific East Mall ❤️

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

S.F. brunch restaurant touting trademarked bacon is closing after 12 years The days of Millionaire’s Bacon are coming to an end at this Mission District restaurant.

No more "Millionaire Bacon" in the Mission. Here's when San Francisco brunch hotspot Kitchen Story is closing: www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

There’s a new trend in San Francisco’s Italian restaurant boom: fusion Tucked inside the surge of new Italian restaurants in San Francisco is another mini-trend: Italian fusion.

There's a clear fusion trend among San Francisco's 2025 class of new Italian restaurants. What dishes can one expect to find? 🤌🏽
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These Asian American farmers are saving seeds as an ‘act of resistance’ A small but thriving community of Asian American farmers across the Bay Area grow organic Asian vegetables that you cannot easily find in grocery stores.

A small but thriving community of Asian American farmers across the Bay Area grow organic Asian vegetables that you cannot easily find in grocery stores.

Tantos corridos chingones y luego ponen una rola whitexican. Make it make sense

Someone had to say it

The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding

The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband