We called it back in May, and it has come to pass: Chef Charles Phan is bringing The Slanted Door full circle back to its original digs in the Mission District, five years after closing the restaurant at the Ferry Building.When Phan announced three months ago that The Slanted Door would not be reopening as planned in its anchor, corner spot in the Ferry Building, SFist surmised that the restaurant’s smaller, original location back at 584 Valencia Street remained vacant, and as far as we knew was still in Phan’s real estate portfolio. So when he hinted that he might…

A new report is backing up what some diners have long known about San Francisco. The city features some of the best food options, but chances are diners will have to be eating early. New data shows the average final seating at San Francisco restaurants is earlier than most big cities. Restaurant owners who spoke to NBC Bay Area on Wednesday said the early dining has been this way in San Francisco for decades, but also admit it may have gotten even earlier post pandemic. The restaurant owners said a lot of factors go into setting their hours. New data…

Bizerkeley Food Festival | Credit: Every Bite Counts Entertainment This Sunday, September 1, Berkeley will host the fourth annual Bizerkeley Food Festival, the largest vegan food festival in Northern California. Erika Hazel, the event’s founder, aims to showcase the diversity and creativity of vegan cuisine. The Bizerkeley Food Festival is a celebration of vegan food, culture, and community. The festival brings together over 100 vendors, offering a wide range of vegan food, beverages, lifestyle products, and wellness offerings. Here’s what to expect: 100 vendors: Taste your way through a wide range of vegan food and beverage options. With over 40…

San Francisco’s Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School is now home to a groundbreaking on-campus amenity: its free grocery store. The initiative, a partnership with Atlanta-based startup Goodr and retail giant Amazon, aims to address food insecurity and waste by providing students and their families with essential groceries and household items. During a ceremony that marked the first of its kind on the West Coast, per an announcement on GoodrCo.’s Facebook page, spirits were high as community members gathered to witness the ribbon-cutting event at the Portola neighborhood school. Funding support for the enterprise has also included the YMCA…

A San Francisco middle school in the Portola District, identified as serving one of the most food-insecure populations of students in the SF Unified School District (SFUSD), now has a free grocery market in the school, with the help of Amazon.The free groceries are available to students and their families during specific time windows before and after school hours at MLK Jr. Middle School in the Portola neighborhood. As ABC 7 reports, this is the first free “supermarket” of its kind in a California school, but it may not be the last, given that food insecurity has been identified as…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School in San Francisco unveiled its new, on campus grocery store on Monday that will help hundreds of students and their families stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat and pantry goods. About 100 students, teachers and community leaders gathered in the school’s library to celebrate the opening of Goodr’s first free grocery store on the West Coast. Goodr is an Atlanta-based startup that aims to reduce hunger and food waste. YMCA of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District and city’s Department of Children, Youth and…

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — In San Francisco’s Portola neighborhood, a free grocery store is making sure students don’t go hungry anymore.”Once we identify those families who are interested in accessing this resource they will be on a schedule. They will know when to come in it will be before school and after school,” said Tyson Fechter, Principal at MLK Jr. Middle School.Based on their income, more than 70% of families at MLK Jr. Middle School qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school believes over 300 families could benefit from the supermarket.MORE: Food access gets worse in this Bay Area…

Free food market comes to SFUSD middle school Students and families at Dr. Martin Luther King Academic Middle School in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood now have access to a free community market offering meats, fruits, vegetables, and other grocery staples. SAN FRANCISCO – Students and families at Dr. Martin Luther King Academic Middle School in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood now have access to a free community market offering meats, fruits, vegetables, and other grocery staples. The market, called the “Goodr Store,” is located on the school’s campus and is a partnership between the Bayview-Hunters Point YMCA, the San Francisco Unified…

The future of a handful of long-running restaurants and small businesses is up in the air, as a thorough report by the San Francisco Chronicle details the quiet purchases of buildings along a stretch of Fillmore Street. The purchases seem to be leading toward an upheaval in commercial businesses in that corridor, including some long-running restaurants. Here are three things to know about the businesses impacted, who’s suspected to be at the center of the buying spree, and what’s happening now. Building purchases center on Fillmore Street, where businesses are being pushed out Since January 2024 through April, a buyer…

On a recent Friday afternoon, about 15 people lined up in front of a green storefront on 20th Street, ready to enjoy the Mission’s latest novelty: Tadaima, a new Japanese spot serving up sandwiches with soft, crustless bread, onigiri hugged by seaweed and matcha and hojicha drinks with salted cheese cream. Tadaima is just the newest in an array of Japanese-style sandwich shops across San Francisco: There’s Stonemill Matcha a few blocks away, on Valencia Street; Bread N’ Chu in the Richmond District; and Cafe Okawari, near the CalTrain station. All of them are popular. Stonemill Matcha’s closure last August attracted so…