Bay Area Eats champions a struggling food industry (and finds epic meals along the way). Local meals shared on the Bay Area Eats Facebook page, clockwise from top left: the “Crobster” Roll from New England Lobster Market & Eatery in Burlingame; extreme futomaki closeup at Sushi Yoshizumi in San Mateo; kaisen chirashi from Sushi Yoshizumi; curry udon from Kemuri Japanese Baru in Redwood City; xiaolongbao from Palette Tea Garden in San ...
Read MoreThe Peninsula’s newest pop-up is making cheffy sandwiches on bread from The Midwife and the Baker. A roasted butternut squash sandwich from Rōzmary Kitchen, which is now popping up in Mountain View on Fridays. (Photo by Elena Kadvany) Like many of us, Nick Rappoport became obsessed with baking bread during the pandemic. But he wasn’t making crusty sourdough loaves. The chef was after sandwich rolls — specifically, a Dutch Crunch hoagie-style roll that ...
Read MoreAll Coastside roads lead to beach picnics. Pepperoni and margherita pizzas with housemade chili oil and ranch from the Pacifica Pizza Project. (Photo by Elena Kadvany) Pacifica is well known for its surf breaks and, food-wise, for that Taco Bell (you know the one), but the coastal city is full of delightful food made by passionate people. There’s Rosalind Bakery, whose sourdough loaves can hold their own among the Bay Area’s artisan ranks; ...
Read MoreFrom uni to wagyu: Get restaurant-quality Japanese ingredients from this San Mateo wholesale company
Turn your home kitchen into a sushi bar via Kiyoi. Fresh fish such as tuna (left), shishamo (a type of smelt native to Japan, center) and ingredients for tamago onigirazu are among the many items now available from Kiyoi in San Mateo. (Images via Kiyoi Facebook page) Thanks to a pandemic pivot, you can now buy the same high-quality tuna, Hokkaido uni and wagyu beef served at some of the Bay Area’s ...
Read MoreInside A Slice of New York’s path to employee ownership. Luis Bravo puts cheese on a pizza at A Slice of New York in Sunnyvale, a worker-owned cooperative. (Photo by Olivia Treynor) Last fall, when restaurants were working desperately tokeep their doors open amid coronavirus restrictions, A Slice of New York pizza shops in Sunnyvale and San Jose voluntarily closed for an entire week to give employees a paid, mandatory break. The decision ...
Read MoreNew Haven-style pizza, tonkatsu curry, Korean fried chicken and more … Looking back on a fraught, but hopeful, year in dining on the Peninsula. Superb Vietnamese fare from Hết Sẩy in San Jose: Hủ tiếu Gò Công, Mekong-style noodle soup, left, and cơm tấm lá dứa, or pandan broken rice with a charcoal-grilled pork chop, shredded pork skin, fried egg and pickled garlic leeks. (Photo by Michelle Le) It’s hard to feel ...
Read MoreCommunity raises over $25K for family in the wake of tragic surfing accident Haruwn Wesley at his pie shop in Pacifica. (Image via Shampa’s Pies Instagram) Haruwn Wesley, the owner of Shampa’s Pies in Pacifica, died on Dec. 20 following a surfing accident at Fort Point in San Francisco. Wesley was known as an expert pie baker and generous spirit who often rescued people caught in riptides in the ocean and gave pies ...
Read More‘At death’s door’: Backlash to outdoor dining ban mounts among frustrated restaurant owners. A restaurant parklet in downtown Los Gatos, emptied following the temporary ban on outdoor dining in Santa Clara County. (Photo by Elena Kadvany) On Saturday, Dec. 5, the morning after the news broke that outdoor dining would be coming to an end in Santa Clara County in just two days (rather than in the expected weeks), a group of Los Gatos ...
Read MoreFrom local CSA boxes to your very own cannoli kit, give the gift of great grub. El Merkat at Telefèric Barcelona’s basic paella kit serves two people and contains paella seasoning, sofrito mix, Bomba rice, Spanish olive oil and a paella recipe. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) This holiday season, it’s more essential than ever to take the shop local ethos seriously. Local restaurants and businesses are looking down the barrel of a ...
Read MoreNine local spots that will do the holiday cooking for you. A Hanukkah feast from Wise Sons Delicatessen, whose holiday fare will be available for contactless pickup at pop-up locations on the Peninsula. (Photo courtesy Wise Sons Delicatessen) If you haven’t already made your food plans for Hanukkah — which begins at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 10, and ends on Friday, Dec. 18 — we’re here to help. Here are nine local ...
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