Best Desserts in San Francisco Satiate Your Sweet Tooth With the Best Desserts in San Francisco It’s easy to get caught up in the swirl of options when you’re searching for the best desserts in San Francisco, but it doesn’t have to be that stressful! We know this city offers some of the best food, drinks, and desserts in the whole state, if not the whole country, and we pride ourselves on a lot of the quality products that come through these city walls! Whether you’re in for a long weekend or a local with an eye open for a new favorite spot, we’ve put together a list of some of the best desse ..read more

Best Seafood in San Francisco  The Best Seafood in San Francisco: Superlative Edition It’s no secret that San Francisco is one of the best places to eat seafood in the world. The abundance and variety of top-notch options can make choosing where to find the best seafood in San Francisco more than a little overwhelming. Pile this on top of the fact that everyone will give you a different answer, and you have reached peak decision paralysis. Instead of boring you with yet another ranked list of places to find the best seafood in San Francisco, Stretchy Pants is shaking things up a bit. We ..read more

Best San Francisco Food Trucks Just a few years ago could you have imagined ordering Russian blinis out of a red truck? What about an Indian burrito? Or perhaps frozen custard? Up until relatively recently, you’d have to grab a table at a restaurant or place a call for pick up in order to indulge in such culinary curiosities, but thanks to the hugely-popular phenomena of the food truck San Francisco Bay Area diners can literally walk out the front door or down the street to find a meal on wheels. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite food trucks in SF, ranging in style and flavor, that bring a ..read more

 10 Best Rooftop Bars in San Francisco Sit On Top of the World at the 10 Best Rooftop Bars in San Francisco We wouldn’t blame you if you’re on the hunt for the best rooftop bars in San Francisco — we consider ourselves lucky to have easy access to all these views! Scrolling through the endless list of eateries and experiences can be a bit agonizing, so we’ve done some hunting for you and rounded up the most exciting and unique rooftop bars in San Francisco. Whether you’re looking for a weekly night out or a memory you’ll never forget, an experience at any of the following rooftop bars in ..read more

Things to Do This Valentine’s Day    ​ Things to Do This Valentine’s Day  …and buy   ​ City-View Sips Where: Alameda ​Imagine a place where you can taste a flight of reds, learn about the terroir of gin, sip on vodka distilled from Karl the Fog, and kick back with a pint overlooking the SF skyline. Well friends, we are happy to report that this magical place does, in fact, exist and you and your bae can experience it all at Alameda’s Spirits Alley. This Valentine’s Day spend an afternoon sipping on something tasty from the area’s finest craft distilleries and tastin ..read more

 Holiday Gift Ideas …With an Emphasis on food  Holiday Gift Ideas …All things food! It’s that time of year again. Black Friday sales will soon be upon us, Friendsgivings will seem to outnumber Thanksgivings, and we’ll seem to remember all of a sudden that we forgot to start getting gifts for people. Or, perhaps you know it’s time to make your list, but you don’t know what to get your sister who has everything or your cousin you don’t talk to much.  Enter, Stretchy Pants’ 2019 holiday food gift ideas guide. We’ve rounded up # of our favorite food related gifts including a mix ..read more

 San Francisco Holiday Office Party Ideas  With the holiday season knocking on our doors, office managers and office administrators around the Bay Area are busy planning the best holiday office parties for their organizations. We’re not talking about cake-in-the-conference-room type parties either. We’re talking about parties that you’ll call home about, share on your Instagram, and remember for years to come. So here are 13 San Francisco Holiday office party ideas just for you. In my five-plus years in San Francisco, I’ve been lucky to experience some fantastic holiday parties. From ..read more

13 of the best places to get San Francisco Sourdough   It’s crispy and crunchy. It’s tangy and sour. It holds up your favorite sandwich and sops up your most-loved soup. Sourdough bread is in a league of its own, and no city is more famous for this loaf than San Francisco.  In 1849 Isidore Boudin (of the eponymous Boudin bakery) came to San Francisco and is credited by many as creating the first loaf of sourdough. Isidore’s wife, Marie Louise Boudin, ran the bakery side by side until Isidore’s death in 1887. Marie saved the Boudin mother dough from the Great Earthquake and Fire in 19 ..read more

Famous San Francisco Restaurants So you want to eat at one of San Francisco’s famous restaurants. Great news! There’s a ton of iconic spots all over the city to choose from. Now, we know what you’re thinking: Stretchy Pants, how can you possibly list all of the incredible, classic, unique restaurants this crazy city has to offer? And the short of it is, we can’t—at least not in one blog post. But we can compile a starter list of famous contenders that draw locals and visitors alike each and every day. From high-end restaurants to old-school mainstays to new-wave joints, here’s a little sampler ..read more

Farm to Table Restaurants in San Francisco (and bay area) In some places, farm-to-table restaurants are a rarity. In California, however, we’re blessed with many farm-to-table restaurants to dine at. Why is this cuisine so much easier in California? According to Slate, “California produces a sizable majority of many American fruits, vegetables, and nuts: 99 percent of artichokes, 99 percent of walnuts, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery… (and the list goes on and on). Some of this is due to climate and soil. No other state, or even a combination of states, can match ..read more