Colombian pop-up Mezclá Eats turns salchipapas into the ultimate bar food. | Octavio Pena Find yucca fries with aji amarillo beer cheese and carne asada banh mi on the Mezclá Eats menu Juan Melendez and Stephanie Nguyen started their pop-up, Mezclá Eats, in 2019 to share their love for Colombian cuisine. Melendez was born in Colombia and has more than twenty years of cooking experience; Nguyen is Vietnamese and has also worked in restaurants for more than two decades. The couple serves Colombian dishes with twists inspired by the Bay Area’s diverse food scene, and the Mezclá Eats menu is alway ..read more

Pim Techamuanvivit and Brandon Jew are the two San Francisco chefs on the Chronicle’s new list of influential people. | San Francisco Chronicle via Gett The San Francisco Influence List gave props to Pim Techamuanvivit and Brandon Jew, naming them as people who “command pronounced influence” in the city Hot on the heels of Time magazine releasing its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world list, which included San Francisco chef Dominique Crenn, the San Francisco Chronicle has published a similar list. The paper’s San Francisco Influence List was released on Monday, April 2 ..read more

There’s pioneering coffee coming out of Sacramento. Opal Coffee Club is one of those innovating roasters. | Matt Chong Opal Coffee Club brings edgy co-ferments, anaerobic processing, and naturally processed coffees to the capital city If you’re a big-time coffee nerd, you need to taste the cutting edge of what’s possible in the cup, and you’re likely well aware of that fact. But some may not realize that the best place to do that might just be Sacramento, where one roaster rides the edge of what coffee in the United States can look like, showcasing what’s possible before coffee even makes it t ..read more

Scallop tostada with jicama, avocado, and caviar from chef Lucho Martinez at Snail Bar. | Lauren Saria Follow the Eater SF team as they share their favorite dishes from around the Bay Area There’s certainly no shortage of excellent food to be found in San Francisco and the Bay Area — but there’s plenty worth skipping, too. Luckily for you, Eater editors dine out several times a week (or more) and we’re happy to share the standout dishes we encounter as we go. Here’s the best of everything the Eater SF team has eaten recently. Check back weekly for more don’t-miss dishes. Mofongo at Casa Borinq ..read more

Wolf by Vanderpump opened at Harvery’s Lake Tahoe amid a flurry of confetti. | Wolf by Vanderpump The party to celebrate Wolf by Vanderpump’s opening featured shirtless models in wolf heads and a fluffy dog Reality TV star and restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump has given Tahoe-goers a glamorous — or gaudy, depending on your taste — new dinner destination to try. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the LA-based restaurant owner opened Wolf by Vanderpump at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe last week and celebrated a somewhat star-studded party featuring shirtless models in wolf heads, confetti, ice sculpture ..read more

Sushi Roku’s first Northern California outpost opens at the end of the month in Palo Alto. | Hardy Wilson Sushi Roku, once a celebrity hot spot in Los Angeles, opens in Palo Alto on Tuesday, April 30 A glitzy new sushi restaurant arrives in the heart of Silicon Valley later this month. Sushi Roku, known for its menu of rolls, sashimi, and other upscale Japanese fare, will be located at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto and opens on Tuesday, April 30, marking the long-running restaurant’s first expansion into Northern California. The restaurant rolls out with dinner service beginning at 5 p ..read more

Thai fried rice with Dungeness crab at de Havilland in Petaluma. | de havilland The best things to do, eat, and drink this weekend from San Francisco to Napa As we head into the weekend, Eater SF editors have compiled a list of recommendations to answer one of the most persistent and, arguably, pressing questions of the day: “Where should I eat?” Of course, we have several resources to help guide your dining and drinking decisions — for example, the San Francisco and East Bay heatmaps, which reflect the hottest new restaurants to try right now. But here we offer four suggestions of places to c ..read more

Corner Bar is opening in Mill Valley from a team of Marin County hitmakers. | Corner Bar Corner Bar, a new cocktail spot opening in Mill Valley, aims to up the ante on North Bay city’s drinking scene Big-time cocktails incorporating charred pineapple-infused mezcal and Toki Japanese whiskey are about to debut in Marin County. Corner Bar, a new Mill Valley cocktail lounge, will open on April 24 with a high-end pedigree behind it. The new bar comes from the same team behind fellow Mill Valley hits Buckeye Roadhouse and Bungalow 44. Chef Michael Siege, who cooked at Playa and now-closed Betelnut ..read more

In 2023, Copas shifted from serving a Spanish menu to offering Mexican cuisine including top-notch tacos. | Jim Sullivan The restaurant will close on Saturday, April 20 after less than three years in business on Market Street After about two and a half years of serving Spanish and Mexican food on Market Street, colorful neighborhood restaurant Copas will close. The Chronicle reports that a spokesperson for the restaurant confirmed the news on Thursday afternoon; the restaurant’s last day of service will be Saturday, April 20. A note on the Copas’s website further shares word of the imminent cl ..read more

Starting April 23, diners can find Bar Agricole and its lineup of single-origin spirits at Quince. | Quince It’s the ultimate San Francisco fine dining-cocktail combo Starting later this month, San Francisco diners will be able to get a drink from one of the city’s best bars inside one of the city’s top restaurants. Bar Agricole, the James Beard award-winning cocktail bar, will be mixing cocktails and pouring spirits inside Quince, the three-Michelin-starred fine dining destination from owners Michael and Lindsay Tusk. The bar’s residency will run about two or three months, according to a spok ..read more