Colton Weiss, co-owner of Mel’s Drive-in, remembers running around under the booths at the diner when he was little. He practically grew up there; and today shares ownership of the diner with his father, Steven, his brother, Chasen, and their partner Gabriel Mendez…
Imagine standing atop the pedestal of your profession; only to jump off, move halfway across the world, and start over. For Earl Spicy owners Bohong Yang and Qiong Zhou, there’s no imagination necessary. In 2013, “total reset” became their reality…
One does not simply enter Le Colonial. It begins by stepping into an alleyway, advancing up a flight of stairs, and finding yourself in a mosaic-tiled patio dripping with palm fronds, and soon, an elegant dining room lined with vintage photographs…
Fog City is one of San Francisco’s most iconic restaurants – it opened on the Embarcadero as Fog City Diner in the 1984 and has been a neighborhood mainstay ever since. The restaurant was remodeled in 2013, dropping the diner aspect and unveiling a modern American menu with a focus on fresh local produce and wood-fired entrees…
Ken Turner opened Turner’s Kitchen five years ago. He creates massive sandwiches that are more akin to art than a meal. He has since served a steady stream of neighborhood customers, which until the pandemic forced the local sandwich shops’ closure for seven weeks…
Dennis Leung; owner and general manager over Palette Tea House, located in Ghirardelli Square, has been operating and serving the people of San Francisco for just over a year now since their opening on April 9, 2019. Palette Tea House focuses mainly on Dim Sum, Chinese, and Cantonese cuisine that features fresh seafood…
Since the conception of bakery and cafe Vive La Tarte, these three values have lived at the forefront of its business model. “At the core, Vive La Tarte is about building a new food chain,” co-founder Arnaud Goethals plainly stated to me over the phone. In pre-pandemic times, it was open seven days a week…
Germain Michel, a French immigrant, came to the United States in 2003. Germain has worked in restaurants since he was a kid, so after settling in San Francisco, he picked up where he left off. While working in San Francisco’s restaurant scene, he noticed a gap in the market for a European-inspired wine bar, so he decided to open one…
Cafe Bastille opened in the fall of 1990 as one of the first French restaurants of its kind to make a splash in San Francisco. When its owner, Olivier Azancot, first arrived in the city, he liked it so much that he decided to stay. He had come from France after finishing culinary school, with the intention of settling down in Australia…
Since college, Early to Rise owner and head chef Andrew McCormack has worked in the restaurant industry, racking up a laundry list of life experiences along the way. He’s worked under acclaimed restaurateurs and chefs, from whom he’s absorbed a part of their approaches to the craft…
