San Francisco’s Pier 39 has long been a staple of the city, commanding views of Angel Island, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. Warren Simmons, the original founder, developer and creator of Pier 39, built it up in 1978, assisting on the job site with his son Scooter. What started as a family vision and love of the California coast turned into a bustling tourist attraction and string of successful restaurants on the Pier.
Pandemic or no pandemic, Mission Bowling Club is always on a mission to improve its community. Check out an updated list of events that MBC is hosting this month!
The freshest of the fresh, Instagram donut modeling, and a pastry eating challenge for the record books? Just another day at Bob’s Donuts.
If your childhood was filled with princesses, magical forests, and fairies, you’ll want to check out Fable. The San Francisco-based restaurant’s beautiful garden and outdoor patio make you feel like you’ve stepped inside a storybook. With its overhanging vines, trees, potted plants, warm breezes, and sunny seating, it’s truly an enchanted forest.
April Spears learned to ride her bike on 3rd Street in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. Now, she owns two restaurants on the 3rd Street Corridor. Being successful in her home neighborhood was an important goal for Spears. “I always wanted to open a business in my community to have more positive role models for the youth,” Spears said.
St. Francis Fountain was born in a pandemic – just not the one you might expect. San Francisco’s oldest ice cream parlor opened its doors during the 1918 influenza outbreak, one of the worst pandemics the world’s ever faced. A public backlash against “mask slackers” was taking place in the city. And a global recession resulted in local businesses shutting down.
Fresh off the high of earning a third Michelin star for Quince, a Jackson Square area restaurant featuring Californian contemporary cuisine, Matt Cirne and owners Michael and Lindsay Tusk knew they wanted to start something new. Independently, the team reached a conclusion: They wanted to capture the essence of the wine bars of Paris and Europe – something that was casual, yet focused on creating delicious food, serving natural wine, and promoting social interaction.
The longstanding family-run Thai House operation’s rippled through San Francisco since 1985. After the Meeriyagerd family’s 35 years in the restaurant business, son and 16-year Owner Por-Phol maps out the many lives Thai House Express had before this one.
What do you do when you want Indian food but your friend wants American style cuisine? That’s the very question Operations Director Xavier Bejinez asked when revamping Ella’s American Kitchen.
Tiffany Pisoni’s job as owner of Red’s Java House is less like managing a restaurant and more like preserving a historical site. Find out what a day at Red’s is like here!
