Mission Pie holds its 13th and final pie contest
Like some of the nearly two dozen pies featured Saturday afternoon at Mission Pie, the day was...
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Food
Young Nepali-born siblings open second Nepalese Mission restaurant
Goodbye Germany. Hello Nepal. In the former place of Schmidt’s German restaurant on 20th and Folsom, which closed last year amid rent hikes, a new Nepali tapas restaurant, Base Camp, will open in November.
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Fresh: Iced espresso in almond milk
Good morning, Mission. You caught me in the midst of a month-long guest chef instructor gig here....
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A night of delicious food and intimate storytelling at the Brava Theater Center
Earlier this summer, nonprofit organization La Cocina hosted their biannual performance series...
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On the Mission ramen trail: Orenchi Beyond or beyond over?
In the third of my ramen-rating adventures, we shuffled right on in to Orenchi Beyond, surprised...
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Fresh: Lighten up, eggplant parmigiana
Good morning Mission, I am starting the last week of my July guest chef instructor residency in...
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Extra avocado on your sandwich? Think again, say some Mission businesses
Usually, San Francisco’s young people, artists, and hipsters start new food fads in the city. But...
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Il Pollaio, a classic North Beach grilled chicken spot, to expand into SF’s Mission
Il Pollaio, a grilled chicken destination located in North Beach, will be opening a second...
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Foreign Cinema, by way of Laszlo
Foreign Cinema, way back in 1999, opened its doors as one of the very earliest gentrifying...
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Fresh: Rethinking gnocchi with semolina, Roman style
Gnocchi is the Italian word for dumplings. The most popular in the family are the ubiquitous...
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Ali Baba’s Cave closing after 36 years on Valencia
“The newcomers to the neighborhood, they’re young, high-tech, making a lot of money. They need...
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Neighborhood Notes: Tamale Lady Day, Affordable Housing Workshop for Artists, Muslim Comedy Special
The first annual “Tamale Lady Day” will take place on June 22 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Zeitgeist....
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Distillations: Locanda does not get an A for effort
There’s a thing people sometimes say about Hollywood: For a collection of people that talented to...
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Fresh: One-pot meals and dinner conversations — Pasta e fagioli
I clicked on Priya Parker’s insightful Ted Talk yesterday morning on “turning get-togethers into...
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Khamsa: Moroccan in the Mission
Don’t be put off, as I almost was, by the location. Khamsa has actually been around for two...
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Fresh: One-pot meals and dinner conversations over fish stew
I had more than one reason to transition to teaching home cooks after 20+ years of experience as a...
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