mario cortez
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San Diego born. Tijuana raised. Food reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle
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MarĂa Isabel, the latest from the owners of acclaimed Mediterranean restaurant Dalida, opens March 3. Here's what diners can look forward to:
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S.F.âs newest Mexican restaurant hopes to fill the void between taquerias and fine dining
The arrival of Maria Isabel, from the chef-couple behind Dalida, is part of a growing boom in Mexican cuisine in the Bay Area.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/maria-isabel-opening-sf-21353172.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9tYXJpYS1pc2FiZWwtb3BlbmluZy1zZi0yMTM1MzE3Mi5waHA%3D&time=MTc3MTk1MjEzMDE3MQ%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
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Los Angeles Times
3 days ago
Mexican army kills 'El Mencho,' Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin
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Mexican army kills 'El Mencho,' Mexico's most-wanted drug kingpin
The Mexican army has killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a military operation.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-02-22/mexican-army-kills-leader-of-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-official-says
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"The state of affairs for our business, Oakland in general, we just can't go on any longer."
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âOakland deserves a good sports barâ: Why the Town lost another popular bar
AÂ game-day destination for Oakland sports fans poured its last beers on Super Bowl Sunday. The bar is the latest in a string of closures in in the city over the past few months.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/athletic-club-oakland-bar-21345343.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9hdGhsZXRpYy1jbHViLW9ha2xhbmQtYmFyLTIxMzQ1MzQzLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc3MDgyODk3NTQ4MQ%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D
14 days ago
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"Every time you get a new one it becomes a part of yourself" sounds more like Persona than Pokémon tbh
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17 days ago
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Decir God Bless AmĂ©rica y nombrar a todos los paĂses del continente fue lo mĂĄs chingon. Solidaridad hoy mĂĄs que nunca
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A puro gabacho rancio no le gusto el halftime show
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How much beer is enough for Super Bowl Sunday? Here's how San Francisco's oldest operating sports bar is stocking up đ»
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How a 125-year-old S.F. sports bar gets ready for the Super Bowl
This San Francisco sports bar is sticking to a simple formula for the Super Bowl: more beer, more security but, perhaps surprisingly, not more bartenders.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/bus-stop-sports-bar-21309972.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9idXMtc3RvcC1zcG9ydHMtYmFyLTIxMzA5OTcyLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc3MDQwMzAyNjk4Mw%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=Mg%3D%3D
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We had a Pharrell sighting in SF last night at a cult-fave Chinese restaurant
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Pharrell Williams had a âfantasticâ dinner at this cult-favorite S.F. Chinese restaurant
The music superstar visited San Tung, a longtime S.F. destination for chicken wings.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/pharrell-williams-san-tung-sf-21335636.php
20 days ago
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Peter Hartlaub
21 days ago
Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F. But this pair â making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs â coaxed me out of retirement. On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans. Gift link đ
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Are all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tirade
Radio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a âzombie apocalypse.â
https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/boston-radio-hosts-super-bowl-tirade-sf-21333628.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3RvdGFsc2YvYXJ0aWNsZS9ib3N0b24tcmFkaW8taG9zdHMtc3VwZXItYm93bC10aXJhZGUtc2YtMjEzMzM2MjgucGhw&time=MTc3MDI1NDc3NzQ1MA%3D%3D&rid=OTcyODVkY2EtOTM5MC00NjkzLTgyYWUtNTVmN2U3MzZkMjFh&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D
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ICYMI: Tokyo Central has brought its vast, premium selection of seafood, dry goods and beverages to the East Bay with the opening of its new store
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Hundreds swarm for sushi and sashimi at Bay Areaâs newest Japanese supermarket
Tokyo Central brings its vast selection of Japanese seafood, produce and beverages to the Bay Area, including many items unavailable online.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/tokyo-central-emeryville-21307889.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvYXJ0aWNsZS90b2t5by1jZW50cmFsLWVtZXJ5dmlsbGUtMjEzMDc4ODkucGhw&time=MTc3MDA1MDgyODgwNQ%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D
22 days ago
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San Francisco Chronicle
22 days ago
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dined out at local restaurants on multiple visits to the Bay Area, according to emails in the Epstein files.
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Hereâs where Jeffrey Epstein dined out â or tried to â in the Bay Area
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein dined out at local restaurants on multiple visits to the Bay Area, according to emails in the Epstein files.
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soleil ho
about 1 month ago
here, I am calling upon all of us to not leave Minnesota in a lurch. it's time for us to do the work to build up to a nationwide general strike so we can finally abolish ICE
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What We Owe Minnesota
We solve this together or not at all.
https://www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-owe-minnesota/
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Daphne Magnawa
about 1 month ago
I had a question about ube, so I called my mom. Read what she had to say.
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tacos el marx đ Ł
about 1 month ago
since weâre talking about darrell issa, donât forget heâs always been a shady crook.
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Three SF pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to grocery aisles. Which one came put on top of our blind tasting ? đ
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Whatâs the best frozen pizza? We blind-tasted pies from S.F.âs iconic spots to find out
Three of San Franciscoâs pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to grocery aisles. So we conducted a blind taste-test to find the best one.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/frozen-pizza-san-francisco-21257161.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9mcm96ZW4tcGl6emEtc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby0yMTI1NzE2MS5waHA%3D&time=MTc2OTAxNjUxMjI3Ng%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
about 1 month ago
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JP
about 1 month ago
this country's lack of subtlety really drives me up the wall
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Breaking: The last remaining restaurant inside San Francisco's largest mall is now closed. The closing comes as retailers have been asked to leave.
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The last restaurant at SFâs largest mall has closed
San Francisco Centre is now a restaurant-free zone.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/panda-express-san-francisco-centre-closed-21294549.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9wYW5kYS1leHByZXNzLXNhbi1mcmFuY2lzY28tY2VudHJlLWNsb3NlZC0yMTI5NDU0OS5waHA%3D&time=MTc2ODQxNjY4MTgxNA%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D
about 1 month ago
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Daniel Saldaña ParĂs
about 1 year ago
Yo: Voy a dar un paseo para olvidarme del deadline. La ciudad:
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Cecilia Lei
about 2 months ago
New Asian grocery stores are opening across the Bay Area and are positioned as retail 'saviors'. Immigrant culture gets celebrated when itâs profitable â and villainized when itâs not. I wrote an essay about it, and about the mall that raised me: Pacific East Mall â€ïž
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What the âAsian Market Boomâ Is Missing: An Ode to Pacific East Mall
As shiny, new Asian grocery stores are hailed as retail "saviors," the decades-old Pacific East Mall in Richmond shows how immigrant cultural spaces matter beyond their economic benefits.
https://www.coyotemedia.org/asian-market-boom-pacific-east-mall-richmond/
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Brian Coulter
about 2 months ago
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you havenât seen them yet, itâs incredible. My favorite so far is last weekâs. Legit got me emotional.
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No more "Millionaire Bacon" in the Mission. Here's when San Francisco brunch hotspot Kitchen Story is closing:
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S.F. brunch restaurant touting trademarked bacon is closing after 12 years
The days of Millionaireâs Bacon are coming to an end at this Mission District restaurant.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/kitchen-story-sf-closing-21272964.php
about 2 months ago
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There's a clear fusion trend among San Francisco's 2025 class of new Italian restaurants. What dishes can one expect to find? đ€đœ
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Thereâs a new trend in San Franciscoâs Italian restaurant boom: fusion
Tucked inside the surge of new Italian restaurants in San Francisco is another mini-trend: Italian fusion.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/italian-fusion-ciarigato-modi-ama-21209876.php
about 2 months ago
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San Francisco Chronicle
about 2 months ago
A small but thriving community of Asian American farmers across the Bay Area grow organic Asian vegetables that you cannot easily find in grocery stores.
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These Asian American farmers are saving seeds as an âact of resistanceâ
A small but thriving community of Asian American farmers across the Bay Area grow organic Asian vegetables that you cannot easily find in grocery stores.
https://bit.ly/490gQIY
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Someone had to say it
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about 2 months ago
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The Verge
2 months ago
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
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The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding
https://buff.ly/7D2a6jp
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Matthias Gafni
2 months ago
This was a fascinating, tragic and heartwarming story to work on. What a brilliantly creative mind - now trapped inside itself by aphasia. Will he finish his masterpiece?
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derek guy
2 months ago
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
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Mariscos Aguachiles el 8, a top-tier pick for Mexican seafood, has landed a permanent location. Here's where đŠâ€”ïž
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The Bay Areaâs most outrageously spicy Mexican seafood has a permanent home
A Mexican seafood specialist known for his spicy dishes has landed his first brick-and-mortar location in the Bay Area after years of drawing crowds to his backyard and food truck.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/mariscos-el-aguachiles-8-21237415.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9tYXJpc2Nvcy1lbC1hZ3VhY2hpbGVzLTgtMjEyMzc0MTUucGhw&time=MTc2NTk5NDYxNDI3MA%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
2 months ago
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Ese wey y su colonialismo qué se vayan a chspm
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2 months ago
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It took me all these years to realize that Alexis Vega has had Cuauhtémoc Blanco's aura all along
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2 months ago
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San Francisco Chronicle
2 months ago
The journey from coast to coast has forced this Bay Area skateboarder to confront mountains, deserts, winter weather and the memories of his own life.
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A year ago he wanted to die. Now heâs skating across America to heal
The journey from coast to coast has forced this Bay Area skateboarder to confront mountains, deserts, winter weather and the memories of his own life.
https://bit.ly/4p09fyJ
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Tony Bravo
2 months ago
She was the âmad geniusâ behind a S.F. restaurant empire â then it fell apart. Can she make a comeback?
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She was the âmad geniusâ behind a S.F. restaurant empire â then it fell apart. Can she make a comeback?
The owner of Tosca and Leoâs Oyster Bar wants to breathe new life into her San Francisco restaurants while she fights a former business partner in court.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/tosca-leos-oyster-bar-weinberg-20823197.php
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San Francisco Chronicle
2 months ago
Workers are suing the operators of La Tapatia Market in Vallejo, alleging they allowed dangerously high concentrations of carbon monoxide to persist in the store, resulting in two employeesâ deaths.
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Employees sue Vallejo store where two co-workers died
Workers are suing the operators of La Tapatia Market in Vallejo, alleging they allowed dangerously high concentrations of carbon monoxide to persist in the store, resulting in two employeesâ...
https://bit.ly/48PuQUl
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The maker of Budweiser is pulling out of the Bay Area after 50 years
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The worldâs largest beer company is shuttering its last Bay Area facility
The maker of Budweiser and other major brands is closing its nearly 50-year-old brewery in Fairfield.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/anheuser-busch-closing-fairfield-21237471.php
3 months ago
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Chris Joslin tre flipped El Toro
3 months ago
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Mia Sato
3 months ago
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard. I wrote about the weird â and sometimes devastating â experience of being *influenced*
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Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/836456/influencers-tiktok-debt-shopaganda
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Mina Kimes
3 months ago
Read this:
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Incredible how FIFA always finds new ways to stoop even lower. In the end they need fĂștbol more than we need them
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3 months ago
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Fidel Martinez
3 months ago
Very happy to have published this oral history of Latin indie label Nacional Records, which has had an outsized influence on Latin music the last two decades
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An oral history of Nacional Records, the indie label that has shaped Latin alternative for 20 years
Over the course of 20 years, Nacional became a boutique imprint with a finger on the pulse of the Latin music zeitgeist.
https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-12-04/nacional-records-20-anniversary-oral-history-ana-tijoux
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Chill hard forever, Claude đ
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3 months ago
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tacos el marx đ Ł
3 months ago
house smell bad? sauté some mushroom in butter and thyme.
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Instant PuskĂĄs award nomination imo
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3 months ago
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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS
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Standard Fare, Berkeley's well-loved destination for produce-centric lunch, is closing. Read more —ïž
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An icon of California cuisine is closing in Berkeley after 11 years
Standard Fare had become one of Berkeleyâs most popular restaurants
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/standard-fare-berkeley-closing-dec-2025-21213064.php
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Might be the last time I crack one of the open =/
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It's actually happening! Oakland superstar Tacos Oscar is opening a SF location. Here's wheređ” —ïž
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This cult-favorite taqueria is expanding to S.F.
An acclaimed Oakland taqueria, known for handmade tortillas and creative toastadas, will take over the kitchen at a brewery taproom in San Francisco.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/tacos-oscar-san-francisco-21209526.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS90YWNvcy1vc2Nhci1zYW4tZnJhbmNpc2NvLTIxMjA5NTI2LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc2NDM0Njk3MjgyOQ%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=NQ%3D%3D
3 months ago
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Jaya Saxena
3 months ago
Thanksgiving content really does assume you're in charge of the whole thing and not that your aunt is hosting, and she thinks black pepper is spicy, and half the family is bringing the same dishes they've brought since 1994
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Food Media is So Tired of Thanksgiving
"No one wants to see how to carve a turkey again."
https://www.bestfoodblog.net/food-media-is-so-tired-of-thanksgiving/
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latina belt sprachbundđČđœđ”đžâïž
3 months ago
âJabĂłn Zoteâ-level pun here
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With the departure of management at downtown SF's two-story dining venue Saluhall, several workers will lose their jobs. Read more —ïž
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The latest shakeup at downtown S.F.âs IKEA-owned food hall will leave some staff without jobs
With the departure of Saluhallâs operator, U.K.-based Kerb Food, a number of workers are losing their jobs.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/saluhall-layoffs-ikea-21199692.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9zYWx1aGFsbC1sYXlvZmZzLWlrZWEtMjExOTk2OTIucGhw&time=MTc2Mzc1OTAyNjEyMQ%3D%3D&rid=YjJjMGI1YTQtZDEyNi00MWE1LTgyODgtMjk5OWMwNzM0MDJl&sharecount=NA%3D%3D
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