Hidden in an unmarked, tiny Inner Richmond storefront lies one of the most exciting tasting menu experiences like dining at a chef friend's home in Japan
Bay Briefing: Vaccinations in at least three Bay Area counties are finally inching up
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Mitzi Mishler, a registered nurse from the Intensive Care Unit at St. Helena Hospital, draws up doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination that will be given local teachers at the St. Helena Foundation vaccination clinic at Napa Valley College in St. Helena, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The St. Helena Hospital Foundation is working with local wineries, investors, and community health works to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines to members of the community, including teachers, the elderly and local Agriculture workers.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The Chronicle
12 unexpectedly great things to come out of food in the disaster that is 2020
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The Naem Khao Tod (Crispy Curry Rice) at Intu-On, a Thai food pop-up at Birba wine bar in Hayes Valley in S.F.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
It’s been a brutal year for the restaurant industry, with many establishments closing for good while others continue to fight for survival. Workers have faced layoffs and furloughs. Owners have turned into activists, lobbying the government for financial aid.
The lack of assistance makes optimism for the Bay Area’s restaurant scene difficult, but the year has also shown that locals know how to adapt in a crisis often with delicious or heartwarming results. Pop-ups came out in full force, and food and wine once primarily accessed through restaurants became more widely available to the home cook (and drinker, too). The unending crises prompted much-needed conversations around race and equity, and although those are topics that were present