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Where To Eat And Drink In San Francisco And Beyond: March 2024
Early to Rise
If you’re wondering where you should be eating in and around San Francisco, here are five of the most news worthy restaurants to check out right now. From a female-driven chef series celebrating Women’s History Month to the peninsula’s newest steakhouse to the city’s most exciting brunch spots, these are places that making waves in the Bay Area’s dynamic food scene this month.
The Culinary Institute Of America At Copia
In honor of Women’s History Month, Napa Valley’s Culinary Institute of America at Copia is continuing their Chef Takeover Series featuring multiple accomplished female alumni to collaborate with their own Chef de Cuisine, Deborah Mullins ’97, for special curated dinners throughout the month of March.
Established in 1946 by visionaries Frances Roth and Katharine Angell, the CIA at Copia proudly continues to showcase the resilience and leadership of forward-thinking women in the culinary world.
Laura Ozyilmaz (‘14): Co-owner of Dalida in San Francisco
Guest chefs include Laura Ozyilmaz, current Top Chef contestant & co-owner of James Beard Foundation nominated Dalida; Daniela Vergara, Executive Chef at Estiatorio Ornos who is also the youngest and only female executive chef in Michael Mina’s restaurant empire; Jennifer Jasinski, James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef and owner of Rioja and other renowned restaurants in Denver; Dara Yu, youngest-ever MasterChef winner and creator of the acclaimed pop-up “Congee & Crullers” in Los Angeles; and Sue Zemanick, Executive Chef at Zasu, named one of the Top Ten Best New Chefs in America by Food and Wine Magazine.
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Early To Rise
Early to Rise marks the launch of Chef Andrew McCormack’s first full-service restaurant and brunch haven. After operating as a successful pop-up for six years, including the height of the pandemic, this new restaurant isn’t new to serving up breakfast favorites to San Francisco locals. Early to Rise celebrates quality ingredients and simple homestyle meals made from scratch using house-made ingredients like hand-paddled butter, Hollandaise, hot sauce and preserves.
Looking to bring Southern Hospitality to the city, the menu features innovative brunch dishes like tri-tip steak & eggs ”en meurette” with poached eggs in red wine with sliced tri-tip, grilled country bread, stew of red wine, bacon, pearl onions and mushrooms; roasted asparagus salad with sorrel, charred baby onions, lemon and julienned molasses ham; and the samusa potato pancake with peas, roasted carrots, scallions, tamarind, lime yogurt and garam masala.
Early to Rise
On the sweet side guests can enjoy tangerine pudding with almond cookies, olive oil and dark chocolate; blueberry-ricotta pancakes; apple butter French toast with caramel apple syrup and toasted hazelnuts; the blueberry ricotta pancakes house-made ricotta, blueberry syrup and almond crunch and incredibly delicious, small batch sugar rolled donuts in seasonal flavors like earl grey.
The Vault
The Vault Garden recently announced the launch of their first ever brunch service. Available every Saturday from 11:30am-3:00pm, diners can now enjoy an innovative brunch experience in the Vault Garden’s al fresco dining space. Spearheaded by Chef Ryan Cerizo, the new brunch program has been carefully curated with both sweet and savory dishes ranging from classics like steak and eggs and a stacked breakfast sandwich to more decadent options like lobster tartine and winter squash-mushroom polenta ragout.
Dungeness crab legs
Also on the brunch menu is a raw bar, featuring a fresh variety of shellfish, caviar, and oysters, along with an array of savory options like their famous potato pave tots topped with a dollop of Hackleback Caviar, or the salmon Benedict and Vault burger. For those with a sweet tooth, they can indulge on the ginger-sugar dusted beignets, pancakes with Vermont maple syrup, or seasonal waffles topped with spiced honey.
Izzy’s On The Peninsula
After a seven-month renovation, beloved family-run dining destination, Izzy’s on the Peninsula is now open with a new look and an elevated, sophisticated ambiance. This classic American steakhouse offers 7,500 square feet of stunning interiors, a dynamic menu of elevated steakhouse favorites complemented by Izzy’s classic sides and dishes, as well as an inventive cocktail program, robust wine list, dynamic private dining spaces, an alfresco garden and more.
The Gomez
Menu highlights include Dungeness crab hushpuppies; jumbo prawn cocktail and french dip sliders on house-made buns; the fresh daily crudo; “the Gomez,” a 10oz prime rib served alongside Izzy’s own potatoes and creamed spinach; as well as the Izzy’s smash burger; and house-made desserts like the made-to-order glazed crullers and roasted pear bread pudding. Innovative craft cocktails by WestBev vary from the legacy martini to the margarita del mar with blanco tequila, mezcal, aloe, makrut lime and nori salt, among others.
Camino Alto
Situated in Pacific Heights, Camino Alto flies under the radar when it comes to seasonal neighborhood restaurants worth checking out. Serving California cuisine with Mexican influences, owner Josh Copeland has spent years building relationships with local farmers and purveyors, making it a priority to highlight the quality of each ingredient in simple yet standout seasonal dishes.
Camino Alto is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Brunch menu highlights include Klingeman Farm pork belly with oached pastured eggs, Mexican polenta, frisee, salsa verde, queso cotija; blueberry masa waffle with cultured coconut; taco plates with Larry’s beans, coconut basmati rice, pico de gallo featuring proteins like 4 hour roasted heritage pork shoulder and roasted chicken; and more.
Camino Alto
On the dinner menu, standouts include the pasture wagyu NY strip steak with Japanese sweet potato and smoked salsa; local halibut, cannellini beans, braised escarole; Brussels requisite with Beeler’s bacon, crispy rice and arugula; and the Morro bay tuna ceviche. Camino Alto’s all-natural wine list has a strong European focus and compliments the restaurant’s cuisine whether breakfast or dinner or somewhere in between.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced multiple hate crime charges, as well as assault and vandalism charges against an Oakland man for an incident that happened in the Castro District last month.
On Thursday afternoon, Hans Haken pleaded not guilty to one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, one count of vandalism, one count of hit-and-run, and one count of reckless driving.
Prosecutors also allege each of the felony assault counts was a hate crime.
“In San Francisco, we have zero tolerance for any hate, hateful acts, certainly that cross the criminal line, and we will do everything that we can to protect our residents from these types of incidents,” said Jenkins at a Thursday afternoon news conference.
It was on May 16, around 5:30 p.m., when prosecutors say Haken spray-painted a homophobic slur on the wall next to Chartreuse by Roje, a gay-owned floral boutique in San Francisco’s Castro District.
“It was a reminder that even though we’re here in Castro, San Francisco, we live in this well-protected bubble that we have created very passionately and strongly, that that can still happen,” said Jeffrey Dumlao, the owner of Chartreuse by Roje. “If anything, that is what’s scary, that it happened here in broad daylight of all times.”
Dumlao says his store had already closed by that time, but Justin Donnelly, who lives above the store, heard the spray-painting and came down to confront the man and tell him to stop.
“He just became very agitated,” Donnelly said. “I tried to remain calm and just tell him, like, sir, you know, I don’t, I don’t, I’m not involved in any of that. I’m just, I live here, right, and this is, this is my home, and you know, this is vandalism.”
Donnelly says when he took a picture of Haken’s license plate, Haken got in the car and tried to run him over. Then, prosecutors say he got out of the car and punched Donnelly in the jaw while uttering homophobic slurs.
“I’m definitely doing a lot better than I was. It’s been, I don’t know, a month or so,” Donnelly said.
He says the incident has shaken him, but he’s been lifted up by the community’s support and law enforcement.
“A lot of people have said, ‘oh my god, I can’t believe something like this could happen in San Francisco, of all places.’ And the fact is that something like this can happen anywhere, but in San Francisco, we don’t stand for it, and we deal with it, so, so that makes me feel good,” Donnelly said.
In announcing the charges, Jenkins pointed out the climate in this country has become more hostile to the LGBTQ community. She says that makes it even more important for elected officials to protect that community, just like they do every other community.
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Artwork quilt unveiled at San Francisco dirt alley that was mistakenly bought at auction
In the fall of 2025, CBS News Bay Area first brought you the story of a Sunset couple that had the winning bid for a piece of property next to their home. They thought they were getting the duplex next door. Instead, they got a small patch of land known as Dirt Alley.
This story has many chapters, but it ended with a community celebration.
The final chapter in the story of Dirt Alley was written Wednesday night as they unveiled the tiles of artwork on the pavement.
“I’m very happy today,” JJ Hollingsworth said. “It’s just amazing that these artists that I’ve been working with and sold the alley to have come through with this incredible art.”
JJ Hollingsworth was the original property owner. She took out $25,000 from her retirement to pay for this parcel in a city auction. She thought she got a bargain for the duplex next door. When she found out it was actually the alley, the stress led to health problems and a lot of anxiety.
“I’m trying to forget, but I caused all this,” she said. “That’s what happened. I caused all this.”
Then came an email that would help her get out of the Dirt Alley nightmare. A group of friends from San Francisco was interested in buying this 82-foot-long alley.
“I know she was really stressed out when she first bought this and kind of didn’t know what she was going to do with it,” Theo Bleier said. “It’s really lucky. We were going to buy a different parcel, and we lost the auction. It was more than we wanted to spend. We felt really lucky the coincidence worked out, and we were able to help out JJ.”
The new owners then had the idea of laying an artwork quilt on the pavement and took submissions online.
“I think we had about one million people visit the website at least,” owner Patrick Hultquist said. “1.2 million, I think is the number of people that visited the website.”
The tiles with the most votes made it onto what is now called Notion way.
“Now, it’s not an official name of the street. It’s an unofficial name, but we did get an official-looking sign,” he said.
JJ Hollingsworth, who is a music composer, wrote a ballad called Notion Way for the special occasion. What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
“It’s really beautiful,” neighbors Tom Goslinga & Nesha Niezrecki said. “It’s how culture gets created in a lot of ways. People kind of being creative with an interesting situation. It’s really cool.”
While Hollingsworth is grateful for how this story ended, she says she learned a valuable lesson from this whole experience.
“Read the fine print and ask a lot of questions,” she said.
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