Edalatpour in East Bay Express.

Azerbaijani food at Bistro4293 at 4293 Piedmont in Oakland. First Azerbaijani in California, according to its website.

In a phone interview, [owner] Usubov said Azerbaijani food is informed by centuries of cultural traditions. “You can actually get similar tastes by trying Iranian, Afghani or Armenian cuisine,” he said. Azerbaijan shares its borders with Georgia, Armenia, Iran and the Caspian Sea. But each country, he noted, adds its own ingredients and creative takes on many of the same dishes.

Emeryville Public Market will see the opening of Tease Southern Kitchen featuring stuffed turkey leg next month. Alma Y Sazon does vegan Mexican food.

Emeryville Public Market

5959 Shellmound St

Emeryville

Free parking.

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/bay-area-public-market-emeryville-new-vendors-21055280.php

Rare Kerala-style chai in San Jose

Maria C. in Mission Local SF on Nepal comeback

Cuisine of Nepal
3486b Mission St at Cortland
SF

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Lanzhou noodles at Dao Artisan in San Leandro

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Pork belly noodles

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Clear soup beef noodles

SF Standard

Arsicault Bakery to open a fourth at 88 Spear at Mission St SF

SF’s favorite croissant maker, Arsicault, to open fourth location downtown https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/arsicault-bakery-fourth-location-downtown/?utm_source=native_share&utm_medium=site_buttons&utm_campaign=site_buttons

Luke and Thiem go late night at Ethiopian dive bar Club Waxiema with all-you-can-eat veggie plates, 543 Divisidero SF

Momo Chang surveys East Bay CSAs in East Bay at Oaklanside Nosh.

SF Chronicle - MacKenzie’s 7 favorite mooncakes.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/mooncakes-san-francisco-21063542.php

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Szechuan at Jx Cuisine in Santa Clara.

KCRA 3 Sacramento

Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival

October 4 & 5, 2025

10 am - 5 pm

Elk Grove Park

9950 Elk Grove-Florin Road (map)

Free Admission
$20 Parking

Free Bike Valet

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Cupertino Restaurant Week Oct 6-12

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San Jose restaurant boom - 865 new restaurants in the last 2 years, revenue up 21% since 2019.

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Revitaizing Fisherman’s Wharf SF

SFGate: A phenomenal thing’: SF’s original street food festival is back after 5 years

It’s headed to a prime location on the SF waterfront

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/original-sf-street-food-festival-back-five-years-21079349.php?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=other

Picnics there used to be our favorite thing in Napa.

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Steph Curry and Michael Mina open Bourbon Steak to the public on Friday, Oct. 10 in the St. Francis at Union Square SF.

Derek visits Lunette in the SF Ferry Building, Nite Yun’s stall with Khmer Cambodian dishes.

SF Standard

Nite Yun’s new cookbook with her life story, “My Cambodia,” is now out.

1-hour podcast with Nite Yun -

FOX40 Sacramento -

77th Rio Vista Bass Festival Oct 10, 11, 12. $4000 in prizes, downtown Rio Vista

Luke at KQED

Quack House, from Hing Lung roast meats, to open at 927 Post SF in a few weeks.

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Go Duck Yourself’s signature Cantonese roast duck. At Quack House, the duck will also be available as a to-go rice plate. (Luke Tsai/KQED

Jake’s on The Lake (Tahoe) closing!

Thanks. I was wondering what happened to the Stockton Street store.

I remember the place being more about ‘atmosphere’ than anything else in the early 80’s and 90’s. A ‘Tahoe experience’ is what you make it, not one created by others, imho.

Sam Sebastiani of Sebastiani Vineyards and Viansia Winery passes at age 84.

2346 lb. pumpkin wins Giant Pumpkin Contest in Half Moon. Bau

2 hours and 21 minutes of video of the contest