Editor-at-Large

Sara Deseran

The mayor’s restaurant obsession is feeding something real

Food & Drink

His goodwill on the ’gram is more than empty calories. 

The best restaurant you’ll never go to 

With Bon Appétit and The New York Times crowning it “best,” West Oakland’s 12-seat Sun Moon Studio is officially untouchable. 

Don’t hate me, but I hate parklets

Five years after Shared Spaces launched, our dining shelters have gone from cute to crumbling. But that's just reason one.

The latest authentic dining experience? A record scratch

With listening bars growing, being tethered to a turntable is now a job of its own. But sometimes, dead wax — and the silence that follows — can be a good thing.

A restaurant encore I didn’t see coming

Rupert Blease from the now-closed Lord Stanley is not going to be slinging fish burgers. 

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The mayor’s restaurant obsession is feeding something real

The best restaurant you’ll never go to

Don’t hate me, but I hate parklets

The latest authentic dining experience? A record scratch

A restaurant encore I didn’t see coming