right before i moved to jack london square, buck wild brewing closed. so i decided to check in with all my neighbors to see how they're doing: sfgate.com/food/article/j…

👻 BAY AREA MYSTERY ALERT! 👻 All 9 Celia's Mexican Food restaurants have the same saintly portrait of Celia Lopez Rodriguez in them. But they’re not all owned by Celia, not a chain or a franchise. So who's behind all the Celia's... if not Celia? My latest SFGATE: sfgate.com/food/article/m…

'Really terrifying': SF restaurants' favorite tomato farm is in trouble trib.al/D1gXp7W

For years, American Apparel was considered one of the coolest – and most controversial – fashion brands of the mid-aughts. A decade after their CEO was ousted, former employees explain what life was really like at the notorious company. sfgate.com/la/article/cal…

One of my favorite food writers is Albert Cheng, a 75-year-old SF man who posts in a local Facebook foodie group and draws business to small, family-owned shops. I got lunch with him — and learned about his incredible life story in the process. sf.gazetteer.co/albert-cheng-f…

dug into the history of cal student staple la val's pizza for SFGATE -- had no idea they had a music venue/now-theater in the basement sfgate.com/food/article/b…

olivia rodrigo floating around in a crescent moon at her sold-out SF chase center show on friday 🌙✨

Scenes from the first night of Olivia Rodrigo at Chase Center in SF: 2 hours of high energy hits to a riot of 12-year-olds losing…their…minds… 🚗🌴🍓🍦 Check out the full review from madeline wells on SFGATE: sfgate.com/sf-culture/art…

This week's SFGATE Fogcutter culture column has got 90s rock, NOLA jazz, oakland night markets, sea shanties and Japanese toys, w contributions from madeline wells Kendra Smith Jessica Holtsclaw swirlgirl_jy Alex Simon Stephen Council Timothy Karoff . sfgate.com/sf-culture/art…

If you were searching for the best crab sandwich in the Bay Area, you might expect to find it in a place like Nick’s. Just steps from Rockaway Beach, the nearly century-old Pacifica restaurant oozes old-school coastal charm. 📝: trib.al/PA9cRWV

extremely adorable cheesecake truck alert 🍰🚨🍰🚨sfgate.com/food/article/c…

"We've never seen such a long line.” 📝: trib.al/oXgBeTf ✍️ madeline wells

For this month's print edition of Businessweek Buying Power, I wrote about Graza's olive oil squeeze bottles and the long, lucrative history of packaging a commodity product really, really well. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

someone save bartavelle please i can't live without their tomato toast sfgate.com/food/article/p…

city beer store was just the latest beloved beer hub to close in SF. talked to a bunch of folks in the industry about the current state of the city's craft beer scene: sfgate.com/food/article/c…

after nearly 3 years of braving the Bay Area's finest tourist restaurants for garlic ice cream and $35 fish and chips, it's time to retire my column, Eat Like a Tourist. it's been a great run🥹 sfgate.com/food/article/t…

“When I woke up Wednesday, I had no idea if people would show up to work,” the LA pizza place's co-owner said. “But the firemen, the EMTs, the police, they’re doing their job, so we have to do ours.” read Karen Palmer: sfgate.com/la/article/los…

40 reasons we still love Oakland trib.al/yCFOcTG

Shout out to SFGATE for including us in / 40 REASONS WE STILL LOVE #OAKLAND / that we stumbled across while aimlessly doomscrolling Thanks!

Love this whole list. Love Oakland. And thanks for the shoutout SFGATE sfgate.com/local/article/…