Elda is a bright new bar in the Mission focused on serving rum, tequila, and mezcal cocktails. They have a kitchen that serves mostly small snacks, like a Mayan pumpkin seed dip called sikil pak, carnitas tacos, and fried chicken sandwiches. If you’re not in the mood for a cocktail, they also have beer, wine, and vermouth on tap, in addition to a list of natural wines.

The second location of 4505 Burgers and BBQ is now open in Oakland. Like the original, it has a lot of patio seating and large picnic tables for big groups. The menu is the same as the Divis location too, with things like their Best Damn Grass-Fed Cheeseburger, brisket, and sides of mac and cheese and pozole.

Mama is a new Italian restaurant in Oakland with a $30 three-course menu designed to make you feel like you’re eating in someone’s home. You’ll see things like meatballs, linguine with asparagus and green garlic pesto, and lemon crostatas.

This is another new spot in Oakland and focuses on using lots of local ingredients. The bistro menu includes things like corn and lemongrass soup and Nashville hot chicken-style soft shell crabs.

We love the pizza at Il Casaro in North Beach, and now we can get it in the Castro with their new Church Street Location. The pizzas here have slightly different toppings than the ones at the original, and the menu also has the addition of pastas like bucatini with shrimp and squash and lumache with pesto.

Mahila is a new Malaysian place from the people behind Azalina’s, the stand inside the Twitter building. The new spot is a free-standing, full service restaurant in Noe Valley, and the menu includes things like sardine puffs, oxtail soup, and salted black cod curry.

One of our favorite restaurants in the city, Flour + Water, recently opened up Flour + Water Pizzeria in the Mission. The menu at the new spot focuses on pizza, with five red pies and five white pies available, and toppings that range from squash blossom to speck ham. They do dine-in, take-out, and delivery, and there’s also a separate window where you can get single giant slices.

Daily Driver is up and running in Dogpatch making wood-oven-roasted bagels. They also run a creamery on site, so the cream cheese, cultured butter, and fresh cheese that you can get on top of your bagels are all made in-house, and they do both catering and wholesale.

Grand Lake Kitchen opened a second location in Dimond in Oakland recently. The new all-day spot has a similar menu to the original in Lake Merritt with things like pastrami benedicts for brunch and vegetable pot pies and pork chops for dinner.

We were bummed when Gioia shut down in Russian Hill a few months back, but now they’ve opened a smaller shop in Hayes Valley. The new spot has a menu of things like chicken parm sandwiches, salads, and a good-sized list of pizzas available as whole pies or by the slice for $4.25.

Sushi Nagai is an omakase-only restaurant now open a few blocks away from Union Square. The 15-course menu costs between $200 and $250 per person.

Taking the space of what used to be the Elbo Room in the Mission is a new bar called The Valencia Room. Aside from a new neon sign out front, the place looks mostly the same - they even kept the pinball machines. There are ten taps for beer and wine plus cocktails, and they already have DJ events on the calendar.

Hotel San Francisco, the FiDi bar named after the Eagles, recently opened this appropriately-named basement-level bar. If you’re a fan of the specials from upstairs like Manicure Mondays (yes, when your cocktail comes with a manicure), you’ll be glad to know you can get them at Downunder too. Along with cocktails, there’s a food menu of things like grilled shrimp and pizza.

Ichi Sando is a booth in the Japan Center that specializes in tamago (Japanese omelette) sandwiches. You can add things like cheese and cod roe, or swap out the tamago for strawberries and cream.

Despite its name and daytime hours, Plain Jane in the Mission was not opened by the Jane (on Fillmore, Larkin, or Bakery) people - it comes from the team behind Mymy. This place is open daily from 8am through lunch, and like Mymy, the new spot serves brunch dishes like salmon tartare on toast and red velvet pancakes.

One65 is a six-floor French restaurant in Union Square, and while its Patisserie section has been open for weeks, the Bistro & Grill is brand new. This place is open for lunch and dinner, serving “California/French” dishes like steak tartare, stuffed artichokes, and larger things like porchetta and skate wing.

Decant SF in SoMa doubles as a bar and a bottle shop. You can come in, buy beer or a bottle of wine, and leave. Or you can also pick a wine by the glass or have them open the bottle you purchased for a corkage fee. There’s no full menu, but there’s a selection of cheeses you can pick up or enjoy with whatever you’ve decided to drink.

One65 Patisserie and Boutique is the first place to open in One65, a six-story collection of interconnected French restaurants in Union Square. The patisserie serves pastries, breads, and chocolates as well as coffee and wine on tap.

The Brixton in Cow Hollow opened up a second location recently on 2nd Street, not far from Oracle Park. The new spot has a smaller menu than the original, but still includes a good selection of soups, sandwiches, and larger plates like steak frites.

The third spot to open up in the new Virgin Hotel in SoMa, Funny Library serves coffee, tea, and pastries from Craftsman and Wolves in a space that looks like a book fair collided with a wine bar.

Black Hammer Brewing recently opened up a second spot in the Castro called Willkommen. It’s an indoor biergarten so it isn’t subject to San Francisco’s constant weather changes and there are a ton of German-style beers on tap as well as food like sausages from Rosamunde.

The owner of Lark recently opened Blind Butcher in the Castro. As its name suggests, it will focus on things like steaks and lamb chops.

Palette in SoMa has a kitchen with a wood burning oven and rotisserie and serves things like vegetable tartares and flatbreads that change up with what’s in season. The space also serves as an art gallery and a ceramics workshop in case you need inspiration and plates for your new home since your company went IPO, but if you just really like it here, you can rent out rooms for private events.

The Vault, in the basement of the Bank Of America building, is from the people behind Trestle on Columbus Avenue, but instead of having a prix fixe menu in a tiny space, The Vault serves an a la carte lunch and dinner with things like parker house rolls with caviar, raw oysters, and braised short ribs alongside a long wine list. If you don’t want to come for a full meal, they have a Happy Hour from 4-6pm on weekdays that includes $9 martinis, $8 glasses of wine, and bar bites.

You’ve been able to pick up momos from Bini’s Kitchen around SF for a while at places like Off The Grid and at their to-go spot on Post Street, but now they’ve opened their first restaurant with a dine-in option in SoMa on Howard Street.

A rooftop bar opened up on the top floor of the Virgin Hotel called Everdene, and it has near 360-degree views of the city from its location by Yerba Buena Park. In addition to the cocktail list, Everdene serves a small menu of things like charcuterie boards that you can snack on while you sit at one of the tables lining the balcony.

We checked out Everdene, and put it on our Hit List

Hell’s Ramen in the Mission is from the people behind Iza Ramen, and focuses on insanely spicy broth with Carolina Reaper and pickled ghost peppers in the bowls. If you’re not looking to have smoke come out of your ears though, they have a few non-spicy versions as well as some small plates.

Che Fico Alimentari opened up in the former Theorita space, downstairs from the main restaurant. There’s a small menu of antipasti, seafood, pastas, and some larger plates like braised short ribs, as well as a large selection of cured meats and cheeses with an entire section devoted to mozzarella.

Moon Gate Lounge, from the team behind Mister Jiu’s, recently opened above their sister restaurant in Chinatown. The new spot will be a natural wine bar and cocktail lounge, and also serve dim sum, for people waiting to eat downstairs.

We checked out Moongate Lounge, and put it on our Hit List

This new spot in Russian Hill has taken over the old Gioia space on Polk Street. The Richmond-based restaurant has the same caricatured wallpaper as the original and is turning out pizzas from a wood-burning oven that’s larger than the original location’s.

We checked out Fiorella, and put it on our Hit List

Dim Sum Corner in Chinatown is a new fast-casual dumpling spot in Chinatown. They serve dim sim like xiao long bao, shu mai, and potstickers, as well as bubble tea and things like custard tarts. The dim sum isn’t made in-house, but is brought in from the Koi Palace commercial kitchen in Daly city.

Adolfo’s recently opened in the former Dip location on Grant Street. The new spot serves standard Mexican food such as tacos and burritos with pork, chicken, and beef.

This is the newest location of the Burma Superstar empire. The new restaurant in SoMa covers three stories of Mint Plaza, but if you’re more concerned about what you’ll be eating than how many stairs you’ll be climbing, Burma Club has the staples of the other restaurants like the tea leaf salad.

While another location opened earlier this month in the Ferry Building, now there is once again a Brown Sugar Kitchen at home in Oakland. Unlike the Ferry Building location though, the Oakland one is full service.

This new spot in Rincon Hill is a joint venture from the people behind places like Bar Agricole and Obispo and the team from Prizefighter in Emeryville. To go with house cocktails, you can get things like oysters and housemade charcuterie, as well as large plates like moules frites, boudin blanc, and a burger.

Crooked City Cider opened its first taphouse in Jack London Square. The new spot has 25 ciders on tap and 10 beers. The space is dog-friendly, and has games like darts to keep people entertained while they drink.

The Boy’s Deli, whose main location is on Polk Street, recently opened its second location in the Financial District. The new spot only serves sandwiches, but they have over 30 kinds, including breakfast options.

Niku Steakhouse is from the people behind Dumpling Time and the recently open Udon Time. The new steakhouse has a list of 100 wines by the glass, a Japanese charcoal grill, and a menu that includes pork chops and Wagyu beef.

This Oakland spot doesn’t have food, but they do have a larger vinyl collection than your high school band teacher. Bar Shiru is the first bar in the Bay Area to follow the Japanese hi-fi concept, and is specially designed for listening to music.

Elephant Sushi, which already has three locations in San Francisco, expanded across the bay to Oakland recently. The new outpost is open from 6pm to 10pm, Thursday through Saturday.

Mamo opened up in the Marina, serving a combination of Colombian and Venezuelan food. The menu is small, but includes things like blood orange burrata, marinated olives, poached fish, and braised pork shoulder.

Another Andytown has opened, this one in the Financial District. They’re serving a limited coffee menu for now, but once the Salesforce Terminal reopens and the coffee shop becomes more accessible, it’ll serve breakfast and lunch options in addition to coffee.

Noosh is a new Mediterranean spot in the Fillmore. While they aren’t fully open for dinner yet, there is a limited menu available for delivery, with things like lamb belly-stuffed pitas, chicken kebabs, and Turkish flatbreads.

We checked out Noosh, and put it on our Hit List

The original Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland shut down in August with two more planned to open. The first of those is up and running in the Ferry Building, where you can get things like buttermilk fried chicken, cornmeal waffles, and gumbo.

Mom Bamh Mi recently opened in the Tenderloin. The menu is small with only six sandwiches, most of which include some kind of pork, and all of which are $4.50 or less.

This is the second location of Frena Bakery, after first opening in SoMa in 2016. The entire menu here is kosher, and includes things like challa, za’atar bagels, pitas, rugelach, donuts, and other pastries.

Vive La Tarte’s latest location is on 24th Street in Noe Valley. Aside from coffee and fancy croissants, they have a menu of brunch items.

We checked out Vive La Tarte, and put it on our Hit List

Cellarmaker, the brewing company based in SoMa, has opened a restaurant in Bernal Heights. Aside from serving their own beer, the new place has Detroit-style pizzas.

The Brew Coop is now open in the Mission. This is San Francisco’s first self-serve beer bar, and it has over 40 beers on tap. They also serve wine, kombucha, and a menu of things like sliders and chicken wings if you want something to eat.

Verjus is a new wine bar in Jackson Square. It’s walk-in only, and aside from an insanely long bottle list, the new bar serves things like charcuterie and cheese, along with a full menu that changes daily.

We checked out Verjus, and put it on our Hit List

Sushi Ondo is a new spot in SoMa that serves Japanese food with Korean influence. Diners can either choose to go with a tasting menu or order a la carte.

The Pawn Shop is a new “secret” tapas bar hiding behind the front of an actual run down pawn shop in the Mission. They serve things like pan con tomate and lamb lollipops, and have a fairly long wine list. You don’t have to know someone who knows someone who knows a secret handshake to get in here. Instead, the instructions on how to get inside are clearly posted on their website, but that won’t stop you from feeling a little cooler when you get in.

We checked out The Pawn Shop, and put it on our Hit List

The former Meatball Bar space on Hayes Street is now a spot called Laguna. They’re open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and have everything from chicken and waffles and eggs Benedict to burgers.

This new spot in Palo Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center serves fresh, homemade udon noodles. There are a few types of udon bowls to choose from, from vegan to duck, each of which costs $10 to $16. The are also some shared items like fried oysters, pork cheek, and a few salads.

Manufactory Food Hall in the international terminal of SFO is the restaurant equivalent of all the superhero crossover movies from the last decade. It’s a collaboration between Tartine, Cala, and Kin Khao, and each place has its own section with both sit down and to-go options. Expect baked goods, soups, salads, and sandwiches from Tartine; breakfast tortas, tacos, salads, and tostadas from Cala; and chicken curry, soups, salads, and fried chicken from Kin Khao.

Afrique Restaurant & Entertainment recently opened in the South Bay. Aside from the large menu of rice platters, fufu platters, meat pies, and offal like pig trotters, they host live music, dancing, and soccer viewing parties.

Udon Time, from the same people behind Dumpling Time, is now open in the Design District. It’s a “build-your-own”-style counter service spot where you can choose different toppings and sauces to go with your udon. And if you’re not in the mood for udon, there are tempura options too.

Cow Marlowe is from the same team as Marlowe and Petite Marlowe. The dinner menu is large and has things like pork chops, sole, and steak frites, and there’s also a late night menu starting at 11pm (Thursday-Saturday) with things like the Marlowe burger, fries, and cheaper beers. Based on how we already feel about their other location’s burger, if you’re stumbling around Cow Hollow, it’s probably worth checking out.

We checked out Cow Marlowe, and put it on our Hit List

Franco’s Latin Table recently opened in West Portal and makes Peruvian food. It has a large menu and serves both lunch and dinner with things like ceviche, seafood stew, and rotisserie chicken.

Charmaine’s rooftop gives you a good 360-degree view of the city at night, but the new cafe in the bottom of the Proper Hotel gives you a good look at the bottom of a coffee cup. La Bande serves things like breakfast burritos and overnight oats to start the day, and sandwiches and salads for lunch, along with plenty of coffee.

There’s no hiding the fact that we love this San Francisco mini-chain, from the juicy potatoes to the chicken salads to the Greek yogurt soft-serve that we get on the way out while we rush to where we’re actually supposed to be instead of eating lunch. Now that there’s a location on Chestnut Street, it’s just that much easier to get in a pinch.

The Slanted Door is an SF classic, and while Out The Door is their set of sister restaurants, San Ramon is the first place to receive another location of the original restaurant. The menu is a bit larger here, but still has the classics like the crab cellophane noodles.

This spot is from the team behind The French Laundry in Yountville, not far from the new restaurant’s location. But instead of French, La Calenda serves food from across Mexico, using imported corn for their homemade tortillas.

Paper Rooster opened up on Larkin Street. They serve chicken sandwiches prepared with Chinese ingredients like the jasmine tea-soaked and fried Warrior sandwich, or the Reserve with XO sauce and Chinese roast chicken. They also have vegetarian sandwiches available, as well as homemade chips and sodas.

If you’re tired of Pagan Idol always being too crowded, try out Zombie Nation, a new tiki bar in the Tenderloin from the same team. Most of the drinks are rum-centric, and you can expect the prices to hover around $12.

This place is from the same people that started R&G Lounge on Geary Street and it’s open for dim sim and dinner. You can get things like black truffle pork dumplings and pork buns during dim sum hours, and at dinner, expect things like Dungeness crab, salt and pepper spare ribs, and a large selection of noodle dishes.

We checked out Harborview Restaurant And Bar, and put it on our Hit List

Le Marais makes some of our favorite pastries in SF, and they just opened a new bakery on Sutter Street. They also plan to start serving a full brunch menu in late January.

Co Nam has expanded from their first location on Polk Street into Oakland, where their second shop is serving the same casual Vietnamese food as the original. You can get things like spring rolls, pho, and different noodle dishes.

If you’re looking for a new lunch spot in SoMa, Banh Mi King recently opened on Howard Street. Aside from a handful of sandwich options, you can also get various kinds of rolls and bowls.

After a few terrifying stays in B&Bs as kids, we typically avoid old houses, but the Mansion on Sutter may change our minds. It’s a new boutique hotel with a place inside called The 1881 that serves things like caviar, sweetbreads, and other food you’ll “need” once your bonus check clears.

This wine bar recently opened up in Fisherman’s Wharf. Aside from plenty of wines by the glass and beer, they serve food like salads and paninis.

One good thing about transitioning from a food truck to a brick-and-mortar is that you no longer have to worry about your restaurant getting a speeding ticket. We’re not sure if that had anything to do with El Pipila opening their first permanent location on Brannan Street, but it’s a thought. This spot serves a variety of Mexican food, including enchiladas, pozole, and tacos.

Sasa in the Japan Center is open for lunch and dinner, including a kaiseki tasting menu at night. $60 gets you four small plates and 10 pieces of sushi, amongst other things. Plus, you’re not far from numerous karaoke options once you finish dinner.

Bluestone Lane serves great coffee and solid toasts, and the Australian chain recently opened another location in SF on Bush Street. Head there if/when you need a midday boost.

Gai is up and running in the Castro. They’re open for lunch and early dinner hours and serve poached chicken over rice with a choice of different sauces. Prices for bowls hover around $12.

The Bay Area finally has it’s first Shake Shack, and it’s located in Palo Alto. If you’re a New York transplant who’s been searching for a job that doesn’t involve a bus commute, you should probably hold onto your resume for a little while, at least until you’ve had a few Shackburgers.

Breadbelly is a new Asian-American bakery in the Richmond. Aside from sweet things like sticky buns and almond cookies, expect to find pork belly char siu sandwiches and kaya toast.

San Francisco is a microcosm of mini empires, and adding to one is the newest Pizzeria Delfina on Mission Street. The menu isn’t as large as at their other locations, but you can still expect to see the usual suspects like the carbonara pie.

Chinatown got a recent dessert addition with Magical Ice Cream on Grant Avenue. This place specializes in Thai-style rolled ice cream with around 12 flavors and different toppings to choose from.

Fern Bar is a cocktail bar that recently opened in Sebastopol. Aside from drinks, the bar serves small bites like fries, chicken liver mousse, and fried chicken. They plan on hosting live music in the future too.

This spot opened recently in Fisherman’s Wharf and has two other locations in Modesto. Mango Crazy focuses on fresh fruit paired with savory spices, including their version of a mangonada with mango sorbet.

Zarzuela, the neighborhood Spanish restaurant in Russian Hill, was replaced by Abrazo over the holiday season. The new spot is from the old chef of another Russian Hill restaurant, Frascati, and focuses on Mediterranean and Spanish food.

When we think of dinner theater, it usually involves having lost a bet requiring us to watch someone’s grandmother for the night and a lot of ruffled suits, but we think the people at Berber have something different in mind. The new North African spot in Russian Hill has an $85 prix fixe menu that includes a show with belly dancers, singers, DJ’s, and acrobats. If you’re looking for the next step beyond Beach Blanket Babylon, this may be it.

Ungrafted is a new wine bar in Dogpatch that, aside from the obvious, has beer, sake, and bites, from french fries with sherry salt to full caviar service. They also offer wine classes if you’ve always wanted to know more about wine, but can’t remember if you’re supposed to wear a half or full Windsor while drinking champagne.

Usually when people talk about a tech-driven restaurant, they mean that they have a fancy reservation system or that robots are flipping the burgers, but Trailblazer Tavern takes it to a very different level. The new Hawaiian restaurant doesn’t employ some crazy computer system (at least that we know of), but this place is part of a collaboration with Salesforce. The menu has things like Spam musubi, grilled octopus, and fish wrapped in a banana leaf, and the Happy Hour menu has $8 cocktails and small bites, including the musubi and fried chicken.

We checked out Trailblazer Tavern, and put it on our Hit List

This is the new spot from the people behind Bar Agricole and Trou Normand. It’s in the Mission and focuses on rum-based cocktails. They also serve a menu of Caribbean items like jerk chicken, if you want something to eat with your drinks.

We checked out Obispo, and put it on our Hit List

Golden Crab is a new spot in the Outer Sunset that specializes in Dungeness crab. The main draw here is getting whole crabs either roasted or fried and served with a variety of sauces.

Munch India started out as just a food truck, but has now found a more permanent location in Berkeley. If you come here, expect to see Pakistani and Bangladeshi food, along with Indian classics.

At Pushcart Fare in the Mission, you’ll find some traditional dim sum like pork buns and siu mai, but that’s only half the story. They’re also serving less conventional menu items, from mushu tacos to popcorn chicken served with actual caramel corn. Prices are a little steeper at this takeout spot than what you can find on Clement Street, but it’s not like you see mapo tofu fries all the time.

We checked out Pushcart, and put it on our Hit List

Rakiraki Ramen & Tsukemen is a ramen spot from San Diego that now has a location in Bernal Heights. They specialize in tsukemen-style ramen and yakitori skewers cooked over charcoal.

This BBQ spot recently opened its second location in Corte Madera. Pig In A Pickle focuses on making everything in house, from the meats themselves down to the buns. You can get anything from ribs to brisket, along with a variety of sauces reflecting the different styles of barbecue from across the South.

The fish at this new place in the Financial District has probably flown first class more recently than you have, or at least that’s what it seems like. The meal is set up keiseke-style, so expect roughly 14 courses of whatever is in season if you decide to come here.

Ayala is a new seafood spot in the Hotel G in Union Square. It’s super focused on all things fish with a full raw bar, classics like shrimp Louie, and seafood charcuterie. Of the larger things, you can choose from a few different seafood pastas, a whole fish, and - as a break from the theme - a pork shank.

We checked out Ayala, and put it on our Hit List

What started as a pop-up in San Francisco is now a brick-and-mortar in Oakland. FOB Kitchen is open in Temescal and serves Filipino food. You can show up for drinks and a bite, or a full meal, and get everything from lumpia to larger whole roasted fish.

We checked out Fob Kitchen, and put it on our Hit List

One of the Bay Area’s latest places to offer California-Italian food is Creekwood in Berkeley. This new spot has a custom oven and is making Neapolitan-style pizzas alongside pastas and larger items like a lamb shank.

Prarie is a new restaurant on 19th Street in the Mission serving Italian food with some twists to it. Expect to see things like guanciale-wrapped mochi and Korean rice gnocchi on the menu, alongside things cooked over coals like marrow bones and octopus.

Check out the full review here.

This is the third Bunn Mike location, with another shop in Potrero Hill and one in North Beach not far from the new Green Street location. The menu is small, only serving banh mis and chips, along with Vietnamese coffee.

Soma Eats has a new location on Spear Street that, like the one on Second Street, can be rented out for private events. If you don’t have enough friends for that, you can still come by during the day for breakfast sandwiches and lamb tagine bowls.

Bon Voyage is a new bar on Valencia from the people behind Trick Dog, but instead of hamburger-hot dog hybrids, they serve things like steamed buns and Chinese dumplings. The main reason to go here is for cocktails, and if you have the urge to be in the middle of a disco safari with a few friends.

We checked out Bon Voyage, and put it on our Hit List.

This spot opened up in the Fillmore and serves an Afro-Carribean menu. Come here for things like Cuban and jerk-style chicken, plates with shrimp and spare ribs, and sides like tostones and black beans.

We checked out Isla Vida, and put it on our Hit List.

Celebrity chef Sam Choy’s casual poke chain opened up a location in the Bay area. The San Bruno counter-service spot has a large menu with everything from poke bowls to musubis to loco moco.

If you work around Civic Center, Bi Rite opened up a kiosk cafe next to City Hall. The small stand has sandwiches, salads, and bowls. If it’s an especially rough day at the office, they have soft serve too.

Young’s Kung Fu Action Theater And Laundry, which might be the the coolest bar name since Stefon introduced us to Wesh and Crease, is now open in the Tenderloin. They won’t clean your shirts, but with kung fu movies playing above the bar and a working revolving dry cleaning rack, this place sounds like something straight out of an SNL sketch.

Mr. East Kitchen opened it’s small shop in Soma and has a menu of Vietnamese items like pho and chicken satay. If you work in the area, it’s a good spot to come for lunch instead of eating the same sandwich for the third day in a row.

Luke’s Lobster is a New York-based mini chain that’s made its way across the country over the last few years, finally opening it’s first Bay Area location in SoMa. This lunch spot serves New England-style lobster rolls on top-split buns with sides like clam chowder. You get a good amount of lobster for what you pay, and if you’re somehow really in the mood for lobster during lunch, it’s worth checking out.

If your aunt is in town, or you just want to know how Jane Fonda felt preparing for her role in Grace and Frankie, Barney’s opened a location of it’s famous NY restaurant Freds in their SF store. The menu is smaller, but still has some classics like the spaghetti and the chopped chicken salad. If you want to go to NY for a day, dropping by here would be a good idea, but if you also pick up some shoes downstairs, it may cost the same as an actual plane ticket.

Benchmark Pizza in Berkeley has expanded to a new location in Oakland. This Italian spot specializes in pastas and pizzas with crust made from their own sourdough starter.

OneZo is a Taiwan-based boba shop that recently opened a location in Oakland. Come here for tea with boba that they make themselves.

The people behind Saison opened Angler on the Embarcadero recently. The new restaurant specializes in seafood, both raw and grilled/roasted.

We checked out Angler, and put it on our Hit List.

Berkeley-based Sliver Pizza opened a second location in Oakland. Like the original spot, they serve one type of pizza with rotating ingredients that change daily.

Magnolia Brewing in Dogpatch reopened after renovations to give the brewery more space for visitors. They have a brunch menu with things like eggs Benedict, house-cured salmon, and French toast, in addition to a dinner menu that has things like burgers, salads, and steaks.

This is a new Portuguese spot in the Mission. It’s open for lunch and dinner, and they serve piri piri chicken with sides like grilled corn and chili. The space feels like the test location for a future mini-chain, and it’s a good spot to come during lunch of you work nearby.

We checked out Piri Pica and put it on our Hit List.

Bear’s Lair in Berkeley closed down in 2012, but is now back as Bear’s Lair Tavern. It’s a bar and grill on the edge of campus that’s open for lunch and dinner, and serves bar food like burgers, wings, and nachos. The location has indoor and outdoor seating, along with yard games for when it’s nice out.

Veggie Grill has locations around California, and recently opened its first location in downtown Berkeley. This chain serves a full vegan, plant-based menu of items from burgers to tacos to bowls.

Lovessy recently opened up in the Richmond and has entrees like duck breast in passion fruit sauce and grilled octopus, as well as souffles with uncommon flavors like durian and matcha.

Jinya is a ramen chain with over 30 locations in the US and Canada, and recently opened their first shop in East Bay. Aside from ramen, they have salads and small things like buns and dumplings. The menu stays the same between locations, and The Infatuation LA is a fan of the spicy umami miso ramen.

This Peruvian-Japanese spot recently opened in Cow Hollow with a cool dining room complete with an illuminated bar and living moss wall. The menu has everything from ceviche to nigiri to hot stone pots with lobster rice. The don’t take reservations, but you can put your name on a waitlist and go to a nearby bar to pass the time.

We checked out Kaiyo and put it on our Hit List.

This new spot in Hayes Valley has two other locations in Mountain View and Cupertino. They specialize in Neapolitan pizzas and the menu has two sections for them - red with sauce and white without.

This eight-seat sushi spot is located inside the Japan Center in Japantown. While everything around it is bright and colorful, this shop is in its own quiet corner where they offer three omakase options.

This place opened up recently serving Thai dishes like tom yum and panang curry, but what makes Mangrove Thai Kitchen interesting is that they also serve ramen. Hit this place up when you and your friends can’t decide between Thai and Japanese food.

Palermo Delicatessen shut down a few years ago, but they’ve decided to reopen in a new North Beach location as Palermo II Delicatessen. You can get a variety of sandwiches here, including the Crab Jack with Dungeness crab salad and a hot chicken parm.

Z&Y Bistro opened around the beginning of this month. They’re across the street from the original restaurant, but have their own menu, mainly focusing on yakatori and hot pots.

Paramount Superstars recently opened in the Richmond and helps fill the void left by the closing of Shanghai Dumpling King. They serve dim sum in a large space that is available for banquets, weddings, live music, or for whatever reason you have to get your closest 80 or so friends together.

The first location of this LA-based mini chain has landed in the Financial District. At Mendocino Farms, you can get sandwiches and salads in a space you’d feel okay having a casual lunch meeting, but they also cater offices if your whole team doesn’t have time to make the trek. The menu includes seasonal items and mainstays like a pork belly banh mi, as well as vegan options like a chickpea burger.

This spot in the Inner Richmond is open from breakfast to dinner, and while you can get things like yogurt bowls or a burger, you come here for the soul food that takes up a good portion of the menu. Think shrimp and grits for breakfast and fried chicken sandwiches for lunch with red beans and rice or collard greens.

This is a new spot in Fort Mason from the people behind Suppenkuche and Biergarten, but instead of feeling like your drinking in the basement from Inglorious Basterds or being stuck outside and falling victim to random weather changes, Radhaus is set up in an old army machine shop. Check it out with a few friends, get some Bavarian beers and a chicken schnitzel sandwich, and enjoy the views of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge.

Some things don’t change much over time - “Say My Name” is still a masterpiece, Swedish fish are still garbage candy, and mac and cheese is still your favorite part of a meal after all these years. If you live in Russian Hill and get that all too familiar macaroni itch, Mac’d recently opened up a second location on Polk Street. Choose your sauce, noodles, and mix-ins and get taken back to your childhood. If you’re more health conscious these days, there’s also a cauliflower option that can take the place of pasta.

This is Mateo’s second location and it’s set up in the Uber building. The menu is smaller than the original, but still serves breakfast burritos and has a variety of meat and veggie taco and burrito options for lunch.

Smokebread is about as close to Inception as a restaurant can get. They’re not trying to infiltrate founders’ dreams and have them dissolve their companies (we assume), but they are operating out of The Perennial’s space during lunch. This place serves bowls and spoon salads meant to be scooped up with Hungarian flatbread. They also cater if you’ve got a lunch-and-learn coming up and you’re sick of ordering the same gigantic greek salad over and over.

We’re big fans of Farmhouse Kitchen in the Mission and with the same menu, the new Oakland location should be great, too. Besides short ribs, fried chicken, and classics like panang curry, expect the added bonus of outdoor seating and hopefully a similarly lively staff.

Barrio recently opened up in the old Boardroom location after they moved across the street. The small Mexican menu includes things like tacos and quekas, along with yucca fries that are good to split over a few beers. If you’re in for a full meal, don’t miss the cochinita pibil tacos with house-made blue corn tortillas.

We checked out Barrio and put it on our Hit List.

If we were banished to live out the rest of our days on only one street in San Francisco, we’d probably choose Divisadero. It has everything from tacos to BBQ to Italian to Popeyes, and the list keeps growing longer. And more recently, Fool’s Errand opened up between Grove Street and Hayes St. This beer and wine bar has small snacks like charcuterie and cheese boards, and has a weekday happy hour from 2-6pm. It’s less than a block away from Nopa, so it could be a good place to get a drink while you wait for your table.

The Argentum Project in SoMa is open for breakfast and lunch. They serve a variety of greek pastries, like portokalopita and bougatsa me krema, as well as Italian coffee. If you go in for lunch, they have salads and sandwiches, too.

Parranga opened up in Mill Valley recently, serving a variety of Mexican dishes, including tortas, tacos, soup, and salads. They also have whole rotisserie chickens roasted with a house blend of spices and chipotle piloncillo.

We love the Oren’s Hummus in Palo Alto, and are excited that they are bringing this Israeli mini chain to SoMa. The new San Francisco location is open all day and serves things like shakshuka and challah french toast. Maybe push your next morning meeting earlier so you can go to Oren’s and expense it to the company.

We checked out Oren’s Hummus and put it on our Hit List.

If you’ve ever been to Tonga Room and thought, “This place could be a lot more immersive and potentially terrifying,” then Last Rites should be high on your list. This new tiki bar in Duboce Triangle looks like the wreckage of a plane that crashed on Skull Island, complete with airplane seat bar stools and hanging plants. The drink menu includes a wide range of strong tiki drinks, along with over 150 types of rum.

If you can’t get to AT&T Park after work for the game or just really need to be surrounded by baseball memorabilia, head to Pine Tar Grill. The new sports bar in SoMa is Giants themed and serves food that goes hand in hand with baseball - from chicken wings and hot dogs to an onion ring-topped burger.

Located in the former Wooly Pig Cafe space in the Sunset, Yo Tambien Cantina is an airy breakfast and lunch spot with lots of succulents and natural light. The menu at this Venezuelan cafe includes toasts, a seasonal fruit bowl, and sandwiches like the El Cantinero, with mortadella, provolone, and arugula on Montesacro pinsa bread.

Belcampo has a few locations in California, and now they are taking their mission for world domination via responsibly raised meat to Oakland. Everything on the menu at this butcher shop and restaurant - from the 100-day dry-aged burger to the lamb shawarma - comes from their own farm.

Instead of robots destroying us, Creator in SoMa has them feeding us. This place looks more like an installment at SFMOMA than a burger restaurant, but that’s what the machine at Creator makes. You have to buy tickets in advance to go, but all said and done, the burgers only cost $6.