Eat, Drink, Play

In recent years, the San Francisco Bay Area has become a thriving hub for tech companies and startups. This influx of businesses has created a highly competitive job market, making it increasingl...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2023/04/20/hiring-challenges-in-the-bay-area-how-companies-can-overcome-talent-acquisition-obstacles/

After 12 years of serving San Francisco diners from a space inside a Sutter Street boutique hotel, Yemeni chef Mohamed Aboghanem is moving his restaurant across the bay to more prominent digs. Sa...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/09/01/sfs-saha-relocating-berkeley/

Doppio Zero, the Neapolitan-style restaurant that's won raves in Mountain View, will begin throwing pizzas and tossing pastas in Cupertino on Thursday, Sept. 1. The name refers to the "double zer...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/08/30/doppio-zero-expands-cupertino/

Saratoga, the sleepy little village nestled at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains, is becoming a full-fledged wine-tasting destination with the opening of a new tasting room from two local bout...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/08/30/saratoga-tasting-room/

The pizza chain born on the beach is making its first foray into Contra Costa County. Pizza My Heart is scheduled to bring its surf-and-slice theme to Walnut Creek, in the former Project Pie spot...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/08/30/pizza-heart-heading-walnut-creek/

Think you know your California sights? Take a peek at the pic, ponder the clues, then hazard a guess. Where are you? Canvas sails Stockton minstrels A stage made of freight packing boxes The orch...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/08/28/aug-28-geoquiz-guess/

Fresh off her performance in Rio, four-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky are introducing their new cookbook, "Run Fast, Eat Slow."  They'll discuss their 15-year-long friends...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/08/26/save-date-ayesha-curry-cookbook-event/

What if following dietary guidelines were as easy as ordering off a restaurant menu? That’s the thinking behind Dr. Andrew Weil’s venture, the True Food Kitchen, a restaurant concept created...

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/eat-drink-play/2016/08/26/dr-weils-true-food-kitchen-coming-walnut-creek-palo-alto/