What we’re about
This group is for visiting San Francisco Bay Area restaurants and other events that have foodie interest or a food centric theme. Such as food and wine festivals, Eat, Drink San Francisco, the San Francisco Chocolate Festival and San Francisco Street Food Festival.
While food and beverages are of primary importance, this is a social group for having fun, making new friends and keeping touch with others, trying something new, or visiting an old favorite, yet again. Join with a friend or two, or eat with strangers and find common and uncommon feasts of food, conversation and an occasional butterfly.
Attendees
Please be prompt or message your host directly (perhaps use the new chat feature) comments are delayed by as much as an hour. Dress is usually casual, use your own judgement, on a rare occasion a jacket, dress or no shorts may be required. And please take pictures of your food and upload them to our group, San Francisco Foodies maintains that the photographer maintains ownership of their art. If you want to take pictures of guests please remember to ask their permission before. Bullying and derogatory remarks are causes for removal from an event and this group. Not paying for your ordered items most likely will result in legal action.
Administrative Trivia
There are no dues. However some events require a deposit for joining. A deposit is spent toward an attendee’s bill (restaurants sometimes charge a deposit from $5, $50 or the entire cost of a meal and beverage $400).
Events are usually free to attend but each member and their guests pay for their respective meals, drinks, some events have split appetizers or family style meals where each person pays the same price and all share the meal. These details are in each event. Restaurants usually charge city tax and a mandatory gratuity. In San Francisco a percentage for employee insurance. Expect 30% to 35% added to your order.
Some Events ask for attendees to prepay a portion of any deposits or venue costs. These are paid events.
Nonprofit Fundraisers are where a donation is requested, a nonprofit is selected, usually rated 100% (some local charities are not nationally rated but all of their donations are 100% used to support their activities). For our events San Francisco Foodies asks donations to be given to the nonprofit directly, any donations collected are forwarded (100%). These are also marked as paid events.
Event Organizers are unpaid volunteers, however, some may charge a fee. Those will be paid events and full disclosure of where fees go are in each event's description. San Francisco Foodies is always looking for new volunteers as organizers and adding new events.
Use of Meetup Comments and Chat for spam is forbidden. Suggesting events is encouraged. If the event is in another group please contact an event organizer to co-host with our group. Much better to become an event organizer with our group and host an event yourself.
Be Well, #Eat San Francisco.
Upcoming events
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Sips n Nibbles @ San Francisco Wine Society
San Francisco Wine Society, 408 Merchant St, San Francisco, CA, USDetails
Pinkies Up SF Foodie Community we're about to get fancy. San Franciso Wine Society is a public wine bar located at 408 Merchant Street nestled in the Financial District near Chinatown.
Our first full week of year 2026. This event is intended to be an opportunity to be present in the moment and enjoy the company of others.
Not your ordinary spot, here there's plush cozy seats, a big couch, fireplace, nooks and crannies for you to relax, unwind, savor wine and small bites (Duck Rillette, Wagyu sliders, charcuterie to name a few items).
Featuring an extensive catalog of wine, port and Madeira, many pouring by the glass, or flight. Per their Website: "At San Francisco Wine Society we celebrate classic wines from classic regions and enjoy introducing our guests to intriguing wines from every corner of the globe.
Wine, more than anything, is about making memories and being present. We want our space to be intimate and distraction-free, so we do not have TVs or offer WiFi.
We look forward to welcoming you soon. Cheers!"
Administrative Trivia
Table for 6.
Food and wine prices vary. Dress is smart casual. Plates and charcuterie may be shareable: Appetizers/shared plates cost will be divvied up for attendees.
Attendees and Waitlist please manage your RSVP before Sunday, January 4th @ 10 PM. Due to strict cancellation policy and possible CC charge for reservation changes, I will reach out closer to event date for confirmation of attendance to this event, please make sure to comment or check and respond to your Direct Messages.
Please be on time. We ask that all guests are present to be seated.
Meal, Beverage, Mandate, Taxes and Fees=Total Individual Cost
Each diner is responsible for the total cost of their own orders (+any additional items)-take raw bill x1.3_ (tax, tip, mandate from 4%-7% if applicable) and round up for your total payment. Organizer will manage one singular bill and form of payment for the check. Please be prepared to pay the organizer by Cash, Venmo, AppleCash
Parking and Transportation
Located at 408 Merchant Street parking on Clay, Sansome, Washington available. Muni rail and BART Line, 10 Minute walk from Embarcardero. Bus 12 Folsom/Pacific line is also an option.10 attendees
Dinner: Four Kings Redux Redux (Table for 6) $25 Deposit Required
Four Kings, 710 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA, USIt's time for a group of six SF Foodies to have a redux redux of Four Kings.
$25 deposit required (restaurant charges a no show fee)
Details
From SF Chronicle:
Four Kings is not only one of the best new restaurants in the Bay Area, it is one of the best new restaurants in the country. Even before it opened its brick- and- mortar location in Chinatown, the buzz was electric. Chef-owners Franky Ho and Mike Long, who met while cooking at Mister Jiu’s, had been popping up at bars and restaurants throughout 2023. When they finally found a home below a Kumon off Kearny, they built out the space to resemble a homey izakaya, albeit one in Hong Kong instead of Hokkaido. There, Ho and Long sling their inspired takes on Cantonese diner classics like pork chop rice, scallop vermicelli, and salt and pepper squid skewers. It’s the type of place where you might walk in late for a solo bowl of mapo tofu spaghetti and end up sharing a bottle of shochu and humming along to torchy Cantopop classics with your neighbor at the counter.
Administrative Trivia
While dinner at Four Kings is intended to be served family-style and dishes are brought out as they are prepared, we can decide who wants participate in family style and can can plan accordingly.
Dinner menu
Taxes and Fees
Dining in San Francisco has a sales tax (8.625%) and possibly an employee health mandate (5%), a tip (20%) may be automatically added because of the size of our party, even on individual bills.
Please be prepared to pay your portion of the bill with cash, Venmo or ApplePay.
Parking and Transportation
Muni: 1, 8, 30, 45, 91, T
BART: Any train to stop at Montgomery Station
Street parking: possible but may be impacted
Garage Parking: Portsmouth Square Parking ($8 max after 5pm)6 attendees
XICA (Gluten-free Mexican): Table for 8
XICA, 1265 Battery Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA, USXICA (pronounced “Chica”) is a Chicana style restaurant serving Mexican flavors with a Bay Area-influence for brunch and dinner, along with specialty cocktail beverages.
Location is 1265 Battery Street, in Levi’s Plaza.
Started by Chefs Maria E and Ignacio Perez in 2022, XICA is a full service restaurant that signifies the return to their roots. Their first adventure was a takeout window called CHICA from 2015-2020 on Green street at Levi's Plaza, and their second was a full-service outpost called CHICA in Oakland.
Honestly, I’m not sure what the new spelling is about, but Xica is one of my favorite neighborhood restaurants. The Levi’s Plaza setting is like a sweet little secret at night. And the interior of the restaurant is filled with lovely murals that complement the great service and really solid Mexican food.
Menus can be found here
Xica maintains a gluten-free kitchen and asks that no outside food or drink be brought in.
I will be confirming attendance in the app the day before the event, and if I don’t hear from you, I will give your place to someone on the waitlist.
Costs
Appetizers are about $13-18 and entrees range from $16-45. Alcohol and dessert will increase your tab; the delicious margaritas are about $15.
Each diner is responsible for their own orders and costs, and we will have to consolidate and divvy up the final bill accordingly. Each diner’s orders will be calculated separately, unless we agree to share some food family style. Please be prepared to split the check and pay via cash, Venmo, Zelle, or Apple Pay.
Taxes and Fees
Dining in San Francisco has a sales tax (8.625%). The restaurant charges an employee health mandate and likely a mandatory gratuity for a large party (~25% for both).
Parking and Transportation
Muni F to Embarcadero & Greenwich
~15 minute walk from Embarcadero BART
Street parking is not easy but possible. Also, there are paid lots/garages along the Embarcadero and near Levi’s Plaza.8 attendees![[Brunch] Hilda and Jessie - Best Brunch in San Francisco (Table for Six)](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/3/1/9/highres_531749465.jpeg)
[Brunch] Hilda and Jessie - Best Brunch in San Francisco (Table for Six)
Hilda and Jesse, 701 Union St., San Francisco, CA, USHilda and Jesse
Hilda and Jesse has been on a rollercoaster for the past few years, from a backlash due to their refusal to allow firearms into their establishment, which tragically impacted the San Francisco Police Department, but in the end it was sorted. Hilda and Jesse (ABC)
Hilda and Jesse was a foil for San Francisco Chronicle's Restaurant Critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan in their war against Tasting Menus, especially those lower priced also found at (San Francisco Foodie Favorites 7 Adams, Azalina’s and Mijoté). Dear Ms. Fegan Queer Icon Pee-Wee Herman's Playhouse had a different color scheme.
And I was not surprised when Michelin awarded them a star in 2024 (and again for 2025).
I read many reviews, I taste many menus. Hilda and Jesse is just the best Brunch in San Francisco.
Only accepting people who did not cancel at the last minute on my events during 2025, Let's begin 2026 with the best.
Minutiae
Hilda and Jesse is renown for their Buttermilk Pancakes and Avocado Toast (bread is substituted with a sweet potato tempera crisp). Some menu items had me ponder how anyone would consider making combining those flavors, textures in such a beautiful package. Hilda and Jesse is not micro gastronomy, but each dish fills you with wonder. Excellent execution, probably no one else would think of these combinations and few match their creation.
History
owners: Ollie K.C. Liedags and Rachel Sillcocks
Started as a pop up in 2020 Breakfast for Dinner, Hilda and Jesse opened in 2021 at their current North Beach location.
Menus and Reviews
From the Michelin website: Offering what may well be the Bay Area’s most creative and ambitious take on brunch, this disarming passion project from co-owners Ollie Liedags and Rachel Sillcocks gets its extra shine from the pair’s extensive fine dining experience—each also contributed a grandparent for the restaurant’s name. The hospitality is cheery and warm, matched by a winsome space that calls to mind a modernist diner, and happily the cuisine is every bit as finely tuned. There is nothing precious or manicured about the cooking here. It is often bold and brash, a total riot of flavors mixed with stellar ingredients, and dishes are equal parts unexpected and undeniably satisfying. At dinner, find a rotating, seasonal multicourse menu with a few optional add-ons.
Administratriva
Estimated Cost: Their Surprise Prix Fixe Five Course is 95$ a la carte and add-ons are about $20 each, see their menu for details. Alcohol can raise these estimates significantly.
Dress is comfortable funluxury
Taxes and Restaurant Fees
Dining in San Francisco has a sales tax (8.625%) and probably an employee health mandate (3-10%), a tip (20%) may be automatically added, even on individual bills, if not we expect a 20% minimum tip to be paid for individual bills. We will try to get separate checks, but remember to bring cash.
Each diner is responsible for their own orders and costs but we will have to consolidate and divvy up the final bill accordingly.
Please bring cash or have Zelle or Apple Cash available.
Transportation to Hilda and Jesse
MUNI: 8, 30, J is a 5 minute walk
Finding street parking in North Beach is usually difficult.
Parking garages can be found nearby
Use event comments for Car Pooling and Ride Sharing.
Many thanks for the photos and history from restaurant website6 attendees
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