San Francisco Foodies

4.8•644 ratings

San Francisco, CA, US

3,093 members · Public group

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.

Featured event

Sat, Jan 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM PST

San Francisco Foodies Fourth Anniversary Aliment Restaurant Buy Out 2026

Aliment, 786 Bush St, San Francisco, CA, US

Restaurant Buy Out
Aliment was the first Event when I organized San Francisco Foodies in 2022, the previous group owner had moved to Santa Cruz and I was graciously allowed to organize this group from the end of 2021, but 2022 was the second time dining was opening in San Francisco since March 16, of 2020.

For San Francisco Foodies Fourth Anniversary I'd like to buy out the restaurant as a group.

This is a post for interest, I will add more details later.

Your Grateful Servant,

dean.

This is how the original post went:

Aliment is a New American cuisine restaurant, and has been open for almost a decade near Union Square’s Theater district. I have heard their Brussel sprouts are amazing.

Administrative Trivia*: Dinner pricing is listed as about $31-50 per person. Dress is casual. Each diner is responsible for their own costs. Vaccination Cards are currently required as are masks, our policy will match our venue’s policy and we will forward to attendees as soon as we can.*

Reservations are covered, and the restaurant has a no show charge, so please be aware and attend if you reserve a spot. There may be alcohol consumed, please be respectful and responsible.

We are excited to meet new people and old friends. I hope these will be something we remember.