About us
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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![[Festival] World of Dumplings](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/8/1/a/8/highres_536073192.jpeg)
[Festival] World of Dumplings
Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, USWorld of Dumplings
World of Dumplings is a festival organized by Asians are Strong. Tickets are free, but dumplings are not.This is the third year of this festival at the Ferry Building. a few dozen vendors will showcase their various dumplings from around the world, many cuisines will be represented celebrating the cultures of many asian countries and others including Italy and Spain.
This is a large festival, so it is loosely organized, we'll meet around 11:00a at the western front doors near Peaches Patties. I'll have a flag,
I will also have a discussion channel created for this event on WhatsApp in the San Francisco Foodies group, so people can point out great finds, posting in this event's comments is also recommended.
Minutiae
Tickets are free, and can be purchased at World of Dumplings 2026History
Started by Asians are Strong in 2024, this is the third year at the San Francisco Ferry building, last year was a lot of fun. From their site:
What to expect:- Dumplings from all over the world
- 25+ restaurant vendors
- Eating contests
- Cooking demos
- Beer garden
- Raffle prizes
- Dumpling trivia
- Family activities
- Performances
- Music
- And more exciting new additions to be announced!
Administratriva
Estimated Cost (of Entree or three course meal)Dress is smart casual
93 attendees
Dinner at Nopa: Table for 6 ($25 Deposit)
Nopa, 560 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA, San Francisco, CA, US(Event description written with the help of AI)
Nopa is a staple of San Francisco’s dining scene, located on the corner of Divisadero and Hayes Streets in the North of Panhandle neighborhood. Known for pioneered farm-to-table dining and vibrant late-night hospitality, it serves thoughtful Californian-Mediterranean cuisine made with locally sourced, seasonal ingredients.
Chefs & Culinary Ethos
- Chef & Founder: Chef Laurence Jossel co-founded the restaurant in 2006 (along with partners Jeff Hanak and Allyson Jossel) and continues to lead the kitchen. His background includes years at iconic Bay Area kitchens like La Folie, Gary Danko at the Ritz-Carlton, and Kokkari.
- Farm-to-Table Focus: Jossel and his culinary team build daily menus around fresh produce picked directly from local Bay Area farmers' markets.
- In-House Program: The kitchen emphasizes zero-waste cooking, nose-to-tail whole butchery, and in-house preservation, smoking, and wood-fire techniques.
The atmosphere is energetic, social, and warm, making it popular for everything from casual neighborhood gatherings to late-night dinners. The menus change daily, but include several regular standout dishes:
- Nopa Cheeseburger: A San Francisco favorite made from house-ground beef served on a toasted brioche bun with pickled onions, aioli, and hand-cut fries.
- Thick-Cut Pork Chop: Consistently praised for being extraordinarily tender and juicy, cooked over live wood fire and paired with seasonal stone fruit or produce.
- Ya-ya’s Fried Chicken: The dish features fresh chicken that is buttermilk-brined, Moroccan-spiced, and double-dredged before being fried until extra crispy.
Costs
Small plate starters range from $14-24, and entrees range from $29-45.Food and drinks will be the responsibility of the person(s) who ordered them. No separate checks. Please be prepared to split the check at the event and pay via cash, Venmo, Zelle, or Apple Cash.
I will collect the $25 deposit about a week before the event. If you attend the event, the deposit will be deducted from the amount you owe for your meal. Please stay on top of your notifications and messages in Meetup so you don’t miss out on essential communications.
Taxes and Fees
Dining in San Francisco has a sales tax (8.625%). The restaurant charges a mandate of 6% and a mandatory gratuity of 20% for large parties.Parking and Transportation
Muni 24 to Divisidero & Hayes; 6 to Hayes & Divisidero
Limited street parking6 attendees
Nightlife @ CA Academy of Science
California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA, San Francisco, CA, USMost Thursday nights California Academy of Science hosts "NIghtlife" for 21+ crowd. They usually feature a theme and of course, Fall it's Halloween yo and things are about to get spooky. October 29th it's "Fright NIght". Food trucks are available, alcohol is on prem, and there's a DJ, and dancing-so I guess it's a party...I have never been to nightlife and would love to experience it!
There will be a line for entry. We'll probably use groupchat on WhatsApp for easy private communication and to find one another. I'll DM you so please make sure to check your messages and respond! Looking forward to some scary fun!Museum Ticket purchase is required. Highly recommend purchasing in advance as some themes tend to sell out You'll find tickets HERE. Please select ticket specifically for October 29th. There are two tiers: Standard $26 (Does not include planetarium-add on if you want that) ; Plus $75 (includes skip line for some exhibits, 2 drinks, + snack).
RSVP to this event does not mean you have entry, please purchase a ticket for 10-29 Fright "NIghtlife".
(From Website) Courtesy of Calacademy.org:
Something wickedly fierce is roaming the museum. Join our annual Halloween haunt with Peaches Christ, roaming scares, a costume contest, and more thrills throughout the night. Costumes highly encouraged. Stay tuned for more programming info!
Please note: Any weapons and full-face Halloween masks will not be permitted.Transportation:
California Academy of Science Museum is located in Golden Gate Park.
Neighborhood street parking may be limited, please read signs.
Muni From: Fulton #5 or 5R stop @ 8th Ave-walk through park.
Lincoln: 7 Ocean Beach or 44 California stop at Lincoln & 9th Ave, also about 10 minute walk through the park to museum.27 attendees
Canela Bistro Bar Happy Hour + Optional Halloween Urban Hike
Canela Bistro Bar, 2272 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA, San Francisco, CA, USTake a trip to Spain without your passport at this cozy Spanish tapas and wine bar! They have a great happy hour menu (https://canelasf.com/), the hardest thing would be choices choices choices...
Because Canela charges $20 a head for reservation, let's just get there 4:50pm a little before they open, to grab some tables.
After happy hour, I'll go to a Halloween-themed photo urban hike beginning at Richard Gamble Memorial Park (about 1 mile away from Canela) starting 6:30pm. The route travels through Belvedere Street which is famous for their Halloween decorations and block party, up to Corona Heights for nighttime city views, and down to Castro. Join me if you'd like to walk off some yummy guilty pleasure!
For more info about the hike and registration: https://www.instagram.com/p/Deuh9veP7Pb/
*I'm not affiliated with this IG account or organizer, just wanna support decent event and community builders.
12 attendees
Past events
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