Outdoor Dining
SF’s New Rooftop Dining Terrace at Westfield Centre
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open For a limited time, grab a bite and head up to Westfield Centre’s newly opened rooftop where you can safely enjoy your breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The Rooftop Dining Terrace is open from March 1 to September 30. Please note the original end date was April 30, but we’ve been told more...
San Jose’s “Al Fresco” Dining Extended Through All of 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open San Jose’s City Council recently voted unanimously to extend the city’s Al Fresco dining program through the end of 2021, which was set to expire March 31, 2021. The program was launched in May 2020 which allowed more than 130 businesses to set up outdoor dining in public, city-owned spaces. San Jose more...
SF Officially in “Orange” Reopening Tier (March 24 at 8am)
Bay Area Updates, Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Reopens And Expands Businesses And Activities As It Moves Into The State’s Orange Tier Beginning Wednesday, March 24, San Francisco will reopen indoor offices, outdoor bars, and indoor recreation, as well as expand outdoor entertainment, and a number of activities in accordance with State restrictions and additional local limits San more...
“HellaSecret” Oakland: Secret Outdoor Comedy
Get Out: Events, Outdoor Dining Get ready for our “HellaSecret” Outdoor comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up (and socially distant) live outdoor comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. Get $5 off Tickets – Early bird tickets $15 more...
SF To Enter “Orange Tier” March 24. Here’s What Can Reopen
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open If San Francisco enters the orange tier on March 24th as expected, the city announced that they are reopening more and loosening more restrictions including a further expansion of indoor and outdoor dining and outdoor bars (even without serving food) will be allowed to open for the first time in more...
SF Chinatown’s Walkway Weekends Extended to June
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Enjoy a historic street stroll, under vibrant red lanterns, at San Francisco Chinatown’s Walkway Weekends — now through June 2021. Every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm, experience car-free Grant Ave. between California and Washington streets — open for exploring, snacking, dining and shopping in the heart of America’s oldest Chinatown. View more...
Wineries & Breweries Without Food Can Reopen on March 13
COVID-19 Updates, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open California updated its Blueprint for a Safer Economy; now breweries, wineries, and distilleries that don’t serve food are allowed to reopen with modifications beginning March 13, 2021. Thanks ABC7 for sharing the details about California’s latest reopenings. FYI: As of March 12, 2021, all of the Bay Area is in the Red, more...
SF Wants To Make Outdoor Dining & Shared Spaces Permanent
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces Legislation to Make Shared Spaces Program Permanent in San Francisco Friday, March 12, 2021 Successful outdoor dining and retail program would continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, making permanent changes to streamline curbside, sidewalk, roadway and other permitting process for San Francisco businesses and organizations Mayor London N. Breed today more...
SF Waives Permit Fees for Restaurants’ Outdoor Heaters
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining San Francisco’s outdoor dining will hopefully be a little less chilly now thanks to The City’s new policy to waive the permit fee for outdoor heaters through June 30, 2021. The $375 application fee will be waived, but an onsite inspection will still be required. The San Francisco Fire Department, in conjunction more...
El Rio’s Back Patio Reopening “Soon”
Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for letting us know the great news that El Rio, one of our favorite LGBTQ+ patio dive bars has reopened for to-go food and drinks, and hopes to reopen their back patio soon. El Rio is currently open Fridays 4-8pm plus Saturdays & Sundays 2-6pm for to more...
SF Indoor Dining Won’t Open Until At Least March 2
Indoor Dining, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Although the latest covid data released by the state of California on February 23, 2021 show San Francisco firmly in the less restrictive “red tier,” San Francisco is still in Purple and won’t be eligible for further reopenings until it is in the red tier for two consecutive weeks. San Francisco more...
There Are Now 2,000+ Parklets in San Francisco
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining Thanks to KTVU for sharing the news about the massive proliferation of parklets in San Francisco. There used to only be a few dozen parklets, but now there’s more than 2,000 parklets in The City with another 1,000 in the pipeline. The Director of the San Francisco Shared Spaces Program says more...
Massive Fallen Tree Takes Out SF Restaurant’s Outdoor Dining Parklet
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Outdoor Dining, Storm Watch Yikes… a massive tree fell down on Monday morning right into a San Francisco parklet set up for outdoor dining. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the story and Hoodline for uncovering more details about the fallen tree. The windy weather brought down a huge tree at the corner of Hayes and Gough more...
Top COVID-Safe Restaurants in SF (Based on Diner Feedback)
COVID-19 Updates, Eat & Drink, Indoor Dining, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Diffbot reached out to us to share the results of their latest data analysis that examined San Francisco restaurants and how well they are handling Covid precautions. Here’s the top 10 most Covid-safe restaurants based on parsing 2000+ reviews that mention their opinions on the restaurant’s COVID stance. The Patio Wine Lounge more...
Outdoor Dining & Parklets Forever?
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Outdoor Dining Could the popular outdoor dining and parklets become a permanent fixture in California? Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news of a new proposed bill that will make California’s liquor laws more flexible and make it easier for bars and restaurants to keep utilizing the newly created outdoor dining spaces and more...
