Following layoffs, Bay Area animation giant to rent out office space

The gates to Pixar’s campus is seen in Emeryville, California, on November 29, 2016.  FRANKIE TAGGART/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of its first round of layoffs in a decade, Bay Area animation giant Pixar has listed 16,800 feet of newly renovated office space on the sublease market. Famous for enduring classics like “Monsters … Read more

Prince Harry, Meghan’s favorite sushi spot opens in the Bay Area

Sushi by Scratch opened its first Bay Area outpost in Healdsburg, Calif., on Dec. 1, 2023. Image via Yelp user Lina C. A posh Los Angeles-based restaurant known for its A-list celebrity following has opened its first Bay Area outpost. Michelin-recognized Sushi by Scratch, which is part of the Scratch Restaurants Group family, debuted at … Read more

The Ahwahnee hotel dining room is reopening in time for Christmas

The Ahwahnee hotel dining room is reopening in time for Christmas. Courtesy of Yosemite Hospitality. The dining room at Yosemite National Park’s Ahwahnee hotel is scheduled to open just in time for the Christmas rush. Hotel officials began notifying waitlisted visitors this week that the dining room, adorned with chandeliers, stone walls, a beamed ceiling … Read more

Park Tavern, one of SF’s trendiest restaurants, has closed for good

Anna Weinberg’s Park Tavern, which overlooks Washington Square Park in North Beach, closed permanently Tuesday and vacated its space at 1652 Stockton St. The restaurant was first served an eviction notice on Nov. 1, David Tillotson, an attorney representing the landlord, confirmed to SFGATE. The restaurant owed $508,968.19 in unpaid rent since May 2022, according to … Read more

I tried the Bay Area taco that’s as big as a baby

Luong Dang believes that we eat with our eyes first, so when he decided to add a giant taco to his Taqueria Azteca menu, he made sure to give customers an eyeful. In late October, a massive hard-shell taco made its way to the strip mall restaurant at 7155 Amador Plaza Road in Dublin. With … Read more