San Francisco Sues Monster Energy Drink for Marketing to Children

May 8, 2013 // 10:58 am

I’ve had a soft spot for Monster Energy Drinks ever since nine cans of the stuff helped me write one hundred and four pages in a single finals week during my sophomore year of college. Unfortunately, that caffeine-fueled week of intense productivity might have major health consequences down the…

Tikka Masala Sweet Potato Fries And Four Other Reasons to Eat at SF’s Curry Up Now

April 30, 2013 // 7:00 am

The Bay (SF, Oaktown and the rest of the bunch) has so much glorious food to offer it’s ridiculous. So whenever the FOODBEAST crew can find an excuse to jump on a plane and explore one of the true meccas of US food, uh, duh, we do it. We…

Burger King Delivery to LA, SF & Chicago Now a Thing

April 23, 2013 // 4:01 pm

Burger King’s unique fast food delivery service first launched in Washington, D.C. early last year and expanded to Houston, Miami and New York soon after. Now, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago are joining the list.

The push to expand BK-branded delivery comes as an attempt to compete with similar…

SF Restaurant Sign Calls Yelp ‘Bully,’ Integrity of Reviews Questioned

April 22, 2013 // 8:06 pm

Inside Bai Thong Thai restaurant in San Francisco, a sign brandishing  the words, “Stop the Bully! — Boycott Yelp,” was posted on its door. Bai Thong Thai currently holds a 3 out 5 star rating on Yelp, yet the sign suggests that their score would be higher if the site didn’t…

San Franciso Cafe Creates Dishes Disguised As Famous Paintings

March 31, 2013 // 1:47 pm

Food art = awesome. Pantone pairings, Nintendo Easter eggs — you name it, the stuff always turns out to be cool. This is particularly true of the culinary creations that come out of Blue Bottle Coffee Bar at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

There’s…

The Top 5 Foodie Ads for Superbowl XLVII

February 4, 2013 // 1:09 am

The outlandish and witty ads that we get bombarded with on game day were at a premium this year, but there were a few standouts sandwiched in between a Destiny’s Child reunion and an exciting, close championship game.

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5. Beck’s Sapphire – No

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Yelp to Put Restaurant Health-Inspection Grades on Blast

January 21, 2013 // 2:06 pm

In a move to help out consumers and local governments, Yelp will be adding health-inspection scores to their restaurant reviews. Partnering up with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Yelp has engineered a system allowing cities to upload inspection data straight to Yelp’s website. City-provided health scores will be available…

Top 10 Dating Trends for Foodies Across America, According to a Dating Site

January 8, 2013 // 10:50 pm

Lucky for us hungry data gatherers, the folks at “offline dating” site HowAboutWe have just released a visual compilation of the dating network’s first 1 million dates recorded.

The results? Enough information for us to get an idea of top food dating trends across the United…