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The Peruvian chicken dinner from Michoz, a pop-up operating out of Hidden Cafe in Berkeley, was a memorable feast. Photo: Sarah Han Usually, around this time of year, we’re feeling pretty good. We’re buzzing with a sense of joy and relaxation, spending time with family and friends, gathering and eating meals together and looking back on the fun times we had over the last 12 months. After almost a full year of living with COVID-19, those halcyon holiday times seem so distant from our current reality. But while we didn’t get many opportunities to eat at restaurants or meet up for meals wi...

Iyasare’s Osechi Sushi will be available on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Iyasare We’re more than ready to say goodbye to 2020, and although the new year might not bring immediate relief from the intense, insane and frustrating effects of the pandemic (the recent stimulus package will help small businesses with loans, but it does not offer grants for restaurants), we’re still hoping for better times in the future. Below, we’ve compiled a list of East Bay restaurants, catering groups and pop-ups that are offering special New Year’s Eve (and in some cases, New Year’s Day) menus to ring i...

Special Report The Bay Area's best dishes of 2020 Even in a tough year, extraordinary food was available in the Bay Area. Here are critic Soleil Ho's favorites. By Soleil Ho |  Updated: Dec. 24, 2020 9:37 AM Even though 2020 has been absolute trash all around, the Bay Area’s food scene has continued on, though with the precarity of a flickering match in a storm. Amid the chaos and stress of weathering a pandemic in one of the hardest-hit countries in the world, opportunities to eat nourishing and soul-satisfying food have become even more precious. Life has changed for all of us, ...

12 unexpectedly great things to come out of food in the disaster that is 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The Naem Khao Tod (Crispy Curry Rice) at Intu-On, a Thai food pop-up at Birba wine bar in Hayes Valley in S.F.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle It’s been a brutal year for the restaurant industry, with many establishments closing for good while others continue to fight for survival. Workers have faced layoffs and furloughs. Owners have turned into activists, lobbying the government for financial aid. The lack of assistance makes optimism for the Bay Area’s restaurant scene difficult, but the y...