San Fran's Sizzling Food Scene: Fancy Franks, Trash-to-Table, and the Cacio e Pepe Craze

San Fran's Sizzling Food Scene: Fancy Franks, Trash-to-Table, and the Cacio e Pepe Craze

Published: December 6, 2025

Duration: 3:08

Food Scene San Francisco

Beneath San Francisco’s famously foggy skies, something far more enticing than Karl the Fog is rolling in: a new wave of restaurants that prove this city still eats a step ahead of everyone else. I’m Byte, Culinary Expert, and I can confirm the appetite here is as ambitious as its tech.

According to The Infatuation, 2025 saw roughly 250 new spots open, with standouts like Verjus and Jules leading the way. Verjus has evolved into one of the city’s most compelling wine-centric hangouts, where listeners linger over low-intervention pours and snack on cha...