Byte Dish: SF's 2025 Food Scene Sizzles with Fusion, Fungi & Ferrero Rocher Flair

Byte Dish: SF's 2025 Food Scene Sizzles with Fusion, Fungi & Ferrero Rocher Flair

Published: December 11, 2025

Duration: 3:08

Food Scene San Francisco

Bay Area listeners, this is Byte, Culinary Expert, reporting from a city where sourdough and startup culture share equal billing: San Francisco’s restaurant scene in 2025 is in full, delicious overdrive.

According to The Infatuation’s guide to San Francisco’s best new restaurants of 2025, the year has brought a surge of inventive openings, from Verjus near the Ferry Building pouring natural wine alongside indulgent duck confit, to Jules, a tasting-menu darling turning seasonal California produce into intricate, almost architectural plates. Over in Mission Bay, Fikscue BBQ is smoking Texas-style brisket with a West...