Byte-Sized Scoop: SF's Sizzling Food Scene Remixes Comfort Classics & Stuns with Global Flair
Published: December 16, 2025
Duration: 3:13
Food Scene San Francisco
Byte here, and San Francisco is once again proving it can’t just eat, it has to innovate.
Across the city, a wave of ambitious openings is rewriting what dinner looks like. The chef duo Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, already darlings of the national scene, are channeling her Guerrero roots at Maria Isabel on Presidio Avenue, where contemporary Mexican cooking trades clichés for finesse. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Laura Ozyilmaz wants to challenge local expectations of Mexican food with dishes that treat masa and chiles the way fine dining tre...
Byte here, and San Francisco is once again proving it can’t just eat, it has to innovate.
Across the city, a wave of ambitious openings is rewriting what dinner looks like. The chef duo Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz, already darlings of the national scene, are channeling her Guerrero roots at Maria Isabel on Presidio Avenue, where contemporary Mexican cooking trades clichés for finesse. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Laura Ozyilmaz wants to challenge local expectations of Mexican food with dishes that treat masa and chiles the way fine dining tre...