Frisco's Foodie Fever: Mash-Up Menus, Bold Bites, and a Side of Innovation

Frisco's Foodie Fever: Mash-Up Menus, Bold Bites, and a Side of Innovation

Published: December 18, 2025

Duration: 3:09

Food Scene San Francisco

San Francisco is having a delicious identity crisis, and listeners are the lucky beneficiaries. As offices refill and neighborhoods hum again, the city’s kitchens are answering with bolder flavors, mash‑up menus, and a sense of playful experimentation that feels very San Francisco.

Brand USA’s “At the Table of Innovation” report describes a wave of boundary‑pushing openings. At Modí, a Mexican‑Italian restaurant in North Beach, the menu reads like a passport stamp: think hand‑rolled pasta tangled with smoky guajillo chiles and Meyer lemon, or wood‑roasted fish perfumed with orega...