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Jessica Yadegaran

Jessica Yadegaran is the food editor at SFGATE. She has been covering food and dining in the Bay Area for more than 15 years. She previously worked for the Bay Area News Group, which includes the East Bay Times and San Jose Mercury News, and spent time in various editorial roles at Seattle Magazine, the San Luis Obispo Tribune and the San Diego Union-Tribune. Email: jessica.yadegaran@sfgate.com.

Stories By Jessica Yadegaran

The supreme confidence of Bay Area institution See's Candies

Anchored by See's, this 1-mile strip of Oakland is home to five chocolate shops. Jessica Yadegaran

Hundreds are gathering on Alcatraz. A former 49ers QB is...

Why Oakland chef Crystal Wahpepah of Wahpepah’s Kitchen is going to Alcatraz. Jessica Yadegaran

SF restaurants close, see reservations plummet due to APEC

Some San Francisco restaurants are seeing record-low reservations this week. Jessica Yadegaran

Affordable DC steakhouse coming to SF's Oracle Park area

Medium Rare is known for its $28.95 steak and fries dinner — and free seconds. Jessica Yadegaran

The Warriors eat at his steakhouse. Now, he's coming for Union...

Celebrity chef Tyler Florence opened two cafes in SF’s Union Square on Monday. Jessica Yadegaran

Little-known SF bakery is as good as Tartine — and cheaper

CCSF's Educated Palate bakeshop is a hidden gem for affordable pastries. Jessica Yadegaran

Bay Area restaurants institute penalty for brunch vomiters

Bay Area restaurants offering bottomless mimosas are finding that some diners are drinking too much and vomiting in the bathrooms — or even right on their tables. Here’s how they’re dealing with it. Jessica Yadegaran

Bay Area business fumbles Indigenous Peoples’ Day ad

An advertisement for Trecini Winery that ran Oct. 4 in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat is causing a stir for its insensitive reference to Indigenous Peoples' Day. Jessica Yadegaran

Popular Bay Area LGBTQ bar defaced in suspected targeted attack

Downtown Oakland’s Port Bar was vandalized. The LGBTQ bar’s owners feel it was a targeted attack. Sam Moore, Jessica Yadegaran

2 SF restaurants make Tripadvisor's best in the US list

Treasure Island’s Mersea came in at No. 22 in the Everyday Eats category, and an SF outpost of Super Duper landed near the bottom of the Quick Bites category. Jessica Yadegaran

SF 'trash pizza' spot makes Bon Appetit’s top restaurants list

Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurants list praised one of the restaurants’ banana yellow interior along with its Sexy Shroomy Hot Pockets. Jessica Yadegaran

Bucking the trend, this top SF restaurant just dropped its prices

At a time when food prices are on the rise and seemingly every restaurant is increasing prices, one popular San Francisco restaurant is trying something different. Jessica Yadegaran

One of Calif.'s biggest water parks is hidden on a farm road

Wake Island Waterpark is one of California's most thrilling water adventures, but you've probably never heard of this inflatable playground and cable-run wakeboarding lake until now. Jessica Yadegaran

New movie with 'The Bear' star was shot in Oakland cookie factory

The star of “The Bear” is featured in the new movie “Fremont,” which was shot inside a historic Oakland fortune cookie factory. Jessica Yadegaran

What happens when a rig full of In-N-Out shows up at your wedding

California burger chain In-N-Out's red-and-white semitrucks shower weddings and other events with late-night Double-Doubles. Jessica Yadegaran

These SF restaurants still offer lunch for less than $10

Each of these cheap SF lunches will satiate and surprise, from the $4 savory kebabs and garlicky naan in the Mission to the whole, perfectly blistered organic pizzas in Pacific Heights. Jessica Yadegaran

Here's when Taco Bell is dropping its version of the birria taco

Taco Bell’s foray into cheesy, slow-braised shredded beef is called the grilled cheese dipping taco. Jessica Yadegaran

Bay Area's best Chinese barbecue is only available 20 days a year

Taste Memory, a Fremont-based Chinese barbecue business, leads the California night market circuit with memorable, impossibly tender and delicious skewers. Jessica Yadegaran

These are all the California Michelin restaurant winners for 2023

Six California restaurants have been added to the list of one-star winners, including three in the Bay Area. Jessica Yadegaran

Trader Joe's debuts White Castle-like cheeseburger sliders

Trader Joe’s Mini Cheeseburgers are earning comparisons to White Castle and 7-Eleven. We investigated. Jessica Yadegaran