My childhood Bay Area mall food court drastically changed. That's a good thing. Like other Bay Area malls, Hillsdale Shopping Center has been on a redevelopment kick ...

As I looked around the dining terrace one last time, I felt nostalgia for the long-gone former food court, but I am excited that the Bay Area mall of my childhood is standing strong, ushering in ...

In 2018, it unveiled an elegant dining terrace that featured new restaurants like Blue Whale Poke Bar and Grill, Kuro-Obi Ramen, and the Bay Area’s first Uncle Tetsu Japanese Cheesecake.

The Bay Area is in the midst of an Asian grocery market boom as big-box stores close. Tony Yoo has opened highly acclaimed ...

Paco Underhill, author of Call of the Mall, who has been tracking the mall trends for decades, said malls are now shifting ...

Here’s Where to Eat While You’re Holiday Shopping in the Bay Area. ... sticky deep-fried pieces of chicken in a fluorescent-lit food court. ... is great with a cappuccino. 700 Welch ...

Madeline Wells is a senior food reporter at SFGATE, where she has covered the Bay Area restaurant scene since 2019. Her column "Eat Like a Tourist" won a San Francisco Press Club award in 2023.

Customers line up with social distancing to purchase food at a Costco Wholesale store in San Mateo County, San Francisco Bay Area, the United States, May 21, 2020.

(Illustration by Thien Pham) KQED’s San Jose: The Bay Area’s Great Immigrant Food City is a series of stories exploring San Jose’s wonderfully diverse immigrant food scene. A new installment will post ...