“Flavors of San Francisco”

Mayor Gavin Newsom and City Hall will roll out the red carpet for small business owners with the annual FLAVORS OF SAN FRANCISCO, which will take place on Monday May 12, from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

Come out and watch local business owners receive the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Awards!



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Small Business of the Year:
Andrew Ly, President and CEO of Sugar Bowl Bakery. Andrew and his brothers fled Vietnam by boat and arrived in San Francisco in 1979 with $1.00 in his pocket. Today, Sugar Bowl Bakery is the largest manufacturer of bakery goods in San Francisco with sales of $42 million per year. To learn more about Andrew’s story and the other award recipients, go to the blog.

Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year:
Rick Karp of Cole Hardware

Financial Business Champion:
Emily Gasner, TMC Working Solutions

Minority Business Champion:
Legal Services for Entrepreneurs

PG&E Green Business Award
Mark Klaiman of Pet Camp

Then San Francisco restaurants and lounges will take center stage;
their chef’s featuring delicacies for which they are known and that have contributed to making San Francisco a culinary hotspot.

Join the hosts, sponsors and city resource partners for a business networking event.
If you are in business, this event is not to be missed. To find out more about who will be there, visit our Resource Guide.



Participating Restaurants and Lounges


Adina World Beat Beverages

Contact:
Justin Meade
Address:
660 York Street, Suite 205
Phone:
415.285.9300 x125
Website:
adinaworld.com
Description:
Adina World Beat Beverages is a San Francisco based beverage company. We offer three product lines: Organic and Fair Trade Iced Coffees & Tea, Organic Juice Coolers, and Miracle Fruits Juice Blends. We work with Co-ops, collectives and small producers around the world to gather our all-natural and healthy ingredients. We champion a sustainable supply chain and always choose Organic and Fair Trade certified ingredients whenever possible.



Bistro Burger

Contact:
Jimmy Himler
Address:
201 Mission Street
Phone:
415.348.8788
Website:
BistroBurger.net
Description:
Bistro Burger has 5 locations in downtown San Francisco and 2008 marks the 15th anniversary of the first restaurant. At Bistro Burger, we have a full breakfast menu and offer a wide selection of charbroiled free range hamburgers, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, grilled chicken sandwiches and fresh garden salads, all prepared fresh to order. We provide delivery and just launched a complete catering menu for any size corporate function. Great food served promptly with a smile.


Café-Razzi

Contact:
Tom Kerestzi
Address:
2565 Third Street, Suite 313
Phone:
415.920.7294
Website:
cafe-razzi.com
Description:
Café-Razzi brings the world of real Italian espresso, cappuccino, latte and mocha to your office, salon, or showroom. The Lavazza Blue system is extremely easy to use and affordable. In less than a minute, your staff can make a superior cup of luxurious coffee. Café-Razzi recently introduced a professional line for the restaurant industry. With Café-Razzi you can be your own Barista.


Circa / Lotus

Contact:
Anthony Black
Address:
795 Folsom Street, Suite 1106
Phone:
415.848.2360
Website:
lotusvodka.com
Description:
Lotus Vodka from San Francisco is the world’s first line of enhanced vodkas. Lotus is carried in over 300 venues. Blue Lotus Energy Vodka is the next installment to the Lotus family and is infused with Guarana and Taurine. Lotus gives a portion of its proceeds to local charities.


Cliff House

Contact:
Ralph Burgin
Address:
1090 Point Lobos Avenue
Phone:
415.386.3330
Website:
cliffhouse.com
Description:
Cliff House has been a San Francisco icon since 1863. Sutro’s at the Cliff House is an amazing restaurant with floor to ceiling windows and stunning panoramic views. Sutro’s focuses on the finest organic and locally grown produce and sustainably caught seafood. The Bistro restaurant offers casual fare for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Warm fresh popovers, Crab Louis and the award winning clam chowder are just a few of the selections available. Another San Francisco tradition is Sunday Champagne Brunch in the Terrace Room offering free-flowing champagne and a wide selection of seasonal brunch items.


The Endup

Contact:
Sydney Leung
Address:
401 6th Street
Phone:
415.896.1095
Website:
theendup.com
Description:
Endup is one of the longest running clubs in San Francisco and has been providing great music and a wonderful space for the last 35 years to San Francisco’s diverse community.


Etiquette Lounge

Contact:
Brandon McKee
Address:
1108 Market Street
Phone:
415.571.1362
Website:
etiquettelounge.com
Description:
As a stimulating addition to San Francisco night life, Etiquette combines a stunning ambiance, carefully crafted cocktails and top notch performances, keeping guests entertained from early afternoon to late night.


Frisee

Contact:
Nathan and Brett Niebergall
Address:
2367 Market Street
Phone:
415.558.1616
Website:
Friseerestaurant.com
Description:
Brett and Nathan Niebergall grew up in a home where healthy foods were a part of every meal. Brett, a Le Cordon Bleu Chef, selects only the freshest ingredients to create his dishes. The ethical, environmental and nutritional implications of cuisine are of paramount importance to both Brett and Nathan. The vast majority of Frisee’s produce, wines, meats and seafood are free-range, line-caught, organic, biodynamic and/or farmed using sustainable methods.


Jasmine Rae Bakery

Contact:
Jasmine de Lung
Address:
1890 Bryant Street, Suite 309
Phone:
415.621.2464
Website:
jasmineraebakery.com
Description:
Specialty cakes and desserts custom-designed and adventurous in flavor!


Left Coast Catering

Contact:
Marianne Jackson
Address:
2152 3rd Street
Phone:
415.934.0600
Website:
leftcoastcatering.com
Description:
Left Coast Catering is a full service company that specializes in local, seasonal, and sustainably farmed ingredients. We cater events ranging in size from 10 to 1800 guests. We also offer a weekday catering delivery service for breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks, available to all San Francisco businesses.


Maharani

Contact:
Joy and Rishi Kapur
Address:
1122 Post Street
Phone:
415.775.1988
Website:
maharanirestaurant.com
Description:
The only restaurant in the world with a million hearts, dotting the walls of Maharani. Dining in Maharani is a celebration of food, drink and essence of life… a place where love, beauty and human spirit can coexist harmoniously. Long touted as San Francisco’s finest Indian cuisine, the award-winning restaurant offers pleasurable and romantic dining in an attractive environment with very reasonable prices. Fantasy Room is worth experiencing.


Medjool

Contact:
Eric Canupp
Address:
2522 Mission Street
Phone:
415.550.9055
Website:
medjoolsf.com
Description:
Medjool is a jewel in the Mission. We offer cuisine from Northern Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe. We have an elegant formal dining room, a chic mezzanine lounge area and San Francisco’s only roof top bar with breathtaking views of the city. On weekends, we have dancing and entertainment.


New Delhi

Contact:
Ranjan Dey
Address:
160 Ellis Street
Phone:
415.397.8470
Website:
newdelhirestaurant.com
Description:
Named as one of the finest Indian restaurants by the New York Times, New Delhi is the place to dine. Decorated like a Maharajah’s Palace, New Delhi serves cuisine made from recipes going back 400 years, using the freshest local ingredients.


Spice It Up Catering Services

Contact:
Alice Guidry & Pamela Knight
Phone:
415.760.1454
Website:
spiceitup-catering.com
Description:
Inspired by Southern and Midwestern upbringings, the founders of the Spice it Up Catering Services specialize in Classic American Dishes, Comfort Foods, Cajun, and Creole cuisine.


Patisserie Ganache

Contact:
Angela Chan
Address:
851 Cherry Ave.
20 Bayhill Shopping Center
Phone:
650.952.1744
Website:
patisserieganache.com
Description:
We offer a large variety of French pastries and Artisan breads. We also make birthday cakes, wedding cakes and specialty cakes to order. We have fresh sourdough, baguettes and assorted croissants every morning in our retail store.


Roe

Contact:
Heather Johnson
Address:
651 Howard Street
Phone:
415.227.0288
Website:
RoeRestaurant.com
Description:
Come and enjoy the hospitality of our warm staff and travel the globe – reinvented – by satisfying your palates with international notes of our delectable food from our regular dinner menu, or arrive fashionably late, just in time for our late night small plate menu to give you the ample verve needed to survive the dancing above in the second floor nightclub where our talented DJ’s set you free – of course with the aid of our adventurous signature cocktails which will loosen those dance feet a little.


Sozai

Contact:
Mari Takahashi
Address:
1500 Irving Street
Phone:
415.681.7150
Website:
sozaisf.com
 
Description:
Sozai Restaurant and Sake Lounge is an Izakaya which is a Japanese tapas bar with real food. We use grass fed and free range local meat and local organic produce as much as possible for our creations. We have a wide variety of Sake, hand selected by Beau Timken of True Sake. Our food will delight your senses as it nourishes your body.


Stray Bar

Contact:
Karen Opp
Address:
309 Cortland Avenue
Phone:
415.821.9263
Website:
www.straybarsf.com
Description:
Stray Bar is a swank neighborhood sports bar in Bernal Heights. This is a great place to meet friends, catch the game and make new friends. Our staff in knowledgeable and popular with the locals. Come find out why!


Sugar Bowl Bakery

Contact:
Laura Ly
Address:
300 Toland Street
Phone:
415.859.0078
Website:
sugarbowlbakery.com
Description:
In 1984, five immigrant brothers pooled their savings of 40K together and opened the first Sugar Bowl Bakery, a small neighborhood coffee shop in San Francisco. With years of hard work and a determination to succeed, Sugar Bowl Bakery has grown to include two retail operations, a food service division, a wedding cake division, a frozen division, and a retail product line. Our award-winning bakery offers a complete line of high-quality, hand-crafted baked goods that are distributed nationally as well as internationally. Sugar Bowl Bakery is now a globally recognized brand and is one of the largest bakeries that is family and minority owned in Northern California.


Triptych

Contact:
David Kittredge
Address:
1155 Folsom Street
Phone:
415.703.0557
Website:
triptychsf.com
Description:
New American cuisine, a twist on Nuevo California, set in an eclectic-artsy SoMa space. Triptych embraces the tastes of the Bay Area palate with exciting twists on standard faire for dinner and weekend brunch featuring local artists and a secret urban garden.


Xroads Philippine Sea Salts

Contact:
Lennie DiCarlo
Address:
3830 Divisadero Street, Suite 201
Phone:
415.425.6505
Website:
www.PhilippineSeaSalts.com
Description:
Xroads Philippine Sea Salts is committed to bringing quality eco-friendly, hand-harvested natural sea salts from the Philippines to culinary enthusiasts and professional kitchens everywhere.
 


Yuzu

Contact:
Fred Yick
Address:
3347 Fillmore St.
Phone:
415.775.1873
Website:
yuzusf.com
Description:
This Marina feng shui sushi house pairs exquisitely fresh fish with a clean and modern interior.
 


Zadin

Contact:
Baohien Phan and Truc Tran
Address:
4039 18th Street
Phone:
415.626.2260
Website:
www.zadinsf.com
Description:
Zadin Vietnamese Restaurant welcomes you to the Castro with an elegant, casual space, high quality food and an eclectic wine list. We serve a variety of traditional dishes and some updated classics. Zadin, meaning “family” in Vietnamese, is brought to you by cousins Truc Tran and Bao Phan. They welcome you to sample some of their family’s favorite recipes.


Pralines by Yvonne

Contact:
Yvonne Hines
Address:
5128 Third Street
Phone:
415.368.7900
Description:
The best of the best in homemade sweets: Pralines by Yvonne.


Sanraku

Contact:
Kimiko and Hiro Hattori
Address:
704 Sutter Street
101 4th Street (Metreon)
Phone:
415.771.0892
Website:
Sanraku.com
Description:
Sanraku serves Japanese Nouveau cuisine at both the 704 Sutter Street and the 101 4th Street, Metreon locations. Sanraku serves a premium sake selection and was awarded the best Sushi and Teriyaki by the San Francisco Chronicle, garnering 3 ½ stars.