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Best of the Bay 2024: Food & Drink Winners

READERS' POLL: Best Burrito, Best Pizza, Best Chinese, Best Brunch, Best Dive Bar, Best Sports Bar, more

48 Hills is proud to host the 50th edition of the Bay Guardian/48 Hills Best of the Bay! Congratulations to all the winners of this years Readers’ Poll, and thank you to the tens of thousands of readers who voted this year. See more winners’ categories here. And join us to celebrate on Saturday, October 5, at our 11th Anniversary 48 Hills Gala!

BEST OVERALL RESTAURANT 
ZUNI CAFE
www.zunicafe.com
Runners Up: House of Prime Rib, Nopa

BEST BUDGET RESTAURANT
YAMO
3406 18th St, SF
Runners Up: Tu Lan, Cordon Bleu

BEST ROMANTIC RESTAURANT
FOREIGN CINEMA
www.foreigncinema.com
Cafe Jacqueline, Scopo Divino 

BEST FOOD TRUCK
SEÑOR SISIG
www.senorsisig.com
Runners Up: Al Pastor Papi, El Gallo Giro

BEST FARMERS’ MARKET
ALEMANY
www.sf.gov/location/alemany-farmers-market
Runners Up: Clement Street, Ferry Building

BEST VEGETARIAN
GREENS
www.greensrestaurant.com
Runners Up: SAJJ Mediterranean, Udupi Palace

BEST VEGAN
WILDSEED
www.wildseedsf.com
Runners Up: Shizen, Rad Radish

Tony’s Pizza Napoletana offered heart-shaped pizzas on Feb. 14. Photo via Tony’s

BEST PIZZA
TONY’S PIZZA NAPOLETANA
www.tonyspizzanapoletana.com
Runners Up: DNA Pizza, Golden Boy

BEST BURRITO
LA TAQUERIA
www.lataqueriasf.net
Runners Up: El Farolito, Taqueria Cancún

BEST SANDWICHES
CHEESE BOUTIQUE
www.facebook.com/cheeseboutique
Runners Up: M Stop Deli, Rhea’s

BEST BURGER
BEEP’S BURGERS
www.beepsburgers.com
Runners Up: Sam’s Pizza & Burgers, Roam

BEST BBQ
4505 BURGERS & BBQ
www.4505burgersandbbq.com
Runners Up: Memphis Minnie’s, Everett & Jones

BEST SUSHI
EBISU
www.ebisusushi.com
Runners Up: Shizen, Kuma

BEST CHINESE
ERIC’S
www.erics-restaurant.com
Runners Up: Big Lantern, House of Nanking

BEST ITALIAN
CAFFE MACARONI
www.caffemacaroni.com
Runners Up: Original Joe’s, Vega

BEST MEXICAN
PUERTO ALEGRE
www.puertoalegresf.net
Runners Up: Loló, El Halal Amigos

BEST BRUNCH
ZAZIE
www.zaziesf.com
Runners Up: Plow, Scopo Divino

BEST CAFE
FARLEY’S
www.farleyscoffee.com
Runners Up: Robin’s, Progressive Grounds

BEST BAKERY
BLACK JET
www.blackjetbakery.com
Runners Up: Tartine, Arizmendi

BEST CANNABIS EDIBLES
INCREDIMEDS
www.incredimeds.org
Runners Up: Purple Star, Apothecarium

The Fringe ’00s dance party at madrone. Photo Chris Moulios

BEST OVERALL BAR
MADRONE ART BAR 
www.madroneartbar.com
Runners Up: Royal Cuckoo, El Rio

BEST BARTENDER
BERNIE AT THE STUD
Runners Up: Chris Libby at Madrone, Shirley Brooks at Madrone 

BEST DIVE BAR
EL RIO
www.elriosf.com
Runners Up: Pop’s, Bender’s

BEST SPORTS BAR
HI-TOPS
www.hi-topssf.com
Runners Up: Connecticut Yankee, Final Final

BEST LGBTQ BAR
THE STUD
www.studsf.com
Runners Up: Mother, El Rio

BEST WINE BAR
SCOPO DIVINO
www.scopodivino.com
Runners Up: Bar Part Time, Blush

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

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