Elena Kadvany is a Food Reporter at various esteemed publications. She specializes in the food and beverage industry, with a focus on chain restaurants, restaurant innovation, and retail dynamics within the brick-and-mortar landscape. Her work has been featured in notable outlets such as the San Francisco Chronicle, Yahoo News, and MSN.
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Elena's coverage heavily revolves around lifestyle topics, particularly focusing on the restaurant and food scene in the Bay Area. If you're reaching out to her, consider pitches related to new restaurant openings, closures, or major changes within the food industry in San Francisco and its surrounding areas.
Given Elena’s focus on local businesses and developments, she may be more receptive to pitches that involve direct insights from owners or key figures within these establishments. Additionally, stories with a human interest angle related to the local food industry could also pique her interest.
It is important to note that Elena has a strong geographic focus on San Francisco and its vicinity. Therefore, any pitched story should be relevant specifically to this area for it to align with her coverage interests.
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By: Elena Kadvany
Staff Writer The popular Spanish Table in San Francisco, which closed in late 2025, will become Kitchen Commons, a new cooking-focused store.
By: Elena Kadvany
Known for its babka, cakes and other treats, it will focus on bread and savory items at a new location.
By: Jessica Christian, Elena Kadvany
Café Jacqueline closed in January, but an estate sale means fans can take a piece of the famed restaurant home.
By: Elena Kadvany
Passion fruit brioche, gumbo pot pies and more are selling out at these popups.
By: Mario Cortez, Elena Kadvany
This much-anticipated restaurant will have two floors, live cooking stations, three bars, a retail store and a rooftop with panoramic views at a mall in the South Bay.
Steak frites might not always be on the menu at this restaurant in Oakland but if you see it, order it.
Steak frites from Snail Bar in Oakland, which has a new chef. (Elena Kadvany/S.F. Chronicle)
By: Elena Kadvany
There are impossible reservations in San Francisco — and then there’s Noodle in a Haystack. Here’s what the chefs are doing next.
By: Elena Kadvany
Both disdain and allegiance for the cinnamon raisin bagel run deep.
