Jessica Yadegaran

Boichik Bagels, which has 10 locations in the Bay Area, is experimenting with an egg substitute for its egg and eggything bagels.

It's so much more than a lab and a rodeo.

Mapping out SFGATE's coverage of the Bay Area's best sandwiches. Douglas Zimmerman/Illustration By SFGATE

The exterior of a Costco store in Richmond, Calif., on July 11, 2024 . Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

'The response was not what we were expecting' An exterior view of Grind & Unwind on Haight Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2026.

FILE: Philippines' leading fast-food giant Jollibee Foods employees attend to customer orders at a Jollibee store in Manila. AFP via Getty Images

Eat Cheap is a series highlighting the Bay Area's most affordable restaurants at a time when everything feels expensive

The new owner has made small but significant changes to the Haight Street fixture An exterior view of Toronado bar in the Lower Haight.

Owner/chef Geoff Davis poses for a photo at Burdell in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2023. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE

The customer-fueled turf war is between a world-famous chain and a local institution Randy's Donuts in Santa Clara, Calif., on July 31, 2026.