Mario Cortez

La comida corrida y los lonches ejecutivos son el tasting menú del proletariado 🇲🇽

NEW INVESTIGATION: In ICE detention centers across the country, a surge of deaths under the Trump administration is being driven by misdiagnoses and critical delays By @stjbs and @kolyn_cheang Graphics/design: @namisumida GIFT LINK: sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/…

A pioneering Bay Area vegan restaurant closes after more than 30 years By @macortez619 sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

Prayers to the Padres bullpen this season.

The NBC MLB scorebug with a beautiful tribute to Hayao Miyazaki.

Bay Area cafés have made headlines with $16, $20, and even $75 even cups of coffee. Now, a downtown SF shop's pourover setting a new high mark. sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

Sourdough is as intrinsic to SF's identity as the rolling fog and Golden Gate Bridge. But which bakery makes the best loaf? We had to find out sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

In the Bay Area, where the rice-bloated Mission burrito reigns supreme, artisan flour tortilla maker Michael de la Torre wants to bring attention to the thinner, homestyle burritos found along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more ⤵️ sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

Mark your calendars. The East Bay's first H Mart is ready to open sfchronicle.com/food/article/h…

Last year we tracked grocery prices at several San Francisco stores. This year, we saw higher prices, some surprises and ... smaller eggs? Read more⤵️ sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/…

chimichurri is like pesto’s baddie latina sister

María Isabel, the latest from the owners of the acclaimed Mediterranean restaurant Dalida, opens March 3. Here's what diners can look forward to ⤵️ sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

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I don’t care for Bad Bunny’s music, but compare the brightness of his show — colors, smiles, rhythms, kids! — to the darkness and red of the TPUSA halftime show. Of the many things I don’t like about MAGA, it’s their damn pessimism. That’s not my America and never will be

Decir God Bless América y nombrar a todos los países del continente fue lo más chingon. @sanbenito dijo solidaridad hoy más que nunca

Con todo respeto al ENORME espectáculo de Bad Bunny en el Super Bowl, Los Palmeras no hicieron playback

How much beer is enough for the Super Bowl? Here's how San Francisco's Bus Stop Saloon, considered the city's oldest sports bar, is stocking up for Sunday's game sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

It seems that this Panda🐼 hung in there until the very end... @PandaExpress. (Thank you. I could only be proud). The Last Restaurant at S.F.’s Largest Mall Has Closed... ~Mario Cortez @macortez619 | @sfchronicle "The Panda Express in the basement food court of downtown’s San Francisco Centre, the city’s LARGEST mall, has closed, leaving the woebegone retail destination without any restaurants..." #SanFrancisco #Downtown #Centre sfchronicle.com/food/restauran… via @sfchronicle

I still think about this tweet every now and then

Bro if you’re not going to use those copper pots I’m doing asset forfeiture on you in the name of the people

Three SF pizza heavyweights have brought frozen pies to the grocery aisles. Which one came put on top of our blind tasting ? 🍕 Read more ⤵️ sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…