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Omar Mamoon

Omar Mamoon is a San Francisco-based writer. He regularly contributes to the San Francisco Chronicle, Resy and Esquire. His focus is on all things food, drink, and travel, and his writing ranges from recipes and roundups to interviews and profiles, trend pieces, lists, and more. You can find Omar on Instagram.

A lasagna that contains multitudes

Tasting a dish that layers in culture, history, and flavor at Menlo Park’s Yeobo, Darling

August 15, 2025

Welcome to savor country

Get your hands on the pillowy, flavorful chole bhature at Jalebi Street

July 23, 2025

Christopher Renfro wants more time

How the shop owner and winemaker behind Two-Eighty Project blends wine, nature, music, and loved ones

July 11, 2025

The snappiest sausage in the Bay

It takes three days for pitmaster Russell Savage to make Pico’s BBQ’s perfect sausages. It’ll take you seconds to devour them

June 12, 2025

Megan Walker wants you to try an anchovy sundae

State Bird Provisions’ general manager loves her team, a good burger, and her sassy dog Lucy

June 6, 2025

Harrison Cheney wants to dine with Michael Caine

The Sons & Daughters executive chef on Michelin stars, fish & chips, and a dirty rotten scoundrel

May 28, 2025

Let’s get this cheese bread

Should you order Osso’s decadent, sizzling housemade loaf served with tons of cheese that bubbles like a cauldron? Yes, you definitely should

May 23, 2025

Meet Miguel Castro, the man who literally built La Cocina

The maintenance man at iconic community kitchen dishes on the day-to-day of his job and where to get the best pupusas in SF

May 12, 2025

Turtle Tower’s stir fried pho is the unsung menu hero that can cure any hangover

The pro move at this resurrected Northern Vietnamese pioneer involves adding wok hei to your broth

April 30, 2025