Just about a month after Whole Foods Market opened a storefront in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood, Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco is gearing up for its own grand opening in the new year.

On Wednesday, the popular grocery chain announced that its newest store, at 3251 20th Ave., is slated to open on Jan. 12. It will offer more than 4,000 products from local businesses around the Bay Area.

The vast 50,780-square-foot storefront will have a full-service seafood counter with oysters from Bodega Bay Oyster Company and caviar from Concord’s Tsar Nicoulai Caviar. Similarly, the bakery section will feature local businesses, with L’Artisan macarons, La Boulangerie croissants and Rubicon Bakers cupcakes. A hot-and-cold bar will include ready-to-eat meals, in addition to the classic standbys of pizza by the slice and sushi to-go.

The new grocery store will be located in the former Macy’s space, which was sold to Stonestown Galleria in 2017 for $41 million, the San Francisco Business Times reports. In recent years, Stonestown Galleria has lost some of its anchor tenants like Macy’s, and later Nordstrom in 2019, but the shopping mall is adding newer stores in its place and expanded into becoming a food destination with offerings like Marugame Udon, Tang Bar and Mochill Mochi donut. And beyond Whole Foods, new tenants include a Sports Basement and a Regal Cinema.

San Francisco’s upcoming Whole Foods at Stonestown Galleria is on the larger scale of the grocery chain’s storefronts, and it will compete with a longstanding Trader Joe’s. According to Statista, the average size of a Whole Foods grocery store, worldwide, was at about 40,000 square feet in 2017. By comparison, Oakland’s Temescal storefront at 5110 Telegraph Ave. is about 31,000 square feet.

Another Whole Foods grocery store has been in the works in San Francisco’s mid-Market neighborhood since 2018, but a target opening date has yet to been announced. The store, at a whopping 55,000 square feet, will be the city’s largest Whole Foods when it eventually opens on the ground floor of the Trinity Place apartment complex at 1177 Market St.

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The family-run Hong Kong Lounge is located in SF’s Outer Richmond District and serves as the staple for classic dim sum in the Bay Area. During this lunar new year, the restaurant offers a variety of take-away specialties, including a giant pot of festive foods known as a poon choi. This traditional dish is overflowing with special meat, seafood and vegetables that symbolize wealth and fortune.

Sweet treats also play an important role in the New Year’s dishes. The Hong Kong Lounge caters to customers Nian Gao (Year Cake) and Fa Gao (Prosperity Cake). Nian Gao is a circular, sticky rice cake most popularly consumed during the Lunar New Year to promote togetherness and happiness for a better year. Fa Gao is a steamed, yellow cake that is successful when consumed.

As the manager of her family’s restaurant, Tiffany Zhou hopes that New Year’s dinner at the Hong Kong Lounge will bring much-needed joy to families.

“I want you to be happy,” said Zhou. “And just remember, you know, sometimes you have to slow down and just enjoy the moment.”

Visit here to learn more about the Hong Kong Lounge and to place an order.

Every year, the Hong Kong Lounge, together with the Fort Point Beer Company, offers a special brunch with delicious dim sum dishes and beer offerings to celebrate the New Year and Beer Week. Visit here to pre-order your home dim sum brunch for Saturday 20th February.

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