Mikki's Soul Food Cafe looks like the kind of place that would come alive at night: neon lights, a full cocktail bar, and speakers blasting R&B music. Instead, the Houston Third Ward restaurant draws ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. How trustworthy is the new U.S. food ...

Around the world, rising rates of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases highlight the urgent need for healthier, more informed eating habits. As ultra-processed foods replace home-cooked ...

An iconic San Francisco restaurant with ties to California Governor Gavin Newsom has a major rodent problem. The 112-year-old Balboa Cafe was cited on Tuesday by the city’s public heath department for ...

Fast-food giants are racing to bring artificial intelligence to the ordering process, hoping it will reduce errors, speed up service and lighten the load on workers, according to multiple reports.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things. For example, I am a huge fan of life-saving vaccines and I have never participated in a prank involving animal carcasses. But ...

We know that positive reinforcement training is good for dogs (and cats!) because it keeps their brains active, helps to build the human-animal bond, and teaches them skills that help them live in a ...

Mikki's Soul Food Cafe went through two incidents and two of their locations last week. The owners shared surveillance video of thieves breaking into their Third Ward location. Ealier in the week, a ...

What is called the "K-shaped economy," with stress on lower-income consumers leading to significant cutbacks while the wealthier continue to spend, is a key concern among companies. However, even ...

There’s always been a good Cuban sandwich on the menu of the High Hat Cafe, next to the gumbo ya-ya, fried catfish and pimento cheese burgers. But the Cuban connection at this Freret Street mainstay ...

It’s often hard to find a quality late-night meal in Nob Hill, much less one that’s not going to drive up the credit card bill. After a quick and desperate neighborhood walk to hunt down dinner ...

People are already turning to AI to answer questions, compare products, and make decisions in seconds. That shift exposes a fundamental problem: the web’s underlying structure was never built for ...