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Food & Drink in San Francisco
Yemen Kitchen
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Oldest Yemeni restaurant in the Tenderloin, open since roughly 2015. Owner reportedly planning/added a second Eddy Street location; address here is the long-running Jones Street spot.
Yemeni Kebab & Mediterranean
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Second Tenderloin restaurant from the Yemen Kitchen owner, opened as his original customers migrated to this location.
Delah Coffee
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
SoMa flagship, first Delah location, opened 2022; the chain specializes in Yemeni coffee (sana'ani, jubani varieties).
Delah Coffee
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Second SF (Financial District) Delah Coffee location.
Sana'a Cafe
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Named after Yemen's capital; part of a small regional chain now expanded outside the Bay Area.
Heyma Yemeni Coffee
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Featured alongside Delah/Mohka/Sana'a in regional Yemeni-coffee-boom coverage (SF Chronicle, SF Examiner) but no named owner found.
Old Jerusalem Restaurant
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Mission District Palestinian restaurant, open since 2005; was targeted by anti-Palestinian graffiti in 2024 per jweekly.com coverage.
Abu Salim Middle Eastern Grill
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Upper Haight location, same ownership group as Old Jerusalem.
Reem's California
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Mission District Arab bakery/cafe founded by Reem Assil; a related location recently reopened in Oakland's Jack London Square (see separate entry).
Grand Coffee
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Small Mission District coffee roaster/cafe; a second, larger location has also opened nearby.
Bi-Rite Market
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Well-known Mission District specialty grocery/creamery, founded 1940 and Palestinian-family-owned since 1964. General grocery, not an Arab specialty market.
Taboun
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Cole Valley/Parnassus Heights Middle Eastern restaurant named for the taboun clay oven.
Beit Rima
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Two SF locations (Cole Valley at Carl St, and Castro at 138 Church St); named for owner's family village Beit Rima in the West Bank.
Sunrise Deli
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Inner Sunset deli/market, also listed in Rakwa's Arab American directory.
Sam's Burgers
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Historic North Beach burger counter, not itself Middle Eastern cuisine, but family-owned by a Palestinian-American family who also briefly ran an adjoining Middle Eastern spot (Sam's East, since closed). Included as a documented Arab-owned food business per curation rule.
Barcha
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Financial District bistro marketed with a Parisian aesthetic; menu and owner background draw on North African (Tunisian) roots alongside French/Mediterranean influences.
Al-Masri Egyptian Restaurant
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Outer Richmond Egyptian restaurant; cuisine is explicitly Egyptian but ownership heritage not confirmed.
Habibi Falafel
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Middle Eastern falafel/shawarma counter, also listed in Rakwa's Arab American directory.
Za'atar | Levantine Inspired Street Food
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Levantine street-food counter.
Oasis Grill
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County
Financial District Middle Eastern grill.