Chez Panisse

23 Women-Owned Restaurants We Love In The Bay Area

"Decades after opening Chez Panisse, Alice Waters is still the “mother of farm-to-table” and California cuisine. Not much has changed since the restaurant opened in 1971 - local, seasonal ingredients are still the name of the game. And despite nixing the daily-changing set menu during the pandemic, Waters has kept things going with the restaurant’s first-ever takeout menu. Their dining room is still closed, but you can order things like wood-fired pizzas, sandwiches, whole roasted chickens, and more to go. And on Sundays, they offer curated organic farm boxes with seasonal produce from local farms." - julia chen 1, lani conway