New Bay Area Beer Spots; Street Food Fest Recap; A Groupon Gaffe; More!

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Welcome to Eater Tastings, where Eater SF editor Allie Pape shares the best restaurant and bar news of the week.

BAY AREA—If you've been paying attention of late, you know that SF, Oakland, and Berkeley are all seeing an explosion in beer bars and breweries. We mapped the ones that have opened in 2013, and the ones still on the horizon—27 locations strong.

THE MISSION—We ate our way through this year's SF Street Food Festival and the corresponding Night Market event. Here's what we loved.

HAYES VALLEY—Proof that Groupon is getting desperate: one of their sales reps threatened to sic all of his Yelper friends on Sauce's page unless they bought in. They refused and leaked the e-mail; he got fired.

RUSSIAN HILL—Neighborhood gem Luella announced that after nine years in business, they're shutting down. The good news: they're being replaced by another interesting project, Stones Throw, from the Fat Angel team and some Michael Mina alums.

BAY AREA—Excited to cook your way through the Bay's best this fall? We've got a preview of the huge cookbook season in these parts, with Daniel Patterson, David Kinch, Fatted Calf, Alice Waters, Cowgirl Creamery, and many more releasing their tomes.

SOMA—Before the reviews drop, we get the early word on The Cavalier, which is mostly pretty positive.

THE MISSION/FISHERMAN'S WHARF—Serious Eats did a comprehensive blind tasting of 12 SF sourdough breads. Turns out Tartine's is the best—and in a blow to tourists everywhere, Boudin's is the worst.

COW HOLLOW/OAKLAND—A couple of small openings this week: Tamashisoul, a new sushi bar in Cow Hollow, and Kain'bigan, a Filipino pop-up turned brick and mortar in Oakland.