Chef Heena Patel’s vegetarian restaurant, Besharam, located in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood at the Minnesota Street Project, celebrates bold and unapologetic Gujarati cuisine through inventive dishes like tapioca fritters, cheese kulchas with black bean mole, and a signature saffron cheesecake paired with creative cocktails. Beyond highlighting this dining experience, the piece features upcoming Bay Area culinary events, including a Thai collaboration dinner with Michelin-starred Chef Duangporn “Bo” Songvisava at Payakk, the release of Anna Voloshyna’s Ukraïne travelogue cookbook, and a Haunted Chinatown Cocktail Tour hosted by Stretchy Pants Food Tours.