Whether you’re shopping for edible gifts ... The grocery stores in Chinatown tend to lack options for pastries, desserts, and the like, but luckily, there are plenty of businesses nearby ...

The bustling neighborhood was once a cultural hub home to hundreds of Chinese immigrants and their descendants, many of whom ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater's Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay ...

Chinatown is one of the largest of them ... And even if you're not looking to do much shopping, visitors say the food alone is more than worth the trek. Unless you wish to battle intense crowds ...