A TV-Famous Chef on How San Francisco Is Killing Its Restaurants
Richie Nakano was a ramen star. But that wasn’t enough for Silicon Valley.
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16 min readFeb 11, 2020
Richie Nakano’s Hapa Ramen was launched in 2010 on folding tables at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. It didn’t take long for his local pop-up to grow into a Bay Area staple. As people lined up for a taste of his…
