{"id":449913,"date":"2026-09-01T12:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449913\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:14:38","slug":"popular-mediterranean-eatery-expands-bay-area-presence-with-new-sf-location-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449913\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Mediterranean Eatery Expands Bay Area Presence With New SF Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    This marks the chain&#8217;s third location in the city. <\/p>\n<p>Aug 31, 2026 11:34 AM PDT | Updated Aug 31, 2026 11:37 AM PDT<\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO, CA \u2014 A popular fast-casual Mediterranean food chain is expanding its Bay Area presence with two new locations, including another in San Francisco. <\/p>\n<p>SAJJ Mediterranean&#8217;s newest San Francisco location, at 71 Stevenson St., Suite 100, is currently in its soft-opening stage. This is the chain&#8217;s third San Francisco location. It also recently opened a new location in Palo Alto. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subscribe\">\n  <a class=\"article-subscribe-link\" href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/san-francisco\/subscribe?utm_source=amp&amp;utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_medium=mobile&amp;utm_term=subscribe_in_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been hard at work behind the scenes, and we&#8217;re excited to finally welcome you to our NEW SAJJ location!&#8221; the company said in a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbbaJ4jE7Ov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An official grand opening date has not been announced. <\/p>\n<p>The location spans roughly 2,100 square feet and features high atrium ceilings, abundant natural light, and SAJJ&#8217;s signature &#8220;green farm feature&#8221; that reflects the brand&#8217;s mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sajjstreeteats.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">source produce from local California farms<\/a> and halal-certified proteins, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantnews.com\/sajj-mediterranean-san-francisco-stanford-university-082726\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RestaurantNews.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Bay Area is home for SAJJ, and we believe there is still tremendous opportunity to grow here,&#8221; Zaid Ayoub, founder and CEO of SAJJ Mediterranean, said, according to RestaurantNews.com. &#8220;At the same time, the strength we&#8217;re seeing across our existing restaurants gives us confidence that the brand is ready for its next phase.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Ayoub opened the first SAJJ in 2012 and has since expanded across the Bay Area, with locations now in San Jose, San Francisco and the East Bay. <\/p>\n<p>It serves customizable Mediterranean bowls, wraps, salads, falafel, and shawarma and offers catering options, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sajjstreeteats.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to its website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This marks the chain&#8217;s third location in the city. Aug 31, 2026 11:34 AM PDT | Updated Aug&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-449913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}