Levi's Stadium will be serving up a menu that reads like a love letter to the Bay Area for those lucky enough to attend the Super Bowl this Sunday.

The big picture: Fans can expect classic concession fare with regional influences celebrating seafood and fresh ingredients, and dishes that nod to our diverse food scene.

Dig in: Standouts include the Gilroy steak frites ($35), an homage to the self-proclaimed "Garlic Capital of the World", the Dungeness crab "potachos" ($40) — potato chips topped with crab and cheddar cream — and the super-hot Chinatown "dawg" ($20) with spicy Chinese mustard and tangy char siu pork.

• Doritos fans, don't miss out on the fried, cheese-filled loaded triangles ($20) — essentially the fanciest Dorito chip you've ever had — served with cool ranch.
• The Silicon Valley grande nachos ($20) could also be a hit due to the heaping portions of beef brisket and pork chorizo.

Stunning stat: The $180 "LX Burger" could easily feed four, given its gargantuan size.

• It's not only the largest burger we've ever seen, but also among the most decadent — stacked with Point Reyes blue cheese fondue and 3.5 pounds of braised beef shank.
• If the size alone doesn't give you pause, the protruding bone — sizable enough to wield like a weapon — probably will.

What they're saying: "I really wanted to do, just a really impressive hamburger — but really take it to the next level," Jon Severson, who is Levy's regional executive chef, told Axios. "It has that wow factor."

Best sips: The specialty drink menu includes nine original cocktails that are twists on classic favorites inspired by San Francisco landmarks and the Super Bowl matchup.

• Ranging from $17–$20 per cocktail, they include a "Halftime show" spicy watermelon margarita influenced by Bad Bunny's Latino roots and the "Golden Gate" mule made with whiskey, ginger beer and passionfruit.
• The "Karl the Fog" spritz — a gin and elderflower liqueur drink topped with a pink cotton candy garnish evoking the city's fog — is as whimsical as it is delicious, as is the decadent "Chinatown fortune cookie" martini, a riff on the espresso favorite we all know and love.

💭 Nadia's thought bubble: Of the food picks, I can never say no to steak and frites, plus the burger was so decadent, juicy and rich that I admittedly stopped counting calories around bite three.

• The spicy and tangy watermelon margarita and the crisp Karl-inspired spritz were delightfully refreshing too.

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Hundreds of people gather across the Bay Area every year to celebrate May the Fourth — and this year, C-3PO will be one of them.

Driving the news: Anthony Daniels, played the beloved humanoid robot in "Star Wars," will attend the May 4 closing night of the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM), which will honor "Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back."

• The special screening at the newly renovated Castro Theatre will feature a conversation with Daniels and Howard Roffman, a Lucasfilm veteran and vice president of the SFFILM board.
• Daniels donned the golden chrome suit for 11 "Star Wars" films, playing a prim and proper butler of sorts who nevertheless got caught up in the rebels' escapades alongside his cheeky companion droid R2-D2.

Fun fact: Having to wear the costume was such an unpleasant experience that Daniels nearly declined to return for "The Empire Strikes Back."

• The first iteration took two hours to put on and made it hard to move.
• Daniels described it as claustrophobic with no ventilation in his memoir, "I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story."
• Thankfully for his fans, he reprised his role.

What's next: Tickets are on sale now for SFFILM members. Sales for the general public kick off Friday.

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🍎 San Francisco teachers are poised to go on their first strike in nearly 50 years after a fact-finding report released Wednesday largely sided with the public school district.

• A press conference led by labor leaders to discuss next steps is scheduled for today. (SF Chronicle)

🎨 Students and faculty at the California College of the Arts rallied Tuesday to protest the school's closure after Vanderbilt University announced last month that it would be acquiring the campus. (SF Chronicle)

🚉 BART trains were delayed 35,105 times in the past two years, a new analysis finds. (SF Standard)

⛽️ Tesla has dropped plans to operate an autonomous vehicle fleet charging station in Jackson Square. (Mission Local)

🎭 San Francisco Opera will open its upcoming season on Sept. 12 with the political drama "Simon Boccanegra" by Verdi. (SF Examiner)

Californians appear to increasingly prefer cremation to burial, reflecting a nationwide shift that reverses a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.

Why it matters: Shifting attitudes around religion, cost and the environment are reshaping how Americans handle death.

By the numbers: Cremation surpassed burial nationwide in 2015 — and the gap has only widened since, with the association projecting cremation will continue gaining share.

• Burials also cost significantly more: In 2023, the median price of a casketed burial with viewing and ceremony was $8,300, compared with $2,750 for a direct cremation, according to NFDA data.

Zoom in: 71.5% of Californians who died were cremated in 2025, up from 61.2% in 2020, according to data from the NFDA.

• Meanwhile, 27.2% were buried in 2025, down from 32.2% in 2020.

What they're saying: Americans' environmental mindset "is carrying all the way over into death now," NFDA spokesperson and sixth-generation funeral director Jack Mitchell tells Axios.

• Instead of opting for a traditional burial — which requires more land use, upkeep, embalming processes and items like caskets — people are going greener.

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