The Golden Gate Restaurant Association’s mission is to celebrate and empower the restaurant community through advocacy, education, marketing, events and training. Founded by restaurateurs in 1936 to give restaurants a collective voice and bargaining power, the GGRA has evolved to be the singular representation and trusted one-stop resource for the culinary community in the Bay Area and beyond. We exist to advocate for restaurants’ unique interests. We do that within the corridors of City Hall and through year-round education and training programs to make sure our members are apprised of evolving legislation and stay in compliance. We celebrate and showcase our members through great annual events like Eat Drink SF and SF Restaurant Week. And we gather the restaurant community together for our content rich 2-day Industry Conference and our annual Saucy Awards gala. Our member community includes restaurants of all sizes and profiles and we have a valuable network of resources to support them through all stages of growth.

Notable Press

Where My Ladies At? Finding a Voice in the Restaurant Industry The Bold Italic

Trump Is About to Make Tip-Pooling Legal Again. Here’s What That Means for Restaurant Workers Eater 

San Francisco Chefs Unite for 4 days in August Huffington Post  

Hangar 1, Trumer Pils Among Eat Drink SF Sponsors Alameda Magazine

 Here Are the Nominees for the GGRA’s Second Annual Saucy Awards SF Weekly

Bay Area Chefs Pledge to Raise $1 Million for Fire Relief Eater SF