San Francisco office demand sits where the AI companies signed. Citywide vacancy was still 26% in the third quarter of 2026 by Kidder's count, but leasing hit 3.9 million square feet that quarter, and AI firms took 31.3% of new leasing in the first half of the year. Anthropic signed a 420,000 square foot expansion and OpenAI's Mission Bay sublease pushed its footprint past a million square feet. Add UCSF, the city's second largest public employer with more than 36,000 faculty and staff, much of it at Mission Bay. Above & Beyond names SoMa, the Financial District and Mission Bay as its delivery zones. Superfine Kitchen cooks in Dogpatch and runs a weekday counter at 243 Montgomery. The Grove sits on Mission Street in SoMa, Bini's Kitchen is on Howard Street, and Wise Sons delivers up to 19 miles from its shops.
Four of these caterers publish real prices. Superfine Kitchen says boxed meals average about $14.50 per person, family-style buffets run $16 to $17, and there is no order minimum. La Mediterranee's catering menu lists box lunches at $18.95 to $20.95 and a buffet-style lunch meza at $19.95 to $23.50 per person with a 10 person minimum. Curry Up Now sells individual boxes at $16 to $18 with a $200 minimum and party packages from $300. Burma Superstar prices by the tray, $55 to $115 for a half tray that feeds 10 to 12. Lead times run from 20 hours at Curry Up Now and 24 hours at Sweetgreen to two weeks at Bini's Kitchen. Burma Superstar, La Mediterranee, Wise Sons, Curry Up Now, Bi-Rite, Superfine Kitchen and Bini's Kitchen all take orders online. Above & Beyond, Nopalito, Pampa BBQ and McCalls work from quote forms.
Expect a line item for San Francisco's employer health mandate. Burma Superstar adds 5.5% plus a 6% catering fee, La Mediterranee, Bi-Rite and Nopalito add 5%, and the state tax office treats that surcharge as part of the meal price, so sales tax lands on it too. Bi-Rite charges $40 to deliver in the city and $60 farther out, and cancellations inside 36 hours cost 50%. Wise Sons has no minimum but a $26 minimum delivery fee. Nopalito and Pampa BBQ are staffed service only, with Nopalito billing $200 an hour for time outside the city and Pampa adding a service charge that is not gratuity. McCalls publishes no corporate menu at all. Dumpling Time's website blocked our checks, so it is not covered here. During Dreamforce in September, 45,000 people come to Moscone and Howard Street closes between 3rd and 4th for two weeks, so order early that week.