"For its 20th Anniversary Season, Check, Please! Bay Area featured a Golden State Warriors-themed episode. Photo Courtesy of KQED 2025 marks the 20th Anniversary of Check, Please! Bay Area, which made its debut on KQED on November 3, 2005. Some of us here at the San Francisco Bay Times fondly remember that day and the first episode, which featured these three restaurants: Old Krakow, Incanto, and Hard Knox Cafe."
"She has had her own hard knocks over the years, such as a stage-4 cancer diagnosis in March 2021 during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. But she is now a cancer thriver and going strong, both with the series and her many other projects. Recently, for example, she gave one of the most popular presentations at the Food & Wine Classic in Charleston, South Carolina, which was held from November 1416, 2025."
Check, Please! Bay Area marks its 20th anniversary in 2025, having debuted on KQED on November 3, 2005. The series began with episodes featuring Old Krakow, Incanto, and Hard Knox Cafe; Hard Knox now operates two locations in SoMa and the Richmond. The 20th Anniversary Season included a Golden State Warriors-themed episode. Leslie Sbrocco serves as longtime host and San Francisco Bay Times columnist; she survived a stage-4 cancer diagnosis in March 2021 and continues to work on the series and other projects. Sbrocco presented at the Food & Wine Classic in Charleston in November 2025 and is known for national PBS and broadcast work. The series amplified queer voices and provided meaningful exposure and economic benefits to local businesses.
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