What: Short for Bitches Liven Up Dinner, BLUD is a badass, all-female collaboration between Mel Lopez, the chef at Pizzetta 211 (where the dinners take place), Joyce Conway, Zero Zero's chef de cuisine, and Robin Kloess, Pizzetta 211's pastry chef (and an Incanto vet). With the food changes every month, revolving around a cuisine like Asian seafood or German classics and hip-hop blasting through the restaurant, it all comes together for one very fun dinner party.

Where: Pizzetta 211

When: A Tuesday once a month; watch their Instagram feed for date announcements.

What: Learn about a new chef every time at Farm to Fork, which shows a documentary at the dinner highlighting the life of that chef, how they source ingredients, and the message they try to deliver through their food. Past chefs have included 54 Mint's Mattia Marcelli Gather's former chef Tu David Phu. Food from that chef follows the showing.Where: The Village

When: About once a month; dates announced here.

Though technically still a pop-up, FOB Kitchen operates full-time out of the kitchen at the Mission's Gashead Tavern. Chef Janice Dulce channels her grandmother's cooking with Filipino dishes like adobo pork, Shanghai lumpia, and pancit. She and partner Brandi Dulce recently upped the ante by shifting to dinner Wednesday through Saturday from 6 p.m.- 10 p.m., with weekend brunch from 11 a.m.- 3 pm.

What: When SF native Eldo Chan relocated to Texas for high school and then returned after, he realized how much better barbecue was back South. So he and longtime friend Mervin Lau decided to make it themselves. Thus Native Sons BBQ was born, which now pops up about once a week, usually at Triple Voodoo or Speakeasy Breweries. Chan and Lau, who have no formal cooking experience, focus on Texas-style dry rub barbecue with 100 percent wood fire cooking, usually oak. They also make their own sauce, but Lau tells Eater it's "not barbecue that relies on sauce. It's just there to give you a different experience."Where: Triple Voodoo or Speakeasy Breweries

When: Weekly; dates, menus, and locations announced here.

Steep Tea Company is popping up at the restaurant/bar/music venue during the daylight hours, offering curated tea beverages like chai, as well as pots of their own tea blends. There's also a light lunch menu of salads, tea sandwiches, scones, and the like. Vintage movies and shows (like Twin Peaks) play at 12:30; the pop-up runs from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Monday through Friday, no reservations necessary.

What: Rice Paper Scissors has been spreading Vietnamese street food around the city for four years now to high praise (Anthony Bourdain even stopped by), popping up at different spaces and even holding court for two years at Brick and Mortar for lunch. Founders Valerie Luu and Katie Kwan recently cut back that service to focus on finding a truly permanent spot, but what has stayed constant is their Thursday night dinner service at Mojo Bicycle Cafe. Dishes switch out regularly, but include duck and bamboo shoot noodle soup, curry beef brisket and several banh mi.Where: Mojo Bicycle Cafe

When: Thursdays, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Chef Rodney Wages (Saison, Atelier Crenn) has struck out on his own, offering a tasting menu ($98) of Japanese-influenced dishes like an ebelskiver-style pastry filled with abalone, roasted garlic, and coated with fried shrimp, and bread service with fermented tofu and pickles. Wages hosts dinner at Izakaya Kou on Mondays; Wages has now added Friday and Saturday dinners at Dabba (71 Stevenson St.), where he'll serve the same menu in a different space, with opportunities for walk-ins. Tickets are available here .

What: Seafood Stories has a bit of a different story than the others on this list. Chefs rotate in this series, which was created to raise awareness around sustainable fishing and seafood consumption; diners not only eat meals from the likes of State Bird Provisions and Hog Island Oysters chefs, but they also learn how to bring sustainable seafood practices into their daily cooking and dining lives.Where: Fine & Rare

When: Once a month; dates, chefs, and menus announced here.

Tacos Oscar can be found popping-up all around the East Bay, offering some of the most toothsome tortillas in all the land. However it's always a safe bet to find them at Starline Social Club, every other Monday from 5 p.m.- 11 p.m. The menu changes, but it's always all about the tacos (and sometimes quesadillas).

What: Some Nopalito chefs and staff have been putting on an independent dim sum pop-up called Through the Kitchen Window. The casual crew cooks up flavor-forward small plates like pork gyoza, uni BLT's, as well as large-format dishes like whole roasted fish with stone fruit mole.Where: PizzaHacker, 3299 Mission St.

When: Once a month; dates announced and tickets sold here.