Sam Smith may not be here to make friends (opens in new tab), but they’re definitely down to find a dining companion or two.
The Grammy Award-winning English musician, who’s in San Francisco for a sold-out, 20-date residency at the newly reopened Castro Theatre, is a genuine superstar with 14 million (opens in new tab) Instagram followers. But it’s Smith’s relatively microscopic alt account (opens in new tab) — with a mere 6,000 devotees as of Thursday afternoon — that’s lighting up the city’s food scene.
In the past two weeks, Smith has posted a series of photos and videos detailing their culinary adventures around the Bay Area, with stops at a wide range of places, from a neighborhood sushi spot (opens in new tab) within walking distance of the theater to Michelin-starred heavy hitters like The French Laundry (opens in new tab)…