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You Can Find A 400-Clove Garlic Stuffed Turkey At This California Restaurant By Garrett Palm Nov. 16, 2025 4:39 pm EST

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If you walk along lively Columbus Ave in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, you'll encounter a stretch of sidewalk with black and white tiles, tables full of people sitting outside, and a thick aroma of garlic. This is the Stinking Rose , a temple to garlic that was opened after a trip to nearby Gilroy, where around 50% of the US's garlic is grown, for their famed garlic festival. This restaurant that uses 7 tons of garlic a year is doing what they do best this Thanksgiving – stuffing a turkey with 400 cloves of the delicious allium.

The meal starts with their classic bagna cauda, garlic roasted in oli

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