Big Mike’s Table by Mike Lyons //Mike Lyons was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois and now resides in San Francisco, California. In 1970, he moved to the Bay Area to attend San Francisco State University. He immediately fell in love with the ocean and the area’s diversity. Living in an environment where people from many different nations and ethnicities share their cuisine, Mike became enamored with cooking dishes from the variety of cultures that makeup the San Francisco’s culinary scene.