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The Starlet

Master of DRC

Comedian, writer, and actor Eric Wareheim was in town for La Paulée (aka lots of dudes and Burgundy) and made an appearance at a welcome party at The Midway (where a friend said, “It took all my strength not to try to be the Dev to his Arnold”). According to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2018

The Starlet

Eric Wareheim

Master of DRC March 6, 2018 Comedian, writer, and actor Eric Wareheim was in town for La Paulée (aka lots of dudes and Burgundy) and made an appearance at a welcome party at The Midway (where a friend said, “It took all my strength not to try to be the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2018

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(Sponsored): Cheese Lovers, Get Your Tickets to the California Artisan Cheese Festival (March 23rd-25th)!

Cheese, cheese, and more cheese… Get your tickets now before they sell out for the 12th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival March 23rd-25th in Santa Rosa. Nosh your way through The Best Bite on Friday night, an epic walk-around tasting and friendly competition with cheesemakers, chefs, and cheese mongers paired…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2018

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The Chatterbox

East Bay Tidbits, from a Mexico City Lunch Menu to Georgian Wine

DOÑA TOMÁS owner Dona Savitsky recently returned from a trip to Mexico City and is launching a regional lunch menu for next week (Tuesday March 13th-Friday March 16th, 11am-2:30pm). The menu sounds delicioso: al pastor and grilled pineapple taco with fried onions and avocado salsa ($4.25), rajas en…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2018

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March 6, 2018 - This week's tablehopper: the restaurant stars were out on Sunday.

This week's tablehopper: the restaurant stars were out on Sunday. That’s one way to get handed a glass of bubbles. Cheers, darlings! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Whoooooosh, well, that was an action-packed weekend. Sunday was the 38th annual Academy of Friends gala and Oscar party (there are five…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 05, 2018

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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: the restaurant stars were out on Sunday.

Whoooooosh, well, that was an action-packed weekend. Sunday was the 38th annual Academy of Friends gala and Oscar party (there are five AIDS/HIV organizations that will benefit from this year’s gala’s ticket sales), and I was in charge of coordinating the 16 restaurant partners, which were feeding…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 05, 2018

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Dominique Crenn Opening the Fashiony Boutique Crenn in the Salesforce Tower

Dominique Crenn is not only busy opening her upcoming BAR CRENN (opening mid-March—the 13th is the current date!), but she also just announced a project coming to the Salesforce Tower: BOUTIQUE CRENN. Scoop reports it will be a combination restaurant (featuring ingredients from her Sonoma farm), boulangerie, and patisserie,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2018

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Michaela Rahorst Is the New Chef de Cuisine at Del Popolo

Lucky us, she’s back! The new chef de cuisine of DEL POPOLO is Michaela Rahorst, taking over for opening cdc Jeffrey Hayden. Rahorst was most recently the cdc at Frances, departing in late 2016 to travel, rest, and regroup; she also worked some private dinners and special events. Her…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2018

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Anthony Strong's New Project Moving Into Hog & Rocks Location

After chef Anthony Strong left the Delfina Restaurant Group back in 2016 after 11 years, he then launched his idea for a restaurant-less delivery service, Young Fava, operating out of the Turtle Tower kitchen in the evenings. He soon became disenchanted with the concept for various reasons, and announced he…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2018

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Fast-Casual and Portuguese Chicken Joint Piri Pica Coming to Valencia

Anyone who has enjoyed the piri piri chicken at UMA CASA in Noe Valley can see how this is an awesome idea: chef-owner Telmo Faria is partnering with Khalid Mushasha (Lolinda, Black Cat) on PIRI PICA, a fast-casual spot focused on flame-grilled piri piri chicken. It’s feisty chicken, with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2018