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A Closer Look at What's on the Menu at China Live

Mega project ~CHINA LIVE~ is shifting into higher gear, and it looks like they are going to be starting Market Restaurant and Bar Central’s lunch service on Tuesday March 14th at 11am, which means they will then have continuous hours every day until closing. For this week, Market Restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

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20th Street Haps: A New Bakery (Kahnfections) and New Chef at 20 Spot

While it was sad to have Green Heart Foods close a couple of months ago, a new business is taking its place: KAHNFECTIONS, a bakery from Judy Kahn. She was working with Sandbox Bakery for a number of years, and then went out on her own. Now she’s opening…

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Closures Include Shorty Goldstein's and Loló Cevichería, Rancho Gordo

There are some emails that I really hate to receive, and I got a couple of them this past week regarding the closure of two businesses, from really great people. Closing this Thursday March 9th is Jewish deli SHORTY GOLDSTEIN’S in the Financial District, home of my favorite corned…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

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What's New at Off the Grid: Fort Mason (and Presidio Picnic Returns)

Last Friday, I got to check out some of the new vendors at Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center, which just started back up. A few highlights: fans of Cuban cuisine who just can’t find a decent Cubano in this town (raises hand) will definitely want to swing by…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

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(Sponsored): Trade and Media, Save the Date: Washington State Wine Is Coming to Oakland

Attention wine trade, restaurant industry, and media! Join us on Thursday April 6th when Washington State Wine comes to Oakland for a Trade and Media Seminar at Sunset Magazine’s Headquarters in Jack London Square from 11am-12:30pm, with lunch provided. This is a global comparative tasting of riesling,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

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510 Updates: Mockingbird's New Nest, Drip Line, Old Kan, Lunch at The Wolf

Some exclusive news for you: MOCKINGBIRD is reopening at the end of March in their new (and expanded) location in downtown Oakland (they originally opened on San Pablo Avenue in 2013, and closed in 2016). Melissa Axelrod and William Johnson are confirmed for an opening by late March. The bistro…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

Cultivar San Francisco Wine Bar Opening in the Marina, Cider Summit, Brandy Par-tay, New Spirits Shop

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Cultivar San Francisco Wine Bar Opening in the Marina, Cider Summit, Brandy Par-tay, New Spirits Shop

The Marina will be getting a wine bar this spring featuring small-production and coveted Napa Valley wines—with some European selections as well—called CULTIVAR. Siblings Jody Harris and Gingy Harris Gable are SF natives. Their family started Caspar Estate in Napa, and Jody created Cultivar Wine. There will…

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March 7, 2017 - This week's tablehopper: the fempire strikes back.

This week's tablehopper: the fempire strikes back. And so it begins… The initial table setting at Single Thread. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Did you have a nice weekend? Mine started with a preview of the new vendors and offerings at Off the Grid, check out my recap in the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2017

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This week's tablehopper: the fempire strikes back.

Did you have a nice weekend? Mine started with a preview of the new vendors and offerings at Off the Grid, check out my recap in the chatterbox. I was invited to attend CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) Feast on Saturday, honoring The People’s Kitchen Collective, Roy Choi,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2017

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Some restaurants just aren’t like the others. They may have a challenging name to pronounce (Coi comes to mind), or serve hard-to-classify food (e.g., The Progress), or just have such a quirky format that you surrender and roll with it (like the early days of Mission…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2017