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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: huarache lights.

It’s a miracle today’s column even got written, but that’s where wonder woman/associate editor Dana Eastland saved the day (grazie, bella). Last night I was invited to co-host a thank-you dinner by Stones Throw for all the chefs who have cooked at their Eat Like a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 05, 2015

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(Sponsored): Say Hello to Carta Coffee--100% Farm-to-Cup Kona Coffee

We hope you all celebrated National Coffee Day on Tuesday! We sure did, and used the surge of energy to launch our Kickstarter campaign! For many of us, every day is a celebration of our coffee, and we’d be hard-pressed to get our shoes on the right feet without…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 02, 2015

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The Chatterbox

Join the tablehopper for a Sri Lankan Feast at 1601 Bar & Kitchen on October 15th

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, THANKS EVERYONE! WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING YOU! San Francisco is full of underrated restaurants, and if you have been reading tablehopper for a while, you should know what a fan I am of ~1601 BAR & KITCHEN~. Chef Brian Fernando is such a talented…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 02, 2015

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707 Scout

Bird and the Bottle Opens, New Shed Chef, Best Fish Tacos, New Sonoma Tapas

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Longtime Sonoma County restaurateurs Mark and Terri Stark have finally (finally) opened their sixth restaurant, BIRD AND THE BOTTLE, in Santa Rosa. It wasn’t without some labor pains, which included everything from permitting and ABC challenges to managing…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 02, 2015

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October 2, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: no carb left behind.

This week's tablehopper: no carb left behind. Chef William Zonfa twirling portions of Rustichella 90” RAPIDA spaghetti with cream of leeks, DOP saffron from Abruzzo, and guanciale. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Buon giorno! Man, I had quite the carb-tastic time last night—I was invited to attend a special…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 01, 2015

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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: no carb left behind.

Buon giorno! Man, I had quite the carb-tastic time last night—I was invited to attend a special event hosted by Manicaretti and Rustichella d’Abruzzo at the San Francisco Cooking School, always a great cooking class venue. We got to watch a cooking demo with chef William Zonfa, the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 01, 2015

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Perfect Portuguese Pairings in the Presidio: Food Trucks and 100 Wines on Friday October 16th

Perfect Portuguese Pairings in the Presidio: Food Trucks and 100 Wines on Friday October 16th Whatcha doing next Friday evening? Hopefully you can come to Portuguese Pairings in the Presidio on Friday October 16th, featuring more than 100 Portuguese wines, four courses (one each!) from the Vietnamese Little Green Cyclo,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 01, 2015

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Enter to win a dream Wine Country getaway giveaway (yay)!

Enter to win a dream Wine Country getaway giveaway (yay)! You deserve three fantastic nights in Wine Country, oh yes you do. And you really deserve to win those nights at not one but three high-end hotels, with dinner included too! And you also need to be driven around to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 01, 2015

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The Chatterbox

Leo's Luxury Oyster Bar Coming to the Wexler's Space

Fans of oysters and lobster rolls will perk up with this news: the former Wexler’s space in the Financial District is going to become LEO’S LUXURY OYSTER BAR from the ever-busy Big Night Restaurant Group (Marlowe, Park Tavern, and the Cavalier). Scoop mentions chef Jennifer Puccio will be…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 29, 2015

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Pascal Rigo Rises Again with Boulangerie de San Francisco, Plus Exciting Plans for a Former Boulange Location

A report by Dana Eastland: Back in June, the news hit that Starbucks would be closing all 23 of the La Boulange locations the corporation purchased from Pascal Rigo back in 2012. Well, now that the dust has settled, The San Francisco Business Times reports that Rigo will be reopening…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 29, 2015