Marcia Gagliardi

Opening on the Embarcadero on Monday September 23rd is FOG CITY, the newly renovated Fog City Diner, which we covered in depth a few weeks ago here. Dinner service will begin first, and then lunch and brunch will kick in once we get into early October. You can look at…

Well, it started out as a music venue, then became a music venue serving limited snacks, and now it’s got a restaurant. The team at The Chapel is opening THE VESTRY (the name was revealed via Scoop), a Cal-Med restaurant from À Côté owner Jack Knowles and chef Matthew…

As previously mentioned on tablehopper, Bruce McDonald (Foreign Cinema), Anderson Pugash (Crossroads Nightlife Group), and David Brinkley (Vessel) have brought on bar program director Russell Davis and chef Randy Lewis for a new SoMa project, BERGERAC, which officially opens this Saturday September 21st. Cocktails include choices like the Unforgiven, with…

Tasting Table caught the whiff of this opening today on Fillmore in the former Nan Korean space. IZAKAYA HASHIBIRO KOU is from the team that runs sister Korean Barbecue restaurants Yakini Q in San Francisco and San Jose. The chef is Nick Yoon, and their Facebook page shows photos of…

Now there’s yet another way to fill your belly with the fine vittles at ~NAMU GAJI~. As of this past weekend, they’re serving weekend brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:30am-4pm. Look for the Hangtown Benedict, a hollandaise-drenched take on the classic fry, or rice with slow-cooked…

A report by Dana Massey-Todd. As previously reported on tablehopper, the Mission is getting a new espresso bar, LINEA CAFFE. The pint-size espresso bar lives in the back of Duc Loi Supermarket, and is a collaboration between Andrew Barnett (the founder of Ecco Caffe), and Anthony Myint of Mission Chinese,…

This Saturday September 21st, Kronner Burger will be popping up at THE MILL from 6pm-9pm, with burgers for $10 (Josey Baker will be making the buns this go-round), plus there’s that marrow supplement you can order, and Kennebec chips with beef cheek gravy, the wedge salad, bean salad, and…

The fabulous chef and author Joyce Goldstein has a new book out, Inside the California Food Revolution: Thirty Years That Changed Our Culinary Consciousness. The book is all about the culinary landscape in California, starting in the 1970s, and includes interviews with chefs, writers, and purveyors. To celebrate the book,…