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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: weekend warrior.

Anyone who knows me well knows how much I adore the heat, especially warm nights with heavy full moons up in the sky. I must admit I will be missing my Alfa Romeo tonight as I drive across the Golden Gate Bridge (don’t tell the Fiat, she’ll get…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 01, 2012

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The Socialite

Fleet Week Parties: Off the Pier and Sky-High Party at the Mandarin Oriental

The Blue Angels are coming this weekend! And the sailors! Fleet Week is kind of the best. Find yourself a good viewing post, because it’s going to be awesome, especially if this heat keeps up. Here are a couple of places where you can get a bite, a drink,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 01, 2012

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707 Scout

Bloomfield Farms, Ghost Tours, Three Squares, Top Chef Dinner

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. “Mommy, I picked lettuce!” is the kind of gleeful exclamation you’ll hear over and over in the fields of BLOOMFIELD FARMS. Each Sunday through October, the family-operated organic farm will open its barn doors and set folks…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 28, 2012

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September 28, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: better, faster, shorter.

This week's tablehopper: better, faster, shorter. Tuna crudo at Commonwealth with lardo and melon. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hola amigos. Big thanks to everyone who wrote in with headache remedies for me—after four days, that damn thing finally took a hike. It made me step back and take…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2012

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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: better, faster, shorter.

Hola amigos. Big thanks to everyone who wrote in with headache remedies for me—after four days, that damn thing finally took a hike. It made me step back and take a look at my stress level, which has not been ideal lately. I hate this feeling of always being…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2012

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The Regular

Comal

I admit that as a San Franciscan I can get a bit landlocked with my restaurant choices—Bay Bridge traffic can suck up a couple of hours I don’t have to spare. Fortunately COMAL in Berkeley is literally a block from the Berkeley BART station, which also means I…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2012

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The Chatterbox

MAU to Open (Softly) on Valencia Wednesday

As previously mentioned on tablehopper, Sante Salvoni is back at the ovens and about to open a new restaurant on Valencia. His partners in the venture are Hung Dang (Tin Vietnamese in SoMa) and husband-wife team Annie Abbott and Luke Wendler. The new spot is called ~MAU~ and will…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 25, 2012

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The Chatterbox

Company Now Open in Former Tao Café Space in the Mission

About a month ago, tablehopper broke the news about the name of the new restaurant opening in the former Tao Café space at Guerrero and 22nd Street: ~COMPANY~. Or as I like to remember it, the old Flying Saucer space. Anyway, chef-partners Karen Hoffman and Jason Poindexter (previously of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 25, 2012

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The Chatterbox

Lauren Kiino Launching Two SoMa Projects

Over the weekend I got a note from Lauren Kiino of ~IL CANE ROSSO~ in the Ferry Building Marketplace about not just one but two new SoMa projects she is working on: RED DOG and FEARLESS (you may have seen the story in the Scoop here). The bigger project is…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 25, 2012

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The Chatterbox

Chef Departures (Bar Bambino, Pig & Pie, Tupelo) and Closures

The rumors are true: ~BAR BAMBINO~’s chef Lizzie Binder will be on the upcoming Top Chef: Seattle, according to Grub Street, and contrary to earlier reports, she will not be returning to the restaurant. The new season of Top Chef airs November 7th. 2931 16th St. at South Van…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 25, 2012