Marcia Gagliardi

Soft opening this week is SOUL GROOVE, a brick-and-mortar location for chef Jason Fordley’s pop-up. Yeah, the guy who does the fried chicken and waffle sandwich. Maybe you have experienced it at Duc Loi? Anyway, the new location is in the Tenderloin in the former Krave,…

A few pieces of caffeinated news for you around town: it looks like the café that is moving into the FIREHOUSE 8 project (read details in a past tablehopper issue here) will be a second location of Contraband Coffee! They will begin serving coffee, muffins, and empanadas. This weekend is…

Fans of RHEA’S DELI monster truck sandwiches will be happy to know they plan to open a second location, Rhea’s Cafe, in the former Deli-Up Cafe space at 20th and Bryant. Mission Mission also mentions there will be seating available—and the potential return of the delicious…

There’s some shuffling in the Castro this week: JAKE’S ON MARKET has brought on Joshua Feliciano, formerly of Nombe, AQ, and Delfina, as chef. He is replacing Erik Hopfinger, who left to become the private vacation chef to the British Royal Family. Well then. The menu will stay…