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A Giada Luck Charm
According to this tweet, Tyler Florence had a special guest visit his kitchen on El Paseo’s opening night this weekend: Giada De Laurentiis.…
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Marcia Gagliardi is an SF-based restaurant columnist and culinary personality, well-known for her groundbreaking 19-year-old tablehopper newsletter, offering an insider's take on restaurant news.
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James Syhabout (Commis) Is Opening the Casual Hawker Fare
While I was in Austin eating my body’s weight in BBQ, Grub Street was busy breaking the news about a new project from chef-owner James Syhabout of Oakland’s Commis. He’s opening a new casual, Southeast Asian street food restaurant called HAWKER FARE in the former Manyda…
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Whiskies of the World Returns This Saturday
This Saturday March 26th is the 12th annual WHISKIES OF THE WORLD EXPO & ARTISANAL SPIRITS FEST. From the biggest brand names to whiskies that are not even available for sale, there will be whiskies from the U.S., Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Australia, and more. There will also be…
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Two Teds, Wine Pairing, and the Future
Get your taxes done early this year, kids, because you need to be in wine country the weekend of April 16th and 17th.
The sixth annual Robert Mondavi Discover Wine Tour kicks off Saturday April 16th at the ROBERT MONDAVI WINERY itself, hosted by the incomparable Margrit Mondavi and Food…
Gail Simmons on the NorCal Cuisine Circuit
Cotogna continues to draw a high-profile crowd: a reader spotted Top Chef/Food & Wine’s Gail Simmons “getting the tasting menu treatment.” (Gail even tweeted a picture of an amazing-looking raviolo). She was also up in wine country, visiting Ad Hoc (“Would’ve taken a dip in…
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Bar Bocce Now Open in Sausalito
Kim Alter’s ~PLATE SHOP~ isn’t the only new thing to open in Sausalito: just around the corner is the new BAR BOCCE from the Real Restaurants Group. As I’ve mentioned earlier, the executive chef (and partner in the venture) is Robert Price (Buckeye Roadhouse, Bungalow 44). You…
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Three Upcoming (and Special) Winemaker Dinners
On Wednesday March 30th, ~LOCAL MISSION EATERY~ is launching their monthly series of winemaker dinners, to be held on the last Wednesday of each month. This one will feature Natural Process Alliance’s winemakers Hardy Wallace and Kevin Kelley, pouring their 2010 wines. Details here.
On Thursday March 31st, ~FOREIGN…
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Springing Forward With New Restaurant Concepts
Sonoma’s EL DORADO HOTEL has re-opened its former pastry and coffee kiosk as the EL DORADO CORNER CAFÉ. The all-day menu, local wines on tap, and hands-off service inspired by the casual cafés of France and Italy make this an ideal spot to while away an…
Incanto Hosts the Voltaggio Brothers for Dinner
A tablehopper reader writes in that the “non-smiling Voltaggio brothers” (in town for Charlie Palmer’s Pigs & Pinot event this past weekend in Healdsburg) dined at Incanto last night. Chef Bryan Voltaggio tweeted: “The tuna was sick, check the marrow!” Chef Michael Voltaggio had the same reaction: “tuna…
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Incanto Hosts the Voltaggio Brothers for Dinner
March 22, 2011
A tablehopper reader writes in that the “non-smiling Voltaggio brothers” (in town for Charlie Palmer’s Pigs & Pinot event this past weekend in Healdsburg) dined at Incanto last night. Chef Bryan Voltaggio tweeted: “The tuna was sick, check…