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California's Artisan Cheese Festival: Get Your Tickets Now

Hey cheese-lovers (and you know who you are), you might wanna hurry up and get tickets to the fifth annual CALIFORNIA’S ARTISAN CHEESE FESTIVAL March 25th-28th at the Sheraton Sonoma County—Petaluma Hotel. This cheese extravaganza sounds like it’s gonna be something else with its Saturday…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 31, 2011

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Different Ways to Stuff Your Face on Super Bowl Sunday

Granted, I view SUPER BOWL SUNDAY as a great day to go shopping or to the movies, and it’s an ideal time to go out and find a man who isn’t into football. But I know plenty of you would like to know about some of these Super…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 31, 2011

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January 28, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: rock lobster.

This week's tablehopper: rock lobster! Australian southern rock lobster. (“Look into my beady eyes.”) Wah. My heart sank a little bit when I heard the foghorn go off last night, and sure enough, this morning’s workout in Alamo Square was a misty one. But, as I look…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 27, 2011

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This week's tablehopper: rock lobster!

Wah. My heart sank a little bit when I heard the foghorn go off last night, and sure enough, this morning’s workout in Alamo Square was a misty one. But, as I look out the window, I’m chanting Burn Baby Burn. Would love one more sunny afternoon. I…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 27, 2011

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Gather

I know, it sounds like such a Berkeley restaurant name, GATHER. And this place (it’s part of the eco-minded David Brower Center) is definitely greener-than-green, from its architecture to its hyper-local/sustainable menu (there’s even a “Source Book” you can request) to the wines…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 27, 2011

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Zut! on Fourth

Like Chapeau! and Garçon! in the city, here’s another French restaurant with an exclamation point in its name, ZUT! ON FOURTH, although this one is located in Berkeley, in the former Eccolo space. As for the name, it’s part of an expression Americans tend to know, zut alors!…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 27, 2011

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Leopold's Now Open in the Former Antica on Polk

Even though the owners have tried to tell us they aren’t open, ~LEOPOLD’S~, the Austrian-Italian restaurant that moved into the Antica Trattoria space on Polk, is quite open. Based on a few reports and their Facebook page, here’s what we’ve got: an Alpine (Austria/Alto…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 25, 2011

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One Hot Truck: Smoke, Now Serving Kansas City-Style Barbecue

Boy, there is thankfully a lot of barbecue that is making appearances on the scene, from The Rib Whip truck parking in SoMa to CatHead’s Barbecue (see my next post) to this wonderful-sounding brand-new addition, SMOKE. Mark Furr—who grew up in Kansas City (“I’ve been…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 25, 2011

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Pop-Ups Galore to Start Serving at The Corner

A few weeks ago, I tweeted that Eskender Aseged was going to be hosting a Moroccan-influenced Radio Africa & Kitchen on Fridays at THE CORNER, and I also heard from CatHead’s Barbecue—a trio of professional chefs who are hosting their menu of ‘cue on Saturday nights from…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 25, 2011

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Recent Tidbits: Coming Soon, New Features, and Closures

According to a Craigslist ad, the new tenant moving into the Tango Gelato space on Fillmore Street is going to be a “quick casual VIETNAMESE SANDWICH EATERY opening March 2011.” The owner wants to hold on revealing any more info at this time, so stand by. Bring on the banh…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 25, 2011