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Chef Moves and Updates

Some quick chef updates: after a year and a half of running the show at ~SAISON~, co-owner and chef Laurent Gras announced in an Instagram post that he was moving back to New York “to be closer to my wife, family and friends.” (But first, he’s enjoying some time…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

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Coming Soon: Automat to Former Green Chile Kitchen Space, Back of the House Taking Over The Elite Cafe

I still haven’t gotten over the closure of Green Chile Kitchen in NoPa—I keep thinking I’ll swing by for green chile stew, a heartland taco salad, or a breakfast burrito, and then I’m like, oh yeah, that one is long gone. It’s tough to deactivate…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

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New Openings: Boutique Crenn X Cubert, a Malatang Noodle Shop, KMG

In advance of the opening of BOUTIQUE CRENN from Michelin three-star-toting Dominique Crenn in the Salesforce Tower, you can try some of their baked goods and pastries in a pop-up: Boutique Crenn X Cubert in the Salesforce Transit Center. (Cubert is from Off the Grid, a mobile and modular pop-up…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

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Updates (Helmand Palace Has Reopened), New Menus (Breakfast Tacos, 1760)

After being closed for a seismic upgrade and renovations—while Van Ness Avenue continues to be torn up and a complete disaster—~HELMAND PALACE~ has reopened. The dining room got an update, as well as the exterior. Show them some support and head in for their famed kaddo! The restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

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Unfortunate Closures Include Mijita, Brown Sugar Kitchen, Cafe Flore, Fringale, More

It’s a new year, with a fresh round of closures that totally sucks. Over at the Ferry Building, Traci Des Jardins has shuttered MIJITA after serving her amazing chilaquiles there for 15 years. The Chronicle reports she was at the end of her lease, and may repeat the concept…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

Nightingale Opens in the Financial District, Winter Cocktails of the Farmers Market

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Nightingale Opens in the Financial District, Winter Cocktails of the Farmers Market

I’ve been admiring the disco fern bar aesthetic of NIGHTINGALE on Instagram for a few weeks, and this new bar from Future Bars (Bourbon & Branch, Pagan Idol, Local Edition, Rickhouse, The Devil’s Acre) is now open in the former Gitane in the Financial District. The two-level bar…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

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January 14, 2020 - This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat.

This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat. The bubbly beginning to my weekend caviar and Champagne and bagel brunch of my dreams. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy gang. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with your comments and kudos and gripes and additions to my annual the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2020

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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat.

Howdy gang. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with your comments and kudos and gripes and additions to my annual the bore list of ten things I don’t want to see in the new year, you always entertain me! Now it’s time for some catch-up with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2020

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We Have Already Seen These Things Aplenty, No More in 2020!

It continues to be a tough time in the restaurant industry in San Francisco, with so many sad closures. But it also means that only the strong or beloved (or well-funded) may survive. Since restaurants need diners to keep coming back, let’s review some things they can do to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 30, 2019

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December 31, 2019 - This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision.

This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision. M.Y. China’s off-the-menu ice cream and sugar egg puff/sugar cloud with a Rémy Martin XO Old Fashioned is how we ended the tablehopper Crab and Cognac Feast. Boom! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang! We made it. Barely. Tomorrow we begin…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 30, 2019